Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

The Thin Red Line (1998)

Genre: Drama
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Cast: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, Jim Caviezel
Running time: 170 minutes



This war drama, which is based on the novel by James Jones, is a semi-fictionalized account of the Battle of Mount Austen, during World War II, through the eyes of a group of Infantry soldiers sent to Guadalcanal as reinforcements to help seize territory from the Japanese.

The action in The Thin Red Line is more internal than external. This is more about inner thoughts than outward action. It is about finding inner truth in spite of the ugliness of war. The fight scenes are good, but so much time is spent on drab inner dialogue that I kind of lost focus after a while. And, at close to three hours, this movie is much, much too long.

The cast of this film is loaded with big names, but, in the end, all the characters kind of melt into one another and become unimportant.

Cinematography-wise, the images in The Thin Red Line are beautiful, but the story itself left me cold. While this has gotten many rave reviews over the years, I simply did not find it compelling.

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