THE THIN RED LINE Final Scene (1998) WWII Movie

THE THIN RED LINE Final Scene (1998) WWII Movie

In 1942, Private Witt (Jim Caviezel) is a U.S. Army absconder living peacefully with the locals of a small South Pacific island. Discovered by his commanding officer, Sgt. Welsh (Sean Penn), Witt is forced to resume his active duty training for the Battle of Guadalcanal. As Witt and his unit land on the island, and the American troops mount an assault on entrenched Japanese positions, the story explores their various fates and attitudes towards life-or-death situations.
Release date: December 23, 1998 (USA)
Director: Terrence Malick

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[streetgato]

That young soldier in the end trying to convince himself that things can only get better has got to be one of the saddest and most realistic depiction of men in combat in WW2. Guadalcanal was only one of the first objective, there will be more islands to capture and 3 more years of hard fighting where thousands of troops like that young man will die or be physically and mentally shattered for life.
Saving Pvt. Ryan is great and pure Hollywood as far as entertainment goes, but Thin Red Line is on a different league on its own. They are both excellent films.

[tatakae]

“They want you dead or in their lie.” This quote is a testament to how this movie was more philosophical than your average “shoot ‘em up” war movie. It was an underrated gem.

[seamusoreilly]

I can't judge what other people think, but, as a vet, I felt that "The Thin Red Line" was one of the most hauntingly thoughtful films I'd ever seen. It spoke some things that I feel and will never forget.

[luisortizgervasi]

It is quite an impressive, deep movie... It's philosophical and lyrical at the same time, without renouncing to all the violence and realism that a war movie should have. Along with 'Private Ryan', it's possible one of the best war movies I've ever seen.

In this last scene, the swinging, erratic movement of the camera and the faces of the exhausted soldiers, who do not seem to pay any attention to the camera, make us think that the spirit of Private Witt is inadvertently moving around them ("who are you, who were my brother, my friend....?") without the soldiers realizing that their dead comrade is leaving the island with them. And that's the point; isn't it? The dead were forever living in the minds of the ones who survived, long after the war ended.

[-Blazers-]

This movie always puts me in some kind of special perfect mental trance. A special feeling that I feel only after watching this movie and no more.
Terrence Malick 👏

[andrewwitts]

Watched this movie many times over. One of the best if not the best WW2 movies

[MobFigaeva]

This movie is a masterpiece. One of the best movies of all time.

[bassfishingwiththeantichri]

My grandfather was put in prison for almost 3 years during WW2.
My father and his siblings, all born in Gilroy, had to leave everything behind and move to junction Colorado by themselves. The oldest was 18.
Those who could enlist had to fight to prove they were Americans.
One uncle liberated Dachau prisoners on a death march. Another rescued the Lost Battalion.
When they returned everything they had worked so hard to obtain now belonged to somebody else.
The 442 infantry regiment is best known as the most decorated in U.S. military history and as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry ( Nisei) who fought in World War II.
They deserved to have their story be told from their perspective. But they’re all gone now.

[stevestewart-sturges]

I have never watched this film completely through twice, it's too much to take in.... it is immeasurably sad and deep

[USSResolute]

I think for a lot of WWII veterans, their decisions are encapsulated in the notion that after what they saw the worst was over and things had no choice but to get better. THey had been to hell. Nothing could beat that or beat them, and so they knew something the rest of us may never learn- that you can overcome anything. And so they did, becoming the Greatest Generation.
Love and miss you both Grandpa John and Grandpa Cal.

[lou]

By far my favorite Malick film and one of my top ten favorite films in of all time. I particularly love his style and sensitivity, while also achieving immersion like few other directors outside Kubrick. And the OST on this film is good enough to listen alone and probs also ranks in my top ten or five.

[Cinemaphile]

"What difference do you think you can make? One single man in aII this madness."

[redneckcowboy]

My grandpa fought through guadalcanal, pelilu and okinowa its amazing how hard these men were

[mikey]

What I loved about this movie was how it came at the whole issue from the perspective of how we would question our existence in this situation. Saving private ryan was great, and so was this. It is the same topic from different angles. I don't think I'd have been brave in war, and I'd have questioned my existence. Much like this movie shows.

[carloscanas]

The most underrated war movie of all time great acting great cinematography direction music score superb battle scenes my favorite terrence malick movie and my all time war movie along apocalypse now and saving private ryan they all show the horrors of war and the sacrifices of the young soldiers who fought r I p all those heroes that fought and die in all those wars

[barneybrady]

It had an effect on me as a young infantry officer when I first saw it. Decades later as a retired combat veteran from Iraq and afghanistan, it resonates hard to watch

[alanbrady]

We were blessed in 1998 with two of the finest war films 🎥 ever made. One in Europe and this one covering the Pacific theatre. Both were fantastic 👏

[yjb]

That piece of dialogue starting at 1:45 was the thing that I always took away from this movie. It’s so real, it probably sums up what GI’s took away from the war.

[shanewilson]

This was a really great movie… really ‘cerebral’. As an Australian I appreciate the importance of this campaign, and I’ve been to the Solomons, seen the landscape, the wrecks.

[Eric-qkbk]

If you die, it'll be for nothing. If you live, it'll be for less.