Rating: 6.5/10
Malick lines up quite the roster for this Guadalcanal diary: Nick Nolte, Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, John Cusack, Adrien Brody, John Travolta, George Clooney, Woody Harrelson and many others. The star power bogs this film down a bit. [Compared to a film like Herzog's "Rescue Dawn" which has similar pacing and less star power (no names other than Christian Bale and this was before the Batman hype).] So we've got a batch of soldiers trying to get up a very grassy hill. Fighting against an unseen enemy much of the time. The real enemy being their own mental and emotional demons which incite a lack of drive and a struggle to push onward. The script is wonderful...very Malick. And the sweeping low angle shots help you to feel like you're down in the dirt with these men.
Malick lines up quite the roster for this Guadalcanal diary: Nick Nolte, Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, John Cusack, Adrien Brody, John Travolta, George Clooney, Woody Harrelson and many others. The star power bogs this film down a bit. [Compared to a film like Herzog's "Rescue Dawn" which has similar pacing and less star power (no names other than Christian Bale and this was before the Batman hype).] So we've got a batch of soldiers trying to get up a very grassy hill. Fighting against an unseen enemy much of the time. The real enemy being their own mental and emotional demons which incite a lack of drive and a struggle to push onward. The script is wonderful...very Malick. And the sweeping low angle shots help you to feel like you're down in the dirt with these men.
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