Scorsese nailed it: it’s cinematic poetry

The cinematography in The Thin Red Line is amazing. One of the prettiest movies to look at it.

"The Thin Red Line" my absolutely favorite film of all time.

Malick came back after a hiatus with this movie and continued this style . Totally unique . He makes the movie in the editing room . It’s beautiful

Thin Red Line was a movie i initially hated but now i love it.

A master piece which deserves a 4k physical release.

One of the all time greatest films.

This war movie is rewatchable because it has a dreamlike quality just like Apocalypse Now.

brilliant movie. Malicks best.

A rare film that doesn't try to be a book or a play. Narrative should be the least concern for a medium that starts with sight and sound.

When I saw this movie I was living in the South Pacific (Marshall Islands) and so much looked familiar, the sunsets, water and beaches. My great-uncle was a Marine Raider who fought on Guadalcanal, while just a movie, it does remind me of what he had gone through. Incredible movie and probably my favorite.

Great film. Great director. Tremendously, underated.

Everyone should also see "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford." Also a masterpiece.

Terrence Malick is what I call a method director. He records everything!

The attack on the Japanese bunker on top of the hill is one of the best combat movie sceans of all time.

The film is a perfect example of what individual soldiers in combat feel and think.

"Who's doing this? Who's killing us?"

I became a Malick fan with Days of Heaven. And it was the overall aesthetic, not the story itself, that enamored me. I was afraid Scorsese was going to pan The Thin Red Line but I'm glad he saw the poetry. I was also pleased that his critique validated my own assessment of the movie.

This is one of the most criminally underrated movies of all time, easily among the best war movies ever made. Unfortunately, it was completely overshadowed by Saving Private Ryan (a phenomenal film in its own right) which released the same year. The Thin Red Line is in the same league as juggernauts like Apocalypse Now, Come and See, Saving Private Ryan, The Deer Hunter and AQOTWF (1930).

It's one of my favourite movies, let alone WW2-centric ones.

As someone who really likes thought-provoking movies and World War Two history, this movie hit a perfect crossroads for me. Easily in my top five favorite films.

nails it. one of the greatest films of all time. the greatest war film by far imo

This is what pisses me off over the argument of how did Shakespeare In Love beat Saving Private Ryan at the Oscars. How does everyone forget this was the same year? This would have had my vote.

I've always maintained that you could take any random 30 seconds from any Terrence Malick film and use it as the trailer for that same film.

Loved this film from my first viewing Got overshadowed by Saving Private Ryan. Rightfully SPR was a masterpiece itself, but TTRL was pure perfection and such a unique war film

A man of great taste, The Thin Red Line is my favourite war film of all time.

Love it. The soundtrack too

…and guess which war film, made the same year, won the Oscars - that’s right; the inferior, ‘Saving Ryan’s Privates’

Does our ruin benefit the earth, does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Great movie

After this movie in 1998 haven't seen another like this that makes your brain triggered one of my favourites!!! Although it was a great unjustice to take the oscar private Ryan cause the movie names...

A "war movie" that's actually sensuous.And there are other surprises.... Thanks Marty & JWBS

The god of war (Mars, Ares, or whatever you will) as connected with the absolute, or God, or the One... For me, more than a movie, it is a spiritual experience. My life's most important movie, not necessarily the best. Scorsese is absolutely spot on.

This film came out the same year as Saving Private Ryan so ofcorse that was going to be the one i watched first because i was a huge Spielberg fan already so i knew that movie was going to be like nothing anyone has ever seen before on Camera & it definitely was just that & i loved it so much that i found Thin Red Line boring when i first saw it back then in 1998 but now that im older i love this film ❤

Witt and Welsh scenes are powerful. The music is at times sublime.

