In Reply to: "The Thin Red Line," hands down posted by Bob Casner on May 11, 2001 at 19:16:16:
The Thin Red Line from the early 60's was better in many respects, it was not "arty" or beautiful, and it starred Kier Dullea from 2001 fame who I think did a pretty good job of portraying Doll as a man on the verge of losing it.It's really a film about Doll's grim determination to survive,and his view that officers are jerks, and ultimately war is useless. The battle scenes are pretty good.
Worth seeing- if you don't mind accepting the limitations of script and violence in war movies of the time.
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- The original was better in many ways. - john dem 23:57:51 05/14/01 (0)