5.5 Out Of 10 Stars

Usually people make movies long for a reason. However, the only reason the "Thin Red Line" was three hours long was because it wanted to make the audience fall asleep. I was deeply dissapointed after seeing this film. I've never heard so many people complain that they wanted they're money back after leaving the theater. The previews and TV specials that this film had to offer all looked positive. The trailer showing in theaters showed a ton of good actors, and action sequences that looked incredible. However, the film basically is what I call "false advertising". First of all, previews showed George Clooney and John Travolta as part of the main cast. In the film, they each had a few minutes of screen time which was pointless in the first place. All the actors though did a very fine job of acting. The best of course was Nick Nolte who played a Colenol who wanted nothing less than to win completely of the enemy. Every five minutes we hear a soldier thinking out loud, which actually is a great element that fits with the story, but tends to become too much after a while. Every other five minutes, we see shots of birds and other such wildlife, which also gets on the nerves. Woody Harrelson was yet another great actor with a great role, who didn't have enough screen time at all. About two hours into the film, the rest seems pointless. It just drags on and on. People's watch lights were burning out from checking the time over and over. This film doesn't even come close to matching the magnitude and awe inspiring power of Steven Spielbergs "Saving Private Ryan". My advice is, wait until the video comes out. At least then you could pause it and take a nap about halfway through.

CAST: Adrien Brody, Ben Chaplin, James Caviezel, Nick Nolte, John Travolta, Sean Penn, George Clooney, Woody Harrelson, John Cusack, John C. Reilly and Elias Koteas

CREDITS: Written and Directed by Terence Malick. Produced by Robert Michael Geisler, Grant Hill and John Roberdeau. Released by 20th Century Fox.

RATED R, RUNNING TIME: 170 MINUTES

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