Brilliant assessment.

i really hope that someday, malick will release the original cut of that movie

Its a great film to watch with subtitles on

God I love scorsese

Man makes me proud this is my favorite war flick

Malik illustrated a certain kind of spirituality with this film that I'd never considered before, coming to this film as a catholic. I came from a place that taught me that yes, god is always speaking to you, and "he" has a point of view and an identity. This film is all the voices of these tortured men questioning that, or trying to find it where it seems to not exist. In the end, Malik is saying that god, or what ever this power is behind it all, is probably as amoral and as wild and beautiful and ugly as the untaimed earth. And it's us, too, just as untaimed as the earth, when our restraints and morals break down. Our capacity for violence, depravity AND grace is all equally part of that force. It never chose a side, it has no moral code, it never had a vocabulary as we know it, it just is, and it's in everything. It's beautiful and terrible and unknowable, at least in the way that we might think it is. What appears to be nature at war with itself could just be a projection of nature's volatile spiritual-chemical processes happening beneath all surfaces. This blew my mind and really altered my perspective on things. I found it to be deeply poetic, cathartic and true.

At :40 he refers to the "4 movies on my list." Anyone know the others?

Still waiting for the directors cut

I always thought that the TRL had a loose reference or parallel to Homer's Iliad. I should rewatch it. It's true about three Iliad too that it doesn't have a main character, not really.

Masterpiece Its art Belongs in a museum

What's number 1

I'll go one further... it's better than any of Scorcese's films. Except one: Raging Bull. 2 of my top 5 ever

What does he mean when he says "I'm worried that they are not on the Island"?!

You could define a movie as: Telling a story with moving pictures, sound, and usually actors. Thin Red Line has all that except the part about telling a story. It's sort of a long boring music video. 1:27 Marti nails it at the end, talking about how great it is that the voiceovers are not understandable. Calls it poetry.

