Anyone ever saw Band of Brothers? It's a brilliant show about a unit of soldiers during WW2. I loved it. It was realistic, the characters were likeable and it just managed to show how horrific the war were. Though honestly, we've had way too many movies, shows and what not about WW2, and it's time to leave that behind... at lesat fromthe European part. What I always wonder about, is why they never focus on The Pacific side, the war against the japanese. Well the procues and creators of Band of Brothers aparrently had the same thoughts as me, and finally made a show abut The Pacific.
Explaining the story in this can take a long while, but it should be easy to figure out it's about some of the soldiers who's voulenterring for the war against the Japanese. The stories that's being told are pretty good. The characters are actually very likeable and the emotional attachment is pretty high to them as well. Their also realistic, like in Band of Brothers, telling what they went through and going through their emotions and how the war changes them. I wouldn't say it get's touching, but it can get really sad, and thre's a lot of sad and dark moments, but also some funny moments. some might say the show has a lot of dark humour (like one scene has the soldiers laughing at a soldier who was abot to take a dumb, then almost got killed by the japanese), but in war they have to laugh over something that's insane, it just proves that their human. They say that during the show too.
Not all of the stories are about the war though. there is a episode which sees the characters having a vacation in australia. It doen't have any battles, but it's a fun and emotional episode. Having a lot of funny moments, but also some sad and emotioanl moments.
The battles were realistic too, and like Band of Brothers their really good at showing the tragedy. How horrible and brutal these fights were and how it affects people. It got me a little emotional everytime these fight broke out (or well, at least the ver big and brutal ones). But their also shot really well. There's this fight at Peleliu, which is almost shot entirely in a long take, it's beautiful.
The music really helps driving home the emotional parts and the brutality of the war. It's composd by Hans Zimmer (with Geoff Zanelly & Blake Neely) and it's really wonderful. It should be on iTunes and CD, so I suggest to give it a look.
The show isn't without it's faults though. Finding out who you shuold care about can be a problem. It wasn't until episode 4 I figured out who the main characters were. Also, the transition from emotional moments/episodes to episodes with lots of fighting, isn't as smooth as you could have hoped. Episode 9 for example has a lot of brutal fighting and dark moments, and it's followed up by a emotional moment abou the end of the war, with no fighting.
Yet for it's small faults, The Pacific is an amazing show. It lives up perfectly to Band of Brothers, and is overall a memorable experience. For people who's tired of WW2, or love it, or just lookin for a great show, should really consider seeing The Pacific.
9/10