Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

follis12 The war in the Pacific was a hell of a lot different than the war in Europe. Of course both where terrible - full of death, sacrifice, and heroism. However, it seems the soldier's stories from the European theater have gotten a lot more press.The US Marines in the Pacific lived like animals in the most horrible environments imaginable. On top of fighting an enemy committed to kill them at all cost and never surrender, they battled the mud, heat, malaria, near starvation, and isolation for months on end.Basically, it was a total nightmare, and the heroism of all the US Marines in the Pacific theater is nothing short of awe inspiring. The Pacific tells this story well. It is a must see on the topic of WW2.

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.

Alex John It's not a historical anything, it's just a "personal drama" over 10 episodes, with little to do with real life fighting, or how real life soldiers act, it does show some brutal stuff but it's put there only to let the viewers know it was indeed a brutal war in real life, but these are raw elements in an otherwise bland 10 episodes. The characters are not interesting and fake, the plot isn't interesting either, in fact it's typical American war movie: 1) don't show the real reason we are at war, fed the public some bs; 2) of course Americans get to have girlfriends of every nationality they want, because they're Americans; 3) personal drama and so called transformations on characters that clearly never existed in real life(and even by some miracle if they did, it's clearly not based on their actions); 4) portraying the enemy as SUPER STUPID(all the Japanese soldiers in this movie only know how to banzai charge and die like idiots), and SUPER EVIL, as if the poor Americans are hated for no reason at all; 5) portraying the Americans as fighting "a just cause", good vs. evil, and blaming the enemy for all the evil in the world, and brainwashing the average public that has no idea about history with this bs propaganda. As I said, the characters, scenes, plot, action etc. are all weak, I feel like I wasted my time watching what some guy believes happened in WW2 and not what actually happened or at least firmly based on what actually happened instead of some irrelevant and fake drama of non-existing people. Thanks for wasting my time, HBO.

SnoopyStyle Ostensively, this follows 3 marines and their individual stories in the Pacific during WWII. Bob Leckie (James Badge Dale) is a small town reporter who join the marines at the start. Eugene Sledge (Joseph Mazzello) is a 90 pound weakling whose parents are reluctant to allow him to join. John Basilone (Jon Seda) comes from an Italian family who becomes a famous war hero.Right off the bat, this must be compared to 'Band of Brothers'. While they are both WWII mini-series focused on the soldiers, they really hit on two different tones. BoB is more patriotic, more action oriented, and the story flow with a natural climax. This one still has the overwhelming action but it's muddier, grittier, and uglier. At times, this feels like a Vietnam war movie or a tough Korean movie. Unlike BoB, the last episode of this series is possibly the most emotionally tough. BoB can be an adventure thriller at times but 'The Pacific' is always a psychological grind. The only problem I have is the third episode where they spend the whole episode in Melbourne. It has some interesting stories but it's a waste to spend the whole episode there. Leckie gets a girl but they don't even stay together. For most of the Pacific, there are some great stories and impressive action. It's just a different style of war TV show.