Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

grantss The Pacific Theatre of World War 2, as seen through the eyes of several young Marines.Produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, the same combination that gave us the brilliant series Band of Brothers, and, to an extent, the superb movie Saving Private Ryan. From the trailers this appeared to be a Pacific version of Band of Brothers, which is a very good thing.So it was a bit disappointing when this series did not measure up to Band of Brothers (or Saving Private Ryan). The realistic, gritty, graphic war scenes are there and the military aspect is very accurate and well done. However, The Pacific lacks the engagement of Band of Brothers, feeling quite flat in comparison. The reason for that is we are concentrating on a few individuals, rather than the whole unit. The series lacks the sense of camaraderie that Band of Brothers had.This said, we are comparing The Pacific with the greatest war drama series ever made, and one of the best drama series ever made. So comparisons with Band of Brothers are always going to lead to disappointment. The Pacific is great in its own right.

elsacassar I was horrified with the incorrect pronunciation of bivouac. The protagonist pronounced it 'bivwakk'. This is an abomination.It should be pronounced "buvakk".Please arrange or I will retain my 1/10 vote. I was deeply hurt with the mistake. It would be terrible if the young generation grow up to pronounce it as 'bivwakk' rather than 'buvakk'. We should teach them well while they are young.I truly hope that my comment will be taken into consideration, and the film be remade with the correct adjustments. It is time that this nation truly learns how to pronounce bivouac. This is why ISIS hates us. May 'bivwakk' rest in peace, and 'buvakk' bloom for the beautiful word that it is.Cheers to happy buvakking

tmandile-39974 About a week ago, I decided to use On Demand to watch "The Pacific." So over the course of a couple nights I watched several episodes and eventually reached the final one – no. 10 -- on Mon. night. The time period was obviously circa the mid-1940s. The gist was the return home of the main character, Robert Leckie, and that home happened to be Bergen County, N.J. where his dad was the editor-in-chief of the "The Bergen Record" newspaper. It is also where I grew up.The younger Leckie visited his father's office at the paper and made it clear he wanted to replace the current sports writer at the Record who wasn't doing a very good job. In response, his father asked when he wanted to start his new job. Leckie answered, (slightly paraphrased maybe), "This afternoon would be perfect. Bergen Catholic plays Don Bosco Prep." My credibility meter went crazy.I attended BC high school and was a member of its FIRST graduating class in 1959. I also was a member of its first football team and scored the first touchdown in school history in 1958. DUH!!! Plus, although DB did exist in the 1940s, I don't think that school had a football program until the late 1950s either.

BoomerDT "The Pacific" is a very good TV series, some incredible cinematography, excellent staging and presentation of graphic battle scenes. It's the same time frame as BOB and tells the story as BOB did, of the citizen soldiers who came from all walks of life to quickly become soldiers, sailors and marines to fight the Axis powers from 1942-45. Of course, BOB is dealing with the European theater, from D-day to the eventual occupation of Germany, specifically through the life of Easy Company in the 101st Airborne. Meanwhile "The Pacific" is following the USMC in their island hopping campaigns, eventually leading to the occupation of Okinawa before the atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced their capitulation and undoubtedly saved perhaps 500K American casualties from an invasion of Japan.Having read the book a couple times and seeing BOB at least 4 times, my thoughts on why TP doesn't quite measure up:1] It's harder to follow and understand the story line. BOB uses a narrator in each of the episodes, usually the Lt/Capt/Maj Dick Winters character, who becomes the central focus, although each of the episodes is usually focusing on another character in Easy Company. It explains much better the background and objective of their various campaigns, such as the Normandy invasion and the subsequent battles to drive the Wehrmacht from Northern France, to the drops and battles in Holland, and then the Battle of the Bulge. TP shows us the gruesome invasions and carnage the USMC suffered in Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, but doesn't delve much into the military objectives in taking these heavily fortified islands. Rather than focusing on one company, TP looks at these battles through 3 Marines, who have no connection to each other.2] The training sequence, which is always fascinating to learn how civilians are trained into becoming cohesive fighting men and build a camaraderie to not only depend but willingly sacrifice for each other, doesn't come until episode 8 "Iwo Jima" when Sgt. John Basilone, the hero of Guadalcanal and MOH recipient, volunteers to leave the cushy life style of speaking in bond drives to train new marine recruits. This was, BTW, my selection for the best episode in the series.Excellent performances from a young cast and thank goodness the producers of TP avoided the tendency of some many movie makers who fill war movies with a cast of actors in the 30's and 40's. The overwhelming majority of these soldiers were teenagers or young men in their early 20's.