did "The Thin Red Line" put you to sleep?

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Chiropteran

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It is the only movie I have ever fell asleep watching in the theater.

Woke up after whsat seemed like a 3 hour nap and the movie was still going on.

Yeah, it's not a new movie, but I was thinking about it today and I can honestly say I haven't fallen asleep like that watching any other movie in the movie theater.
 
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Ricochet

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The cinematograhpy was great. The movie, however, lacked direction/consistent plot. It really needed an ending. Too many well-known actors. They threw in George Clooney at the end for no good reason.
 
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MrDingleDangle

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Originally posted by: ricochet
The cinematograhpy was great. The movie, however, lacked direction/consistent plot. It really needed an ending. Too many well-known actors. They threw in George Clooney at the end for no good reason.
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yeah to me it seemed like it was trying to be an "amazing" movie, but forgot some of the basics
 
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Pacfanweb

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There really needs to be a few good movies made about the Pacific war now, with the technology they have.
 
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Yes. Just when I thought and hoped it was over, it went on for what felt like another hour.
 
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Josh123

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I remember watching Saving Private Ryan in theaters then going to see The Thin Red Line. Me and my dad snoozed through the entire movie.
 
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Raincity

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Originally posted by: ricochet
The cinematograhpy was great. The movie, however, lacked direction/consistent plot. It really needed an ending. Too many well-known actors. They threw in George Clooney at the end for no good reason.
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The casting in that movie was all screwed up. Having John Travolta as the senior commander over Nick Nolte made the movie seem very odd right off the bat.
 
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Sureshot324

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'The New World', which is by the same director, is the same way. A lot of long, silent shots of just nature.
 
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Trikat

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The only movie I have fallen asleep to was Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Gawd that movie was so boring.
I never sleeped to even the boringest of movies/shows, but it just had to be that one. One I really wanted to watch.
 
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xSauronx

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Originally posted by: Josh123
I remember watching Saving Private Ryan in theaters then going to see The Thin Red Line. Me and my dad snoozed through the entire movie.
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i saw saving private ryan in the theater, heard how great the thin red line was and bought it outright when it came out

then i threw it away. what a god damn boring movie
 
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BlueWeasel

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I'm a fan of war movies in general, but TTRL wasn't very good. It was, however, much better than the crap otherwise known as Windtalkers.
 
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Originally posted by: Raincity
Originally posted by: ricochet
The cinematograhpy was great. The movie, however, lacked direction/consistent plot. It really needed an ending. Too many well-known actors. They threw in George Clooney at the end for no good reason.
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The casting in that movie was all screwed up. Having John Travolta as the senior commander over Nick Nolte made the movie seem very odd right off the bat.
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I disagree.

It was done intentionally to show how Nick Nolte's character was older and bitter at being passed over for promotions.

As for all casting yeah, I read on wikipedia that it was supposed to have a bunch more people including Billy Bob Thorton, and it was supposed to be even longer.

I liked the movie.
 
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