Twin Films #2 Saving Private Ryan vs The Thin Red Line

cheesecake God Tier Posts: 6,660 Likes: 4,993	Twin Films #2 Saving Private Ryan vs The Thin Red Line Sept 20, 2019 22:40:00 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cheesecake on Sept 20, 2019 22:40:00 GMT Per Wikipedia’s definition, Twin films are films with the same or very similar plot, produced or released at the same time by two different film studios. Which do you prefer?

stephen Legend "Not my remains, Al." Posts: 24,659 Likes: 24,945 Member is Online	Twin Films #2 Saving Private Ryan vs The Thin Red Line Sept 20, 2019 22:42:34 GMT clunkybob2 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stephen on Sept 20, 2019 22:42:34 GMT The Thin Red Line is the second best movie ever made. Saving Private Ryan is not the first.
	Good morning, Oscar Buzz. I'm listening.

pacinoyes
Legend

Posts: 22,186

Likes: 18,290

Twin Films #2 Saving Private Ryan vs The Thin Red Line Sept 20, 2019 23:01:34 GMT Martin Stett and morton like this

Quote

Post by pacinoyes on Sept 20, 2019 23:01:34 GMT

Well if I was a cynic (you pacinoyes?) I say SPR turns into a right wing BS lesson and The Thin Red Line is a hippie flower child's simplistic leftist version of war.......but for much of their runtimes they were neither of those things and for much of their runtimes both magnificent.

SPR starts in a genius way and pursues an existentialist and complex story that it then, inexplicably turns its back on.......TRL is poetic and lovely until like all of Malick films it has to resolve itself because he'd rather contemplate the stars or some bullshit than be bothered with annoying things like story arc.

TRL slightly because the ending of SPR is such a grotesque subversion of his films earlier scenes.......

Last Edit: Sept 20, 2019 23:12:36 GMT by pacinoyes

TerryMontana God Tier Posts: 8,215 Likes: 4,799	Twin Films #2 Saving Private Ryan vs The Thin Red Line Sept 21, 2019 12:19:42 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by TerryMontana on Sept 21, 2019 12:19:42 GMT TTRL has a very slight edge for me.

JangoB
Legend

Posts: 11,619

Likes: 10,646

Twin Films #2 Saving Private Ryan vs The Thin Red Line Sept 21, 2019 13:10:54 GMT morton likes this

Quote

Post by JangoB on Sept 21, 2019 13:10:54 GMT

I understand why the two are always brought up together but I don't think they actually have that much in common apart from being two big war films released in one same year. That being said, I'm one of the folks who are huge fans of them both. SPR is one of my absolute all-time favorites though.

1998 has some crazy examples of twin movies though! Destroying asteroids movies, animated bug movies...

letterboxd.com/dmitr_jango/

cheesecake
God Tier

Posts: 6,660
Likes: 4,993

Twin Films #2 Saving Private Ryan vs The Thin Red Line Sept 21, 2019 17:24:18 GMT morton likes this

Quote

Post by cheesecake on Sept 21, 2019 17:24:18 GMT

Sept 21, 2019 13:10:54 GMT JangoB said:

I understand why the two are always brought up together but I don't think they actually have that much in common apart from being two big war films released in one same year. That being said, I'm one of the folks who are huge fans of them both. SPR is one of my absolute all-time favorites though.

1998 has some crazy examples of twin movies though! Destroying asteroids movies, animated bug movies...

Yup, more 1998 choices to come! With the best picture lineup alone that year the comparisons are very interesting.

futuretrunks Based Posts: 3,205 Likes: 1,426	Twin Films #2 Saving Private Ryan vs The Thin Red Line Sept 22, 2019 12:20:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by futuretrunks on Sept 22, 2019 12:20:09 GMT TTRL is pointless and forgettable. It doesn't even have the distinction of being that well-shot for a Malick film.