The Pacific follows the lives of a U.S Marine Corps squad during the campaign within the Pacific against the Japanese Empire during WW2. Made by the creators of Band of Brothers, it follows a similar line of thought to outline the hardships of the common man during war. The Pacific is in parts a fast paced war series that can be enjoyed by action lovers whilst containing a more sensitive side when projecting the relationships (brotherhood) of Marines on the battlefield. Where The Pacific takes a new direction from its "older brother" is in its depiction of the lives of soldiers who were picked to return home to increase the sales of war bonds. In doing this it also depicts the life cycle of returned soldiers from initial joy to the eventual feeling of regret and to a certain extent shame felt by soldiers wanting to return to the war in service of either their comrades or nation. The Pacific Theatre of World War II, as seen through the eyes of several young Marines. Before I watched The Pacific, I anticipated that it would be done as well as Band of Brothers. I was wrong.<br/><br/>Now, note that it was the producers and HBO who basically said, "If you liked Band of Brothers, you'll LOVE The Pacific." The Pacific falls flat for a number of reasons and I believe I know what those are.<br/><br/>The war in the Pacific theater ended 65 years after this series was released and Japan is no longer an enemy but is now considered an ally. The atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers and officers during WW II are well documented, but now it is considered poor taste to illustrate any of these actions because the Japanese might lose face. So instead of showing the brutality, the producers of TP decided to 'tone it down' to avoid being tarred as racist. To put this in perspective, it is no different than someone trying to portray Adolf Hitler as being some poor, misunderstood guy that really liked dogs.<br/><br/>I'm sorry, but it was a different time in history and if you are going to try and create something that is realistically accurate, you HAVE to show the brutality, you cannot whitewash over it and hope that because most of the people who were there are dead and can't correct you that you will get away with it, you will NOT. The reviews here on IMDb are showing that.<br/><br/>As others have pointed out, the character development was an epic fail and basically these were actors dressed up like WWII Marines playing at trying to be Marines. I think if perhaps they had gone through some kind of a boot camp where they could learn something about how to portray a U.S. Marine they might have been able to bring it off and maybe convince us to actually care for them. I cared more for the Japanese officer that was shot standing in the river on Guadalcanal than I did for the main characters in TP.<br/><br/>What REALLY annoys me is that this series sanitized the Japanese atrocities but seemingly took joy in showing how brutal the U.S.M.C. were. I realize that the allies, Americans, British, Canadians, Australians, et al, were NOT saints during WW II but we did NOT have DEATH MARCHES nor did we kill all the wounded in a hospital, rape the nurses and shoot the doctors like the Japanese are noted for doing. I understand why the producers were reluctant to show how the Japanese treated Marines that they captured, but even ONE scene would have been welcomed over the course of 10 hours of air time.<br/><br/>What truly scares me about this series is that someone might view this without having read or learned anything else about the war in the Pacific and because it is loosely based on real people think that this entire thing is fact, maybe even documentary.<br/><br/>The only reason I even gave it 3 points was because of the work done on trying to get the grit of combat into the lens, I felt that was well done, but other than that, this could have been SO GOOD, but political correctness trumped reality. This series gave me an intimate glimpse into the trials, the struggles, and the greatness of my grandparents' generation. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg must be some sort of match made in Heaven, because everything about this series is magnificent: the cinematography, the musical scores, the script, the characters, and the acting. I believed every minute of it.
