the thin red line....are you serious!

. . .I'm with you all the way. . .worst movie I ever saw, PERIOD!!

Mike

 

Hi Martin, thanks for confirming Robert Ryan was in it. I admit, it's been awhile since I last watched it. Every time I see it, I can't get over the part where most of the G.I's were carrying Enfields either. And I fully agree, the theme music was a stinker. One scene I really thought was a great one was where they were facing those German snipers. Those were so well done. Whoever directed those scens-should have been in charge of all of the direction for the movie.

 

When the best actors are the "unknowns" (not that Captain), what does that say about all the "Billion Dollar Babies" that had to make an appearance/be a part of it ??
John Cuzac(sp) wasn't bad, the other big four

 

ANZIO. It's been awhile since I saw it.
I remeber best the duel in the end. (sniper rifle vs Tommy gun...)

Wo sind sie Americaner?
Right here German.

And let us not forget.

I finally figured out why we do it (fight wars)
because we love it...

 

Yes i will grant you it was a fantastic movie, but you Americans never let the facts get in the way of a good story, there is a marked difference between Memphis Belle the movie and Memhis Belle the war documentary, Memphis Belle in fact had a boring mission and came home intact and all crew un-injured, and the co-pilot never left his seat to occupy the tail gun thus resulting in a downing of another B-17.

My personal favourite of distorting the truth is U-571, never boarded by the American, actually sunk by aerial bombing by a Royal Australian Air Force Shorts Sunderland, at least Pearl Harbour had some sense of fact in it.

 

Jaeger, you might be interested to know that Robert Mitchum said that line: "Right Here German." But the reason why im even mentioning it, is because the Robert Mitchum character in the War Movie: "The Story of G.I. Joe" was an Infantry Lieutenant and he and one of his Sergeants were trying to ""smoke out"" the German snipers hiding in the rubble of some Italian village (the rubble happened to be the real stuff as this movie was filmed in war-torn Italy, while the war was still raging on) anyway, Mitchums character in this movie tried to get the German's attention by calling him some insulting names to which the German also replied. I think it went something like this:

"Hey German Schweinhund!" the German's reply: "Amerikanisch Schweinhund!" This of course was shortly before they blasted this German to Valhalla's Halls. Anyway, I thought it was funny that Mitchum had these similar lines in scenes that were similar in two movies made decades apart.

 

TTRL is getting more play here than it ever did in the theater.

 

Enjoyed this movie. Saw it when it came out in theaters and later on cable. It is thought provoking. Nick Nolte's character is especially living embodiment of ambition taking over, according to my interpretation. We are not always rewarded for doing the right thing. Doing only which is rewarded is well, evil to a sense.

I think the movie can trigger memories of past life experiences, I like these kind of semi abstract movies. Letting the viewer interpret the scenes for themselves. One gripe I have with Hollywood is its not always thought provoking.

 

in simpsons comic book guy voice "worst ww2 film ever!"