General Band of Brothers and The Pacific, the pinacle of war movies...

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segfault

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Some reason I could never get into the pacific. Love BofB, have a book from Dick Winters personal library in a shadowbox hanging in my restaurant.
BoB stuck with the same company throughout the war, giving a chance to bond with the guys. The Pacific jumped around too much. Then again, given the attrition rates in the Pacific theater, maybe they just couldn't focus on one company and had to expand it to the division. But yeah, The Pacific is definitely the weaker of the two.
 

Jam_Handy

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Like I said...not the biggest fan of Steven Spielburg, but I think he nailed it here (somehow)...

The best series ofwar movies imo...
 

CasketCaseZombie

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BoB stuck with the same company throughout the war, giving a chance to bond with the guys. The Pacific jumped around too much. Then again, given the attrition rates in the Pacific theater, maybe they just couldn't focus on one company and had to expand it to the division. But yeah, The Pacific is definitely the weaker of the two.
Pretty much what I was going to say. BOB was one unit, the Pacific skips between different units on different island campaigns. Makes it harder to invest in the characters.
 

Phuckles

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Saving Private Ryan #1
Band of Brothers a close #2
The Pacific was like Band of Brothers little brother that was born with an unfortunate congenital defect in which they were perfectly normal other than the fact that their hands and legs didn't fully develop in utero. So, they were sound of mind, and had a big heart, but they simply never had a chance at a normal life.
 

Phuckles

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The Pacific is to Band of Brothers what Pearl Harbor was to Saving Private Ryan.

It sucked.
 

Poiupoiu

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What is your favorite BoB scene ?

mine. when winters ran up on that group by himself. of course the run was great too.
 

Phuckles

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What is your favorite BoB scene ?

mine. when winters ran up on that group by himself. of course the run was great too.
That was sweet. The true story behind it is cool too.

The scene where Winters tells his boys to lie about going back over the river for another raid hits hard. Real life Dick Winters sounds like an amazing leader.
 

Mike Litoris

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Have you guys watched Masters of the Air yet? Its pretty awesome.

My top 3

#1 Black Hawk Down
#2 BoB
#3 Saving Private Ryan