Although it is possible that a few actors who had small non-reoccurring roles in the "Band of Brothers" series will make an appearance in "The Pacific", it is highly unlikely. This is mostly due to the fact that it is totally different true account of Marines experiences in WWII and that reusing certain actors may take away from the credibility of the series. Producers do not want any confusion to take place, and this is entirely possible if the viewer recognizes a face and assumes he is the same character from "Band of Brothers".<br/><br/>Freddie Joe Farnsworth, a stuntman who who had two minor roles in the third and sixth episodes of "Band of Brothers" will appear in "The Pacific." In war the first source of valuable loot comes from dead comrades, and secondly from dead civilians. Valuable objects such as wristwatches are usually of use to the enemy, therefore they should be taken. Obviously gold was a strategic resource during the war. Civilians in combat areas often carry their total wealth in banknotes, and again it was better for this to be recovered from the dead and used. Thefts by everyone from everyone is common in war zones, and especially from vehicles, even tanks, as they carry all sorts of interesting things.<br/><br/>It was a common grisly practice of American marines fighting in the Pacific, and there is documentation that it happened (see below). The obvious reason would be for the gold's value & the potential money to be gained from trading it during or after the war, however, there may be a symbolic or thematic meaning in it too, the concept of collecting a trophy from those you've conquered. A similar scene takes place in the movie <a href="/title/tt0120863/">The Thin Red Line (1998)</a> which is about the Army mop-up actions some months later after the initial Marine invasion of Guadalcanal in August 1942.<br/><br/>There is some documentation that it took place. Robert Leckie writes in his book, Helmet for my Pillow, that there was one Marine who did go around taking the gold teeth out of dead Japanese soldiers' mouths. He kept them in a bag around his neck. He never really explains why the man did it, but as stated above, it would have been worth a lot of money. Many of the Marines fighting in the Pacific wanted "trophies" and yes, gold teeth were just another trophy.<br/><br/>(In the book, he refers to another Marine doing this, but not Snafu. Several smaller characters were amalgamated into Snafu for the purposes of the series.)<br/><br/>However, Marine practices such as this were in response to initial Marine encounters with Japanese atrocities committed against captured Marines. Marines were often tortured, mutilated, and dismembered by Japanese soldiers upon capture, and some strung up alive for bayonet practice. As a result, Marines showed no mercy as none was shown to them. The pistol is a Nambu Type 14, a common one carried by Japanese officers. (It's German counterpart in Europe was the Luger P08. Both pistols were highly prized by American soldiers, the Luger more so. GI's like Leckie would often trade them for anything, including favors, which is why Leckie gives the 14 he had to Dr Grant; Grant allowed Leckie to return to his unit before his recovery was done.<br/><br/>In Leckie's memoir "Helmet for My Pillow" the pistol was not in the chest he found on Gloucester. Another Marine had a run-in with an officer and stole the trophy sidearm back from the officer, giving it to Leckie right before he left Pavuvu so he wouldn't be caught with it. Leckie did point it at the orderly to scare him after he was ordered to strip and hand in his razor blades and belt, but when the doctor expressed an interest in the handgun however, Leckie explained to him that it wasn't his to sell. Yes. The primary sources for the screenplay were Robert Leckie's book Helmet for my Pillow (1954) and Eugene Sledge's book With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa (1981). They were re-released to coincide with the release of the miniseries in Spring 2010 & are still available.<br/><br/>For John Basilone's story, the book Red Blood, Black Sand by Chuck Tatum was used. Tatum was at the Battle of Iwo Jima that claimed the life of Basilone in 1945 and had been friends with Basilone since boot camp.<br/><br/>RV Burgin's book Islands of the Damned (2010), is based on his experiences on Okinawa, Pavuvu and Pelilieu. It is currently available as well, and the author is portrayed later in the series by Martin McCann. In 1937 the US armed forces adopted the 8-shot semi-automatic M1 Garand rifle as their standard weapon. However distribution was slow and by the time the US entered the war in December 1941 most US forces were still using the 5-shot bolt-action Springfield rifle which had been in use since 1903, including the Marines at Guadacanal. The Army reinforcements which arrived in Guadacanal were equipped with the M1 and afterwards the Marines swapped their Springfields for them. However production of new Springfields continued until February 1944 and some units such as the military police continued using them until the very end of the war. a5c7b9f00b tamil movie dubbed in hindi free download Ergo ProxyThe Great Mistake of Dr. Miles full movie in hindi free download mp4tamil movie The End of December free downloadCannonball tamil dubbed movie free downloadtamil movie dubbed in hindi free download Common Groundmalayalam movie download Braddock: Missing in Action IIImalayalam movie download A Duel of Ironmalayalam movie download Underdogdownload The Old Texas TrailTomorrowland download movie free
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