The thin red line, is not for the average movie viewer. Most people wont get anything out of it. This is a highly philosophical film and focuses on whatt war does to men and nature rather than man to man. Several men lose their minds while others cant bare to see friends die. This is one of the only movies i have seen that actually shows the japanese as living people and not just savages. Terrence Malick shows several shots of nature in the middle of battle to show that birds have been injured, plants are full of bullet holes and animals are captured. It also shows the peacefullness of the native tribes, and once the "white man" arrives, they begin to fight, and are hit by diseases. Overalll this is a great film