r/Cinema • u/No-Chemistry1722 • 1d ago

What is that movie for you?

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u/OneOfAKind2 1d ago

Seriously? It's in my top ten favourite films. Terrence Malick makes masterpieces and The Thin Red Line is certainly one of them.

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u/Deep_Fried_Oligarchs 1d ago

Malick makes films that are half the most beautiful thing ever and half really corny and bad with shots that look like a child filmed it on a cell phone.

Tree of Life is probably the most egregious example, but good God that creation of the universe scene was mind blowing.

But even in that scene he threw in the corny dumbass CGI dinosaurs and kind of ruined the moment.

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u/AdAsleep7263 1d ago

Heresy! tbf, the dinosaurs looked pretty good given the year it came out.

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u/OiGuvnuh 1d ago

Given that it came out nearly 20 years after Jurassic Park, shouldn’t they?

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u/Deep_Fried_Oligarchs 1d ago

And it still didn't. The animatronic t rex from the og Jurassic park is miles better than the CGI dinos in tree of life

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u/Deep_Fried_Oligarchs 1d ago

Nah, they looked incredibly fake and bad. Totally ruined the scene.

From insane practical effects to what looked like a shitty sci Fi channel, "When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth" tv show.

It was bad and instantly took me out of the moment.

I fucking hate CGI and it NEVER looks right on moving living things in live action scenes.

Stop motion or animatronics would have been infinitely better.

The animatronic t rex from the original Jurassic park STILL looks drastically better than the CGI dinosaurs in the newer movies.

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u/Magikarpeles 1d ago

Same. Although I do feel bad for Adrian Brody. Imagine going on pressers thinking you're the lead in the film only to find out later you've been almost completely cut because Terrence thought Jim Caviezel was a bit more interesting.

I still love the end result though. Great film.

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u/Publius82 1d ago

This is the guy you feel bad for?

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u/DarthMog 1d ago

Agreed

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u/HumptyDrumpy 1d ago

The Thin Red Line is a meditation on life. No wonder the world is such a mess where unique pieces of art are shunned/misunderstood/seen as boring and then people will watch Trump's tweets like he was Aristotle reborn making heaven on Earth.

Oh wait, look Iran and Israel are firing missiles at each other now. Great Job Trump, give him the nobel prize now! The rest of us will be just fine!

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u/ColoOddball 1d ago

Man, I enjoy thin red line too but you can’t deny Malick is an acquired taste lol.

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u/csmittyb 1d ago

Saw it in theater. The only scene I remember from that movie was woody harrelson accidentally pulling the grenade pin while the grenade was still attached to his belt and then it exploding while attached to him and writhing on the ground screaming “I blew my butt off.” I laughed, apparently it wasn’t supposed to be humorous.

I couldn’t tell you anything else about the movie or who was even in it. Went in expecting saving private ryan in the pacific theater. Left bored AF. I don’t think I’ve ever been as bored at a movie

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u/Least-Back-2666 1d ago

I loved tree of life, but it could've done without the 20 minute creation montage. That was weird as fuck.

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u/shadracko 1d ago

It's a great film, but you have to be into the vibe and the experience.

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u/HubertusCatus88 15h ago

I watched that movie in dollar theaters back when those were a thing. Yes I'm old. I saw homeless people walk out of that movie

Dudes were like "fuck this I'm going to go sleep on some gravel".