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⌈ Secret Post #3287 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Best war movie?

[kallanda_lee]

It's certainly not the best, but The Thin Red Line always stuck with me.

Re: Best war movie?

[(Anonymous)]

I actually love The Thin Red Line. It's not a war movie in the traditional sense, but it does stay with you. I think it's brilliant and utterly unique. I think it was sadly overshadowed by the by-the-numbers Saving Private Ryan, which is unfortunate but probably predictable.

Re: Best war movie?

[(Anonymous)]

I can't help but say this every time it's mention, but The Thin Red Line was awful. It overshadows a fantastic and realistic novel which was written by an actual combat veteran, gives the main character no lines, turns the Jew into a Greek because I guess Jews are too controversial, adds some nice noble savage and heroic sacrifice cliches, takes out all the gay and interracial sex because I guess we don't need that either, and chooses to focus on trees and rambling monologues rather than any feelings that are actually related to combat. The only thing it did even half right was the speech at the end by I think Clooney? Saving Private Ryan utilized its own set of cliches but at least they were relevant, and it also managed to film what was at the time the most realistic portrait of combat ever represented in a fiction.

Re: Best war movie?

[(Anonymous)]

Your mileage definitely varies from mine, LOL! I haven't read the book, so I can't speak to any of those complaints, but for me, the film was really mesmerizing because it was focused on more of the juxtaposition of nature vs the chaotic noise and tumult of war. Not a typical take. And I liked the introspection of the monologues, because it make the characters feel like people who had their own stories and thoughts, vs characters designed to fulfill a specific role in moving the plot forward.

And, for me, while the combat sequences of Saving Private Ryan may have been exceptional, the story itself embraced half the cliches of war films while trying to eschew them.

But, obviously, YMMV. Variety is the spice of life! And Terrence Malick definitely isn't for everyone, but for my part, I do adore that film.

Re: Best war movie?

[(Anonymous)]

But the characters were already people who had their own stories... they took those away for shallow philosophical musings that make the characters sounds like emo high school students and not any combat vet I have ever spoken to or read about. People keep saying it speaks about 'war' but war's not some metaphysical concept... particular wars have particular problems and circumstances and you shouldn't throw those out of the window for grand metaphors. It robs the story of any relationship to the time and place it's suppose to exist in. And I still think the cliches inserted unnecessarily into TTRL are some of the worst flim cliches available. Eschewing cliches is not an argument in that movie's favour.

Re: Best war movie?

[(Anonymous)]

YES. I initially didn't like it, but it got in my brain and itched until I had to go see it again. It was definitely flawed but I found it really compelling.

Re: Best war movie?

[skeletal_history]

It's my favorite movie of all time, and I love it because it's not about the battle of Guadalcanal in WWII, it's about War. War, and Humanity and Nature and Evil (and Good and Love). It changed me as a person after seeing it the first time, and I've seen it at least a dozen times by now and it still has a profound effect on me each time.

Re: Best war movie?

[(Anonymous)]

This comment encapsulates how I feel about that film, and I've always had a hard time articulating what it is that I like so much, so thank you & me too!