Which scene really got to you?
The Pacific is full of both gruesome, and emotional scenes. But which scene really got to you? As in, which scene really made you feel something, be it bad or good? I'm curious.
The Pacific is full of both gruesome, and emotional scenes. But which scene really got to you? As in, which scene really made you feel something, be it bad or good? I'm curious.
I picked up The Pacific and BoB on blu ray many years ago. I immediately watched BoB but as a tribute to recent Memorial Day I decided to begin watching The Pacific.
Just a disclaimer: I am not all the way through the series, I just finished episode 7 I believe. Anyway when Sledge and Snafu/Malek are in the transport boat before they leave for Peleliu landing. What got me is when Snafu just nonchalantly throws up. Up until this point he is portrayed as kind of a seasoned "seen it all" character. This just really got to me for some reason.
On the canal they had their first real contact with a wave of Japanese soldiers. Firefight is extensive. After everything stops it's real quiet and you can hear:
"contact on the left"
and another guy yells
"no sh!t"
I still laugh.
The scene where John Basilone is on Iwo Jima and fighting like the tough, battle-hardened bastard of a hero he was and will always be remembered as, when he gets that first bullet and falls and you know his number is up it is so so sad. Even if you know the history of the USMC in WW2 and knew that he died, it's still tragic. Then later we see his widowed wife at John's parents' house and she gives his Dad John's Medal of Honor....makes me wanna cry just thinking about it now. In the final episode when Sledge is home again and how he acts I can just totally relate to that. Then when he goes hunting with his Dad and falls down crying....
shareYes, this. Basilone dying was so damn tragic, that really got me. Another one is when Ack Ack dies.
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Episode ten where Sledge is whimpering and thrashing in bed from nightmares, and his parents are just standing outside his door. I'm not even a parent, but just the thought of the helplessness you'd feel seeing your little boy go through that had me bawling.
shareThe whole bunker scene in episode 7. So friggin' intense!
shareRight after the baby scene where Sledge finds the mortally wounded woman and has a moment of regaining some of his humanity and instead of shooting her, even though she wanted him to, cradles her until she dies.
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