Anything that needs to sell itself by its Depth and Meaningfulness points is not worth having, be it book or movie or whatever. Any piece of art worth the name will have some element of lightness and beauty to catch your imagination before it goes and applies the Depth and Meaning.

("The oracle has spoken", as my friend from Vienna says when I categorically announce such principal statements without fishing for any approval in the process.)

"The Thin Red Line" which I watched on account of Adrien Brody as well did that captivating part beautifully, by the way. It catches you by pretending to be a war movie (most people; it caught me by containing "Otto"). It then dazzles you with a very laconic, almost documentary narrative slowness. Then it goes for your guts. I'll never forget that thing with the treeful of fruitbats.-