Yeah, it's terribly long, but surely the biggest problem it's how it mixes those flashbacks of the soldier and his wife with the battle, and also those of the Pacific islands beaches and people, they don't match with the rest of the movie, which has the key points of any war movie: the characters look all the same and probably you won't be able to match the face with the name (if you can remember it),many supporting actors or extras and it's based on a "real" story... things that Saving Private Ryan couldn't do or have...and also this one has more dead bodies, but less gore and blood... As i already said, the biggest problem were the flashbacks and the poetic message it tries to deliver...if you get a copy without that, you'll enjoy the double
Review of The Thin Red Line
