MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Thoughts on this flick? I got it in a bundle pack, but haven't seen it. Didn't see a topic here. It came out around the time of Saving Private Ryan, so it didn't get much talk.
The Thin Red Line - War Movie
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SilverSamurai
All Star
It was a great war movie but it wasn't all that. It had a beautiful soundtrack, a strong cast, and some great cinematography but I didn't like the editing or the slow pace of the story from time to time.
The Jewnited States
Superstar
Always heard it's a gorgeous movie to look at. I need to peep it.
Grand Conde
Superstar
The first hour is incredible.
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
Very underrated movie. The entire advancement up those hills was done awesome. I remember being really high when I first saw it and was so engulfed in it. Great filck.
THE NATURE BOY IS ASHAMED TO SAY HE HAS NOT SEEN THIS YET
IT'S ON THE LIST
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MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
I'm an hour in and can't get into it.
i thought i had seen this but i actually don't think I have. I need to watch this soon.
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
I don't think I'm gonna be able to finish this shyt. It's like one big, long episode of Pacific.
I think I'll take one ep of Pacific over this. I'm not shytting on Pacific because I enjoyed it. I'm just saying.
I think I'll take one ep of Pacific over this. I'm not shytting on Pacific because I enjoyed it. I'm just saying.
Lurking Class Hero
Medicine for loneliness
Just finished it. It's not complete trash by any means, but it's not good enough to hold your attention for 3 or however many hours long it was.
My problems with the film were:
1) The length. If your giving me a film this long, the standards need to be high. Give me some Das Boot/ Apocalypse Now/ Seven Samurai etc level stuff.
2) The narration. I don't share the belief that narration is necessarily bad. Lots of movies do this well, but here it's boring and trying to make the film seem deeper than it is, with lots of banal babbling enough good and evil.
3) Flashbacks to a missing wife/girlfriend. Can't stand this
. To me this is up there with giant air vents as far as movie cliches are concerned. When some brooding loner is fantasizing about some woman we've never met and they give us these silent romantic flashbacks of them frolicking about on a bed or whatever, I never care, it adds nothing.
4) The whole thing feels kind of aimless. One of the reasons I struggled to get through it is seemed to just drag on with no particular point or target. Maybe that was the point, but it was still a chore.
It does have some well shot and tense battle scenes, but overalI it's pretty weak. Saving Private Ryan is leaps and bounds beyond this.
My problems with the film were:
1) The length. If your giving me a film this long, the standards need to be high. Give me some Das Boot/ Apocalypse Now/ Seven Samurai etc level stuff.
2) The narration. I don't share the belief that narration is necessarily bad. Lots of movies do this well, but here it's boring and trying to make the film seem deeper than it is, with lots of banal babbling enough good and evil.
3) Flashbacks to a missing wife/girlfriend. Can't stand this
. To me this is up there with giant air vents as far as movie cliches are concerned. When some brooding loner is fantasizing about some woman we've never met and they give us these silent romantic flashbacks of them frolicking about on a bed or whatever, I never care, it adds nothing.4) The whole thing feels kind of aimless. One of the reasons I struggled to get through it is seemed to just drag on with no particular point or target. Maybe that was the point, but it was still a chore.
It does have some well shot and tense battle scenes, but overalI it's pretty weak. Saving Private Ryan is leaps and bounds beyond this.