Review of The Thin Red Line (1998) by Zack M — 15 Mar 2011

This is in fact the most hideously beautiful thing I have ever seen. Terrence Malik is an artist with the camera and this film has the biggest contrast between breathtaking visuals and the horrors of war. I could really talk all day about the assaulting visuals present here. The 3 hours is extremely deserved and portrays exactly what Malik wanted. Like all of Malik's films you could be completely content in just watching the film on mute and soaking up each well crafted scene. It truly is one of the most well crafted war films ever made.

Also alike to Malik's other films, this one has a doesn't have a story which is as brilliantly developed as the cinematography. It does have extremely profound voice overs and a very captivating plot, there's just no way they compare to the cinematography which is on a whole different level. It's a movie which is needed to be seen on blu ray, and needs to be seen by any cinema fanatic who enjoys the craftsmanship of a brilliant director.