Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

MartinHafer "The Thin Red Line" is a decent war film. My only serious complaint is that I wasn't quite sure what the story was trying to say...if anything.The story is set during WWII and some marines are aboard a transport ship heading to Guadalcanal, one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war. The story focuses on Pvt. Doll (Keir Dullea) and his seemingly sadistic Sergeant (Jack Warden). The story is extremely violent for 1964--with many scenes that would be tough on the squeamish.What I liked about the film was how savage the fighting was. Unlike many more sanitized war pictures, this one really didn't clean it up too much. What I didn't like was the odd message as well as the fact the place looked nothing like the tropical locale it was supposed to be--with dry cliffs and trees you'd find in a much different climate. In addition, Doll's wife looks like a woman of 1964--not 1942. Overall, worth seeing...but odd they didn't take more pains to get some of the details right.

berfedd Plot: Tough company sergeant Jack Warden and maverick infantryman Keir Dullea battle their way – both with the enemy and each other – across the killing fields of Guadalcanal during World War II.Review: Not quite the classic I expected. Rather uneven at times, especially during the earlier part of the film with some suspect acting and an awful lot of unnecessary explanation. Thankfully it is held together by the two lead performances – Jack Warden (a Hollywood stalwart) and Keir Dullea (better known as the astronaut Dave Bowman in 2001: A Space Odyssey).The movie graphically depicts the horror and mercilessness of combat, an experience which gradually sends Dullea round the bend. Warden's character, an unrepentantly hard-nosed company sergeant, never bats an eyelid. The two manage a sort of working relationship as events progress, but Dullea is an incomprehensible dreamer as far as Warden is concerned, while Warden represent everything that is wrong in the world to Dullea.It was good to see Dullea in action, knowing him only from 2001. He comes across as a sort of mild Clint Eastwood – quietly spoken, thoughtful, singular, and probably with numerous issues going on behind his curious stare. Warden, a good character actor most familiar as one of the jurors in 12 Angry Men, must have drawn a lot on his own experiences as a sergeant in WWII.I'm not sure what the movie was trying to say, but it definitely cannot be accused of glamorising war. It is the grim tale of men killing, being killed, and being driven to and beyond their limits for hopefully the greater good.

generalz-1 I disagree with "Witt 7". From beginning to end, this movie portrays, what it must have been like for green troops on the "canal". for example, green troops doing something stupid. The interplay between the various ranks, I thought was well done. The agony of getting a traumatic wound, and suffering through it; brings up movies prior, and after, this one, continue to flash through my mind. The special effects are good and convincing. I also think that the factor of "random chance", as it relates to life and death that "Witt 7" seems to downplay, is very well done. Plus The acting is very good. Bottom line, if you are into war flicks, and you haven't seen this one. I highly recommend this one !!

kayaker36 When you wanted to portray toughness, the late Jack Warden was one of the first actors who came to mind. He often played persons in authority positions, as in the TV series "N.Y.P.D." and "The Wackiest Ship in the Army" (in both, a captain).In this movie he plays a top sergeant in the Army, the man who will keep you alive no matter how ruthless an enemy you will face. He's no sweetheart. He's nobody's buddy but he is cool under fire, wise, experienced and no mean player at psychological games. When some green and incautious solders in his platoon want to pick up some war souvenirs at the start of the film, it is the sergeant who casually demonstrates that the soldiers have come within an ace of getting themselves blown up. The "souvenirs" were booby trapped by the cruel, clever Japanese! In counterpoint is the character of Pvt. Doll--young, delicate looking, self-contained, and determined to survive. The casting of Kier Dullea with his expressive eyes was spot on. When Guadalcanal is mentioned most people think of the Marines. The Marines did fight a tough and heroic campaign on that island. However, the Marines were eventually relieved by the Army. The Army was left to clean out what remained of the Japanese on Guadalcanal, particularly a strongly held natural feature: Mt. Austen, called the "Dancing Elephant" in the movie but in history the "Galloping Horse" because of its shape.The story centers on the taking of Mt. Austen by the Army, with the full horror of facing for the first time an enemy determined to fight to the last man.No movie I have ever seen captures so perfectly the grimness of war, its squalor, occasional moments of exultation and the byplay of men at different levels of command but all trapped in an essentially insane situation.