Absolutely the worst movie.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

I will now speak the simplest variant of English, only to make my point clear and precise - this 10-episode serial is very bad. The first reason, is that although it cost more than $200 ml to make, it is not clear as to where this money went. It seems to be a very poor choice to waste money on this flick. The plot is so terribly predictable and yes, we have seen all of this many times. Do we need a poor rendition of equally poor Band Of Brothers? Do we need a terribly inferior variant of Private Ryan? The casting is of a dubious merit. We do not feel any empathy for all these seemingly vapid and shallow characters. The battles are loud and they grow tiresome so quickly that one can skip them all as fast as possible. The message is clear but again, do we need to see that again? Tom Hanks made a huge misstep here and he did not deserve any praise for this third-rate formulaic flick

The trouble with filmmaking (or film viewing, for that matter) is that benchmarks are set that affect the way we view the next product. For example, "The Longest Day" was the standard for WW2 movies until "Saving Private Ryan" blew it out of the water. Then, "Band of Brothers" set the bar even higher by explaining the entire war in dramatic fashion, not just a single battle. Thus, "The Pacific" will forever be measured against BOB, whether fair or not, considering the different tone this series takes compared to the "European version".For a basic plot summary, "The Pacific" focuses on the stories of three U.S. Marines, always the "first men in" to all the major battles: Eugene Sledge, John Basilone, and Robert Leckie. Their collective experiences allow us to see the events (both on and off the battlefield) in places like Guadalcanal, Pavuvu, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Also, we get to have a glimpse of their lives away from the war and how they adapted (or failed to adapt) back into civilian life.In terms of tone, "Band of Brothers" was all about the battles, such as the spectre of D-Day or the bone-chilling conditions in the Belgium forest. "The Pacific", though, takes a much more personal tone. Sure, the key historical events and battles are covered in dramatic fashion, but this time the meat of the story is the characters themselves. By the end of the series, it's almost as if these characters have become a part of us that we don't want to see come to a close. As an added payoff, we also get some character resolution (something that BOB did not provide) for those main three figures.I thought that the first four parts of the show were average, it started picking up in 5-6, then exploded in 7-10. That slow start prevents me from giving the series a full five stars, but other than that it was very solid.Overall, I still consider BOB to be the better series of the two, but that comparison is flawed because of the differing tones. "The Pacific" does a great job in its own right of carving out a place in the war docu-drama category. Just don't stop watching after the first 1-4 episodes...trust me, it really picks up.

I was horrified with the incorrect pronunciation of bivouac. The protagonist pronounced it 'bivwakk'. This is an abomination.It should be pronounced "buvakk".Please arrange or I will retain my 1/10 vote. I was deeply hurt with the mistake. It would be terrible if the young generation grow up to pronounce it as 'bivwakk' rather than 'buvakk'. We should teach them well while they are young.I truly hope that my comment will be taken into consideration, and the film be remade with the correct adjustments. It is time that this nation truly learns how to pronounce bivouac. This is why ISIS hates us. May 'bivwakk' rest in peace, and 'buvakk' bloom for the beautiful word that it is.Cheers to happy buvakking

About a week ago, I decided to use On Demand to watch "The Pacific." So over the course of a couple nights I watched several episodes and eventually reached the final one – no. 10 -- on Mon. night. The time period was obviously circa the mid-1940s. The gist was the return home of the main character, Robert Leckie, and that home happened to be Bergen County, N.J. where his dad was the editