the book was one of very first which was about single man (and a group of single men) thoughts and hard experiences not just about unit's glory and fearless heroes so there was so many descriptions and the big book so war is hell etc.

I saw it in the theater as well, I was also allot younger than I am now and I didn't appreciate what a great movie it was then.

I saw it with a friend in theaters when I was 13. My dad had to buy the tickets and give his permission to the theater manager lol. We thought it was going to be saving private ryan in the pacific. Both had a profound impact on me but we left saving private ryan excitedly chattering about how cool it was, despite the tragic parts. We walked out of TRL silent as did the rest of the crowd. It was stuck in my head for weeks. I didn't get it at all at that age and still don't completely but Jesus did it move me then and it still does today.

Shame it come out same year as Savin private Ryan

The Thin Red Line and The Pacific are both heavily underrated, the psychological difference jungle warfare has on a man is portrayed exceptionally well in both productions.

Well considering how Japanese officers treating they own soldiers - this dude preserve much humanity inside him...

@@chetarmlin1196 Try to cope.

They just wanted to torture him.

@@Camel-from-Arabiano doubt, they were going to torture him for intel. He took the smart way out.

@@andrewwebb-trezzi2422 Not something they teach in Japan today.

No - it was just a movie.

@@juhakernel8099 That touched me spiritually.

@@DestinyAwaits19 transgender maybe?

Very quietly you can hear a prisoner recite the Nembutsu in one scene. The movie is full of Buddhist references.

It is if you are smoking something damned good.

😂 masterpiece is pretty good. I’m not sure it’s understating it.

Shame he is a total lunatic

Absolutely he is. Well said

The whole cast is excellent.

Too bad he went off the deep end into la la conspiracy land.

@@tomterific390 that’s awfully naive of you. And you’re naïveté and willingness to dismiss some people while parroting others is how evil is allowed to flourish.

I did something similar, except I watched it before I went to join and decided that DoD contract pay for playing with computer networks was a LOT more profitable. If my butt is gonna get shot at then I'm gonna get well paid for their privilege.

I have damn near no hope for anything in life but every once in a while I will interact with someone like you and I think to myself that maybe we do have a future worth caring about.

Glad you got value from the thin red line, we had an educational experience making it. 5 military technical advisors and two historians were on set full-time to ensure historic accuracy.

@@TimothyReilly-tu3uj is this John Reilly?

when google translate doesn't exist yet. If there was at that time perhaps the story would have changed.😂

thanks for the translation

Thank you

Thank you for the translation.

I was left with a memorable scene in which a Japanese soldier feels murderous after his comrades are killed, but he has mixed feelings about not wanting to shoot and kill the American soldier in front of him. But it's also a scene where if you don't understand Japanese, you won't be able to convey anything. Thanks for watching.

The scenes and screenplay and cinematography all do a stunning job of creating a dreamlike quality. As in a living nightmare set in visually gorgeous locales.

In a war, nobody wins. Desert Storm vet here. The bravado wears off with age and you realize that nobody really wins. We are all just slaves to money and greed. Defend your family and your home. That's all you can do. Hope for the best but expect the worst. Godspeed to you all!

How does it hit home for you as a veteran? I’m curious.

The moments of beauty and horror and how man's spirit can rise and face it

@@marcbelisle5685 We are simple pawns. A material. We are expendable. American citizens care, but our government does not.

@@stuartbennett7614 And endure it or perish in the moment. We are only mortal beings.

Except they weren't. The Japanese troops on Guadalcanal were first rate veterans of other campaigns, but were down to the last of their rations by the time the Americans landed. They were sick from malaria and had no quinine because of American interference with their supply convoys. Eventually, the Japanese tried to evac all the troops they could, but basically, the jungle ate them alive, and the Americans were able to keep enough supplies coming to defeat every attack on the airfield. It was no picnic for the Americans but it was a nightmare for the Japanese. It is a myth that the Japanese thrived in the jungles. They hated and feared the jungle as much as anyone and were subject to the same diseases, animal bites, fevers, and starvation as any other army. There are no jungles in Japan, which had a very civilized and manicured urban system from which most of their soldiers were from.

@@OutnBackerthere are jungles in Okinawa

@@JohnWick-nn2cu Um, yeah. That's what I said. The Japanese were not "ominous beasts of the jungle" in reality. They feared the jungle because it was killing them. Go back. Re-read.

I was thinking the same thing. The attire that they are wearing is incredible. If you ever watch any black and white film from the Japanese prospective, they seem to all be wearing that same kit. In particular that foliage stuck to the uniform is what sticks out in my mind.