I don't think Terrence Malick is even a real person. Honestly, I believe Hollywood concocted him. He's rarely seen in public, with only a few known encounters, like the one with Benicio del Toro, which seemed staged purely for publicity. The man they've painted as Malick-I think he's an actor pretending to be a director. It's strange how they claim he's related to Ben Affleck. I don't see any resemblance or connection between them. The idea that a director goes away for nearly thirty years and then comes back with a slew of screenplays he wants to film seems incredibly convenient. It's almost as if Terrence Malick filming all these movies is a calculated move, especially considering his supposed relation to Ben Affleck, who is said to have co-written Good Will Hunting. I think he might be an actor pretending to be a director, or he's a real director from the seventies who filmed Days of Heaven and Badlands, then either died or was killed, and Hollywood chose to capitalize off his death. It's also possible his image is simply being used while someone else is behind the helm. I know people will call me a conspiracy theorist to control everyone's thoughts, but I find his story to be a bit odd... even the shot of him with Benicio... he seemed a bit out of it... like a homeless wanderer suffering from dementia... somebody who couldn't possibly film the project the Hollywood jugernaut films and packages like advertisement. Malick's enigmatic presence, his sudden prolific output after decades of silence, and the connection to Affleck all point to a larger scheme. Especially since we all know Ben Affleck didn't write Good Will Hunting, nor did Matt Damon-at least not the shooting script. Malick seems like another poser, like Damon and Affleck, pretending to be a director. I could be wrong, but I find certain things fishy, like David Lynch randomly converting over to a daily weatherman from his house shortly after filming Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire, and Lost Highway. Lynch's films often delve into the nature of reality and consciousness, and it's possible he was getting too close to exposing the truth about our existence within a construct. Perhaps Hollywood chose to shut him down, steering him away from filmmaking to prevent him from revealing more about the simulated nature of our reality. All of these are subtle clues about how our simulation works, where reality seems to be blending together. Actors, grips, or filmmakers might vouch for Malick being real, having seen him on set, but he could simply be pretending to direct the films. Someone vouching for him doesn't mean he's the one actually filming these movies. His story is very fishy to me. For every ten people who find my comment amusing, thought-provoking, or at least consider the notion, there will be a single uptight person who tries to gaslight me or make me seem like a kook, a clammoring lunatic... maybe 3 out of 10... Rather than loosening up and considering how actors have background stories... as fake as the persona they project to us... posing as real people when they arent. Hollywood is make-believe, just like some of the characters they create off-camera. I stumbled upon a fascinating decode related to how they blend fiction and reality, suggesting that this is simply a construct-possibly a hologram where Hollywood is merely a dreamscape. It's worth watching, and it's fairly short, like seven minutes.I don't think Terrence Malick is even a real person. Honestly, I believe Hollywood concocted him. He's rarely seen in public, with only a few known encounters, like the one with Benicio del Toro, which seemed staged purely for publicity. The man they've painted as Malick-I'm convinced he's an actor pretending to be a director. It's strange how they claim he's related to Ben Affleck. I don't see any resemblance or connection between them. The idea that a director goes away for thirty years and then comes back with a slew of screenplays he wants to film seems incredibly convenient. It's almost as if Terrence Malick filming all these movies is a calculated move, especially considering his supposed relation to Ben Affleck, who is said to have co-written Good Will Hunting. I think he might be an actor pretending to be a director, or he's a real director from the seventies who filmed Days of Heaven and Badlands, then either died or was killed, and Hollywood chose to capitalize off his death. It's also possible his image is simply being used while someone else is behind the helm. I know people will call me a conspiracy theorist to control everyone's thoughts, but I find his story to be a bit odd. Malick's enigmatic presence, his sudden prolific output after decades of silence, and the connection to Affleck all point to a larger scheme. Especially since we all know Ben Affleck didn't write Good Will Hunting, nor did Matt Damon-at least not the shooting script. Malick seems like another poser, like Damon and Affleck, pretending to be a director. I could be wrong, but I find certain things fishy, like David Lynch randomly converting over to a daily weatherman from his house shortly after filming Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire, and Lost Highway. Lynch's films often delve into the nature of reality and consciousness, and it's possible he was getting too close to exposing the truth about our existence within a construct. Perhaps Hollywood chose to shut him down, steering him away from filmmaking to prevent him from revealing more about the simulated nature of our reality. All of these are subtle clues about how our simulation works, where reality seems to be blending together. Actors, grips, or filmmakers might vouch for Malick being real, having seen him on set, but he could simply be pretending to direct the films. Someone vouching for him doesn't mean he's the one actually filming these movies. His story is very fishy to me. For everything ten people who find my comment amusing, thought-provoking, or at least consider the notion, there will be a single uptight person who tries to gaslight me or make me seem like a kook. Rather than loosening up and considering how actors have background stories, posing as real people, they prefer to dismiss these ideas. Hollywood is make-believe, just like some of the characters they create off-camera. I stumbled upon a fascinating decode related to how they blend fiction and reality, suggesting that this is simply a construct-possibly a hologram where Hollywood is merely a dreamscape. It's worth watching, and it's fairly short, like seven minutes. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLuSiqZ9q82woKc.htmlsi=0N8wjIDvw3Jw41-f

Been watching war movies all November and I feel like the pacific campaign does not get as much love or respect as the western front and Europe.

This movie is very divisive. It always gets pitted against Saving Private Ryan.

I think they squeezed the only interesting parts of Thin Red Line into this 1:30 minute clip. It's not endless, it just feels that way. A war movie buried under a boring nature documentar.

Trying to figure out what it is I don't like about Malick. Seems fairly humourless? Just don't vibe with him at all. I agree with everything this movie has to say, but it annoys me.

LOL I love how all the fanboys come on here and act all intelligent after Marti just helped them understand why the film is like that LMAO I think it's a failed film. If you're going to go this length to make a MOVIE, you have to have a narrative and it has to make sense. Otherwise I might as well look at a painting on a wall.

Most boring film I've ever seen in a cinema. An absolute snooze fest.

This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Rambling and pointless.