The Pacific: Part 9

[klingan]

i don't have HBO

Neither have I.
But I have seen all 9 episodes.....

 

[JonDoe999]

I wish I had HBOShow. I would defintaly watch it. It looks good and sounds great!!!


Guess I got to stick with Band of Brothers.

[-tronski-]

Well said. They had to compress so much into so little time it's amazing they covered what they did as well as they did.

When you see Tom Hanks name on a patriotic story, you can be assured it will be quality bar none.

I've read on AV Club that the current series was pared down from the original plan which included episodes dealing with more detail on naval and air operations, and a significant beef up of the Basilone/Iwo Jima storyline where his hard lessons taught at Pendleton saved guys lives from his platoon on Iwo Jima etc.

 Tronsky

[Skulls22]

Ive been watching all of them. There just.... Moving, almost

[FiLtH]

Ya 5,6,and 7 could be a movie all by itself.  The first few just didnt grab me.

[Spikes]

I think they are all good in their own respects.

[bravoa8]

Neither have I.
But I have seen all 9 episodes.....

 

How?

[John Curnutte]

 This series does only touch on a few things , it could have easily been 40 episodes and still not gotton it all in . They have done a fantastic job though considering the amount of time they had to work with . I really enjoy this series alot and look forward to part 10 tonight .
                      Nutte

[ABDCWOT]

Let Tom Hanks know on his twitter....twitter@tomhanks

[Saxman]

Loved Part 10. BoB ended without us seeing anything about how the characters handled returning home. How much more powerful would it have been if we had actually SEEN Nixon's personal troubles, rather than Winters's voiceover describing it? Or seen Spiers return to his mistress in England to learn that her husband WASN'T killed as they thought, and that she made off with all his war loot?

I was hoping in their on-screen epilogue they would have mentioned what happened to J.P., as from what I gather he WAS a historical figure (unlike Manny in Parts 1 and 2, who was a combination of several individuals). I tried a Google search and all I could find was a Sgt. J. P. Morgan killed in a plane crash in 1942, which wouldn't work considering "our" J. P. was on the Canal at the time....

[skribetm]

the ending episode was deep & meaningful.
i am still in awe at how much sacrifice the greatest generation made for all of us.

[fudgums]

I dont think it could end any better.

[SgtPappy]

That was great. Really emotional stuff.

[rogwar]

Part 10 was very moving. Sometimes it feels like they don't make folks like that anymore.

[Yeager]

Very powerful filmaking.  Im still taking it all in.  Great series!

Just this evening I ordered the book set "with the old breed/helmet for my pillow" by E. B. Sledge and Robert Leckie respectively from military book club.  Looking forward to the reading.