I also thought the Thin Red Line was one of the greatest war movies ever made. Came out the same year as Saving Private Ryan unfortunately, but I liked Thin Red Line better.
“I also thought the Thin Red Line was one of the greatest war movies ever made. Came out the same year as Saving Private Ryan unfortunately, but I liked Thin Red Line better.”
That’s fine, and certainly I love plenty of obscure movies myself. But you must admit that it’s not for a general audience (lacking—what do you call it?—oh yeah, a plot). It also bombed at the box office and has not since become part of the cannon (that is, very few watch it anymore). It fits the point to which I was responding: namely, that the Academy Awards have a tradition of rewarding obscure titles.
I included it in the list because of my special hate for Terence Malick; anmy number of other films could’ve taken its place.