The Pacific - Episodes 1-10

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Simply the greatest and most honest portrayal of the Pacific war of WWII. My dad served there on an old WWI 4 piper converted to a DMS destroyer-minesweeper for 3 years. "The Caine Mutiny" came out of that experience. He got Kamikazed at Okinawa, but luckily was missed.

The whole time he was aboard nobody got killed, The sailors developed a superstition that it was because he put on tfillin (phylacteries) every day.

This series deals with the Marians rather than the Navy. Stephen Spielberg makes battle scenes so realistic that this mini series is not for the faint of heart. - JW

From Imdb:

James Badge Dale ... PFC Robert Leckie10 episodes, 2010
Joseph Mazzello Joseph Mazzello ... PFC Eugene Sledge / ...10 episodes, 2010
Jon Seda Jon Seda ... Sgt. John Basilone10 episodes, 2010
Ashton Holmes Ashton Holmes ... PFC Sidney Phillips7 episodes, 2010
Josh Helman Josh Helman ... PFC Lew 'Chuckler' Juergens6 episodes, 2010
Rami Malek Rami Malek ... PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton6 episodes, 2010
Martin McCann Martin McCann ... Cpl. R.V. Burgin / ...6 episodes, 2010
Keith Nobbs Keith Nobbs ... PFC Wilbur 'Runner' Conley6 episodes, 2010
Toby Leonard Moore Toby Leonard Moore ... 2nd Lt. Stone / ...6 episodes, 2010
Tom Hanks Tom Hanks ... Narrator6 episodes, 2010
Jacob Pitts Jacob Pitts ... PFC Bill 'Hoosier' Smith5 episodes, 2010
Nathin Butler Nathin Butler ... Private Young5 episodes, 2010

10/10

Brilliant film-making on a dark piece of history

15 March 2016 | by jlohman20

Please, for the love of God, please do not overlook this miniseries. I have seen way too many people who don't bother to see The Pacific because it wasn't like Band of Brothers. This was in no way, shape, or form meant to be like BoB. If you have studied WW2 at all, you would know that the war in the Pacific was a totally different war than the European theater.

I loved Band of Brothers, it was a great and realistic series of the harsh realities of warfare and the scars it can leave. The Pacific was much harder to watch than BoB ever was. BoB was all about the bonds formed in combat and how this can tear people apart. This grim series displayed how completely unprepared the US military was mentally for how truly horrific this war would be. Not only were you fighting the unpredictable and relentless Japanese soldiers, but you were also fighting the terrain. The dense woods, the heavy rain, the thick mud. Not to mention all the diseases that came with these harsh conditions. Water was a luxury in a lot of situations. The filmmakers brilliantly showed how this affected the fighting men, who became virtually hollow shells, their sanity teetering on the edge of their knives.

The Japanese killed everyone without remorse. One particular scene that gave me chills to witness was in the latter half of the series when a group of civilians was slaughtered by a Japanese machine gun nest while running to the American forces. One person, a child, started to crawl slowly to the lines, a couple bullet wounds on his body. One of the combat rookies wanted to run in to help the poor boy, but was kept back so they would not be shoot too. All the Marines could do was watch, as the helpless child was brutally killed after a bullet from that machine gun emplacement hit him in the back of the head and his body went limp instantaneously.

This is on par with Saving Private Ryan, another collaboration between Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, as one of the most horrific, gruesome, and realistic war dramas ever put to film. I highly recommend giving it a watch, but be warned: this series is not for the faint of heart.