are you australian or something ?
General Band of Brothers and The Pacific, the pinacle of war movies...
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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.
Hard to follow BOB
Pacific was excellent, just not as dark and stirring
Pacific was excellent, just not as dark and stirring
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.
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.
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.
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.
I love a lot of earlier films
This dropped today, it's a pretty good overview of the show vs. reality:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL9mdNkSDUg
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL9mdNkSDUg
