I got "The Pacific" on DVD as a gift for my birthday. Watched 2 episodes so far.

Aristus

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Sun Nov-14-10 11:54 PM
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I got "The Pacific" on DVD as a gift for my birthday. Watched 2 episodes so far.

Anybody else who saw it as disappointed as I am?

I can't believe how badly written it is. No excuse for that. The "Band Of Brothers" series was very well-written. The dialogue in "The Pacific" is banal in the extreme, or else it's boilerplate tough Marine talk from a 1940's war epic. The exposition is clunky and eye-rollingly obvious.

The acting is mediocre, and I don't care about any of the characters, because I don't know who any of the characters are.

At least with "Band Of Brothers", the characters were all real-life personalities, with personal histories and everything.

Somebody tell me it gets better. There are eight episodes to go...

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Mon Nov-15-10 01:08 AM
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1. Oh boy, my dear Aristus...

I'm sorry........I LOVED it.

But then, maybe I'm just impressionable. I was riveted by the cinematography, and the dialogue, and I found the characters fascinating.

I really loved it, and I'm sorry you aren't.

I'm glad you didn't buy it...

:(

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Duer 157099

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Mon Nov-15-10 01:11 AM
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2. I just rewatched all of Band of Brothers this weekend...

I enjoyed both of them, didn't really notice the dialogue so much, because I was interested in the geographical/historical perspective when I was watching it. By the end I really did care about Leckie so much so that I watched him all through Rubicon.

It won't waste your time, anyway, imho.

But maybe if I rewatch The Pacific I'll notice the script more. Actually now I'm thinking about it, I did notice it somewhat especially in one of the first episodes, maybe that's what you're talking about. But stick with it. Not as good as B of B, but still worth watching.

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bluedigger

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Mon Nov-15-10 01:14 AM
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3. It wasn't BoB, but still good!

Do you compare every gangster movie to The Godfather?:shrug:

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