BrianSez's Review

Summary - Great 4.0

One thing is for sure: There’s nothing tougher than a WWII South Pacific Jarhead. Spielberg and Hanks do an admirable job creating the Pacific version of ‘Band of Brothers’. The South Pacific version is much grittier and gut-wrenchingly raw. As someone commented in the movie – those Army guys had it easy in Europe compared to the blood and guts mud stomping marine experience. It is easy to form a bond with the guys that this mini-series follows. Recreations of all the famous Marine battles, as well as R&R In Australia, and the eventual troubled experiences after the journey home. The sheer brutality of what those Marines went through was amazing. I will forever hold a special appreciation for what they did, and this movie does a bang-on job of helping you understand what it probably was like.

Acting - Very Good 3.5

Joseph Mazello (‘The Social Network’), James Dale, Jon Seda (‘The Closer’, ‘Hawaii 5-0’, ‘Burn Notice’, and other TV series) and my favorite Rami Malek (‘Twilight’, ‘24’) all do commendable jobs.

Film - Really Great 4.5

You pretty much can’t go wrong with executive direction from Hanks and Spielberg. Well shot, well acted, excellent choice of story lines. Huge entertainment.

Edge - Sordid 2.6

Some pretty brutal stuff – not for the faint of heart. Of course, unless you play ‘Call of Duty’ on your XBox, then you’ll be used to it.

Reality - Glib 1.2

Despite the amazing level of brutality, you just know that real-life was probably worse.

1 Comment

• Wick Feb 4, 2011 11:14PM

  Regarding BrianSez’s Review
  Great review Bri. Happy to see it up. Must see.

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