Film Appreciation – Assumptions and contributions of semiotics

This week we discuss about one war film which is "The Thin Red Line".This World War II drama is about a man destruction of nature and himself. The film opens with an american soldier arrived at a Pacific island. The Island has been conquered by the Japanese and is currently being invaded by the U.S army. There's a lot of character in this film . Each of them have a different characteristic.

James Caviezel stars as Private Witt, a deserter living in peace and harmony with the natives of a Pacific island paradise. Captured by the Navy, Witt is debriefed by a senior officer (Sean Penn) and returned to an active duty unit preparing for what will be the Battle of Guadalcanal. Most of the army was mentally not ready for the battle and they know that this task will suffered them later. This shows that big country in World War II  push their army to the limit the no more humanity and they mission is only to conquered the world.

During the battle scenes, there will be flashbacks to the island and other flashbacks as a soldier remembers his love for his wife. This flashbacks prove that the mentality of the army are beyond from war.They miss their wife, friends and family. The director also shows about the army personal life, friendship, happiness, feeling of fear and hope of the army.

From my perspective view, this film give a heavy storyline to the audience because the director planned well with the character and the emotions. This film shows about respect, honour and moral view to the audience. All the action was fast and blend with the situation. Some of the actors maybe just started to polish up their career when the film was came out in cinema. We still can find the weakness from the acting, a bit of editing and voice over in this film but it still a good film that worth to watch it.