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The love story killed it

posted 13 years ago by WilliamCutting92
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I bought Band of Brothers and The Pacific back to back. I of course watched Band of Brothers first and was not disappointed. One of the finest miniseries of all time. I just got done with the Pacific last night and it wasn't as good as BoB. For one thing the love story killed it I beleive. And the 3rd episode I believe where they got to Australia. It was a good show but doesn't stand the test of time with BoB. When I got them I thought they were going to be similar. They have nothing in common besides being to shows about WWII and have Spielberg and Hanks produce it.

[–] Ezrateach 11 years ago

Isn't the basic problem here that some people just want to watch men in combat the whole time and that any war story that actually includes the homefront or down time when soldiers interact with women, even fall in love, is just not interesting to them?

As much as I liked Band of Brothers, I appreciated seeing the lives of the soldiers who fought in The Pacific before and after their tour of duty; watching them leave behind normal lives then plunge into the terrors of combat, and then finally seeing how difficult it is to go home and readjust to civilian life tells the whole story in a way that illuminates what my father and uncles went through in he war.

[–] dagmose 11 years ago

without the love story there never would have been the scene that shows Lena visiting the Basilone family at their home.

beyond being one of the most affecting scenes in the series, it's one of the most emotionally pure moments ever committed to film, in my opinion. right up there with the pivotal scene tom mitchell and cary grant play in "only angels have wings."

gets me right here, every time.

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[–] Ace19444 11 years ago

I've said, and many other's agree with me (surprisingly), that Sledgehammer's Story > Band of Brothers > Lecky's story > Basilone's story.
Overall The Pacific isn't up to par with BoB, but specifically Sledgehammer's episodes on Peleliu and Okinawa are the most engrossing of anything in both series'

[–] natalie0407 10 years ago

Sledge's parts are one of the best examples of what happens when they take a terrific source material and actually stay close to it (while making necessary adjustments for a different media, of course). The other one that comes to mind is Touching the Void. I'm sure there're more but what I mean is that these two are based on the two memoirs of two people surviving extreme circumstances (war and a mountaineering disaster, respectively) that had a lingering effect on their lives. I always point out to these two whenever someone tells me that a movie can't be just like the book.

[–] Movie_Buff_Brad 10 years ago

I've said, and many other's agree with me (surprisingly), that Sledgehammer's Story > Band of Brothers > Lecky's story > Basilone's story.

I'd actually agree with that, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2BKWx_0qK0