@@CrazySC833 Almost all film footage from the Japanese perspective was propaganda designed to show the folks back home how professional and well equiped thier army was. Quadalcanal was a cesspool island, ridden with tropical diseases like denge fever and malaria. No American or Japanese troops were immune to this, and both sides suffered badly, but the Japanese had no quinine, a drug made from sources in the veyr islands they were fighting for. The Americans did, and could be treated. Dysentery was rampant among both sides, but again, the Americans had better medical care because they contolled the buildings and facilities around the airfield, while the Japanese were out in the jungle withering away. The well turned out Japanese depicted in the film COULD have been just arrived - otherwise, a typical cotton uniform would begin to rot within a couple weeks. Illness was all but imedeate to Japanese soldiers on the Canal. They lost about 36,000 men there as opposed to 7100 Americans in the six month ordeal. This figure includes Navy casualties because th ecampaign was both a land and sea battle. Actual Marine and Army casualties on the island were about 2800. When the Japanese bombed Pearl they sealed their fate.

I was surprised when reading the book how much more Fife's character was involved. Knowing Terrance Mallick, he probably filmed 6 hours of footage, I'd love to see a director's cut one day.

@@dmayres The version you see is the director’s cut.

Probably more like hours. I'd watch every minute. This is truly art. @@dmayres

There is the 5 hours director cut with more footage of Brody

​​@@dmayresfirst cut was 8 hours long, they could easily do a mini series with all that cut content, and i would be so down for it.

Thts how you know they’ve hooked our Brains to our phones lol

@@xxdmoneyxx4968eh you beat me to it lol. Get out of my head Alexa!

interesting take. Maybe that individual sensed it in him. Interesting how some ppl have this ability.

How do you explain him raising is weapon at the end instead of just surrendering?

@@bobmn5702 Surrendering is a poor choice, they may torture him for information on the rest of the platoon he is trying to protect. Raising his weapon is a quick and sure way for him to meet his death.

.@@bobmn5702 i also asked myself why he didnt surrender. would have been more fitting imo.

@@outgreen2911 Because he was the decoy. He led them away. If he surrendered and they forced it out of him, well. A bullet is a lot less painful.

As long as there is religion...as long as there are people willing to demonize others to take their stuff...there will always be war.

That's dope

movies heros like americans are!!! i!n real life you are cowards!!!!

Yes, you have heard it said that there is no greater love than this.........until Jesus said, "hold my holy water".......He then died for His enemies. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. That is the greater love. It's a lot easier to die for a friend, family member or even a child...........who would for an enemy. Nobody but Jesus.

..and not enough NAZI apparently..

It's less mainstream and a lot more thoughtful and ponderous, which I find people will either love or hate.

Right. Because making 100 million at the box office, being nominated for countless awards and being critically praised really proves it wasn’t appreciated. Genius.

@@07foxmulder Mr. Professor Weed, did you write that after your daily dose or you haven't CONSUMED it?

​@@MovieBuffRealhe's not wrong, this is one of the most critically acclaimed war movies ever released, sorry not trying to pile on or sound like an ass

You and Mel both.

I remember really admiring Malick's eerie soundscapes & the poetry of the narration, and similarly being greatly impressed by Caviezal's depiction of a spiritual, almost otherworldly character.

It really is mesmerising.

It's either that, or you get killed by the enemy. Take your chances down river.

@@serviceadvisormaxbyservice916 There's a very rough estimate that about 500 Japanese soldiers were killed by crocodiles on Ramree Island in Burma. Indian troops landed on a Japanese held island and forced the Japanese back into swamps where they died of malnutrition, tropical diseases and large, unfriendly reptiles. I've worked around crocs. I'd take my chances with the Japanese.

@@hannotn I know that wild animals maimed a lot of soldiers on both sides.

Yeah I agree, it all came together in its own way but for a casual film goer this is prob a tough watch, some of the best combat scenes in film tho

@@johnny7s1 Exactly!

That's a Terrence Malick movie in a nutshell.

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Probably would have gotten more fanfare if it had not been released the same year as Saving Private Ryan.

"merciless enemy" my man look up what the japanese guy says :)

@@sillytrooper I'm eager to hear! Please tell me!

Don’t even need to look it up. They literally didn’t shoot him till he raised his firearm. It’s like OP person doesn’t understand the word merciless.

@@1337billybob maybe, i just didnt wanna be a dickhead in the internet about it and instead show him a new perspective :)

Apparently Brody went to the first screening expecting his character to be the main character only to find most of his scenes were cut from the movie. Knowing Terence Malick the original cut would've been 5 hours long lol

Actually, he said, Is that you, who killed my bro?

Starplus

he said we have orders to no take prisionaires, defend youreslf

Witt fully expected to die and basically sacrificed himself for his company. This is basically Jesus as a WV coal miner who is an American Transcendentalist. He calmed himself, knowing this was the last breath he was going to take. BTW, this is a philosophy film, not a war film. It's actually pretty ahistorical. It is supposed to be Guadalcanal, but it's a melting pot of PTO battles.

