The filmmaker Terence Malick has created a profound and complex war film.
             The Thin Red Line is in essence about a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during a fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey from landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survive.
             Malick has created more than just a war film as it explores the powerful ties that develop between men under terrible stress. The horrors of war make the soldiers lose their idea of self and of the world around them. As well as fighting for patriotic reasons, which had brought them there; they are fighting for survival and for the men next to them.
             The film presents a juxtaposition of a vicious mechanized battle-taking place in a perfect wilderness, where the forces of destruction colliding with ordinary people living in quiet harmony with their natural surroundings; these were the Melanesians of the Solomon Islands, whose way of life centres on family and tranquillity.
             There are many different representations in "The Thin Red Line". The representations include the protagonists. The ordinary soldiers are represented as humans with feelings and fears. At times when under severe attack they are portrayed as extremely scared and panicky. Malick is also representing ordinary young men as; one young boy dies in the arms of a soldier. At this point we tend to realise the harshness of war. Innocent victims like civilians are portrayed frequently so we realise that war actually kills people who are just like us going about there daily lives. We are able to see through the soliloquy at times and see families being corrupted.
             One important factor that Malick has intended to achieve is that the supposed "enemy" are not necessary the enemy as the Japanese are conveyed as havin...