The Thin Red Line, directed by Terrence Malick, tells a fictional story of the Battle of Mount Austen that took place during the Guadalcanal Campaign. One of the goals the film fails to achieve is depicting the battle as it happened. This is not a documentary about the Battle of Guadalcanal and its aim is to entertain viewers like any other Hollywood film. The film gives an inaccurate view of the battle and shows how the soldiers immediately intervened and attacked the hill. When in reality the US military did not act instantly and waited months after the Japanese captured it. America wanted to seize Guadalcanal because it offered a strategic position to set up a base, a seaport and because it offered communication between the United States and Australia. Indeed, Guadalcanal served primarily as a defensive battle at the start of the war. The film did not follow the historical accounts of the actual battle and skipped parts of the defensive phase of the battle so that the film would be more action-packed. The director chose to go on the defensive from the outset in order to entertain the spectators like other Hollywood films. Although the director didn't follow the story as it actually happened. It can be assumed that he described the difficulties encountered by soldiers during the war. However, Malick's biggest mistake lies in the way he describes the difficulties faced by the soldiers. Guadalcanal had been a tropical hell for the soldiers and we can assume they were having anything but fun. Men died because of the living conditions and the film fails to show this.12. Malick's vision with this film followed his goal of entertaining viewers. It followed the novel by James Jones. Although the film contains inaccuracies depending on the story, it still...... middle of paper ...... the effect it has on humans. His film followed a realistic book that was about soldiers and how the war had deeply affected them. The main characters suffered from post-dramatic stress syndrome, a problem that affected soldiers throughout the story. The Great Raid also depicted the war exactly as it happened. It describes the suffering of prisoners of war in Japanese camps. This also shows how brutally the Japanese soldiers reacted to the American soldiers. The film strives to show the raid as accurately as possible, as John Dahl focused on the realities of war in order to inform his viewers. The Thin Red Line focused on depicting the Battle of Guadalcanal. However, he fails to describe it as it happened. The film does not show how much the soldiers suffered because of the environment. John Dahl's main vision was to entertain viewers with a war film and that's it..