Those were excellent early Arisaka rifles at that point in the war, which were strong modified Mauser actions, and one of many very good bolt rifles in the war. All other countries but the US had bolt action rifles until the last two years. When the Marines first went ashore on Guadalcanal, they were armed with Springfield bolt actions, which were also modified Mausers. The only rifle that I know of that was not a modified Mauser was the British SMLE Enfield, which was smoother and faster than the Mauser, and could stand on its own compared to the US-M1 Garand in aimed rapid fire. The only advantage of a semi auto rifle is that it can lay down covering fire and is harder to detect by the enemy because there is no arm movement when chambering the next round. Semi auto fire from the shoulder is not that effective in getting hits. The .30 cal cartridge was just too powerful to control with any precision. Soldiers were trained in single action fire only, unless covering movement or suppressing the enemy. Also, I know from experience with the US-M1 Garand and US-M14. Both are superbly accurate in single shot use, but dismal when fired from the shoulder unless rested on a sandbag. For this reason, almost ALL us snipers in WW2 and Korea, and even up into Viet-Nam, used the bolt action Springfield 03-A3

I fail to see what makes the Arisaka rifle " funny " compared to the Garand. You must have a twisted sense of humor.

@@reynaldoflores4522 I rather think he meant "odd" as in out of place in terms of modernity.

Still lethal though.

he was getting flashbacks from kongs island

So just governments should have them? And criminals? As an American I oppose your statement.

Even Bowe Bergdahl us soldier who was taken captive by the Taliban he says they tortured him so yeah this soldier witt took the smart move

​@@jakefreedomfighterjosohqajdsdon't believe anything that traitor says bro please. He is a liar

@@chikntaco141 yeah your right He is a traitor and at best a deserter atleast witt didn't betray his brothers

Did you know that Japanese soldiers were stuffed with men's things in their mouths on Makin Island?

Americans did that torture and murder to fellow Americans in extra judicial lynchings. Then took photos and momentos from the bodies and sent images as postcards.

I doubt a Japanese soldier would ever have said that though.

@@spidos1000 They can say what ever they want, even in English. by then no US forces soldier was dumb enough to do it. most would rather this ending. it looks in the movie scene like he had a choice but for sure they would have killed him slowly and painfully.

Actually, the Japanese soldier was saying " I don't WANT to kill you. Please surrender. "

@@spidos1000 They were not all monsters.

They would only probably torture him to death anyway

Thou Shalt Not Kill

no......

He was getting his foreskin removed around this time so no.

Oh please. Quit bragging.

Pretty sure the majority of his films took place after 2004... How did Passion end his career?

@yuusuke thanks I respect both sides

"Buy one , get one free at Benihana's"

5:25 Surrender! 5:44 Surrender 5:50 Are you the one that killed our commanders? 5:55 Do you understand? 6:00 I don't want to kill you. Do you understand? 6:12 I don't want to kill you. If you understand, surrender now. 6:24 you're the one that killed our commanders. isn't it? 6:33 Don't move 6:40 SURRENDER!

@@ALLROY240 Thank you.

@@BullToTheShit I copied it from a Japanese person's translation that was submitted some time after your query.

Sounds like a personal problem... P.S. Why would you watch clips of a movie that you haven't watched yet?

Is that you? Did you kill my comrades-in-arms? Do you understand Japanese? I don't want to kill you. Do you know what this means? I don't want to kill you. You are already surrounded. Surrender now. You killed my comrade-in-arms. I'm... don't move. Stop! Surrender! This sentiment is also portrayed in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima.

First, he asks "Are you the one who killed my friend?". Then he tells him "Surrender. I don't want to kill you." He repeats this a few times. Since he doesn't respond, he tells him "You're surrounded, just give up & surrender". But instead of surrendering, he raises his rifle & gets shot.

I’m pretty sure he’s asking if he wants a la cart or bento box. A la cart or bento box! Choose! Or I kill you. Along those lines.

very monty python

Astute observation, Captain Obvious !

​@yuusukeDid you know that Japanese soldiers were stuffed with men's things in their mouths on Makin Island?

KING Jesus Christ

司令官と戦友はニュアンス違うくない？

@@tntvsouy ほんまやヘッドホン使って聞いたら確かに「戦友」って言ってるね。ありがとう。

Yes. But what did Americans do in the Vietnam War about 20 years later? Great justice.

bc the japanese were so brutal to anyone they laid their hands on

@@lennyelsam5366 naw it goes against his love for life and that he thought he was stronger than most men. He bitched out.