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In Reply to: Thin red line posted by Emit on July 28, 2000 at 10:14:28:
I think The Thin Red Line is the most pretentious POS I've ever seen. The symbolism is from English 101 (e.g. the film opens with two GIs relaxing in this peaceful, edenlike, tropical island. They are at one with nature and the natives. Cut to a huge, loud, gray, demonic U-boat. This evil invention of barbaric man disrupts the serenity of nature and peaceful savages. Gag me!). And then we have the soldier with the 3rd grade education profoundly expressing thoughts he couldn't possibly form, let alone articulate. Faulkner could get away with this, but Mallick cannot. The cinematography, although pretty, was self-conscious. The acting was good, but that can't save what is a fundamentally poor piece of cinema. SPR may be a "Hollywood" war film, but it's far better than The Thin Red Line. At least Spielberg didn't have to say "Look how smart I'm trying to be." throughout his film. The Thin Red Line is a film for pseudo-intellectuals.
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- Re: Thin red line - Justin 13:49:35 07/28/00 (5)
- *RE: Thin red line* - Emit 05:21:59 08/01/00 (2)
- Re: *RE: Thin red line* - Justin 17:57:14 08/01/00 (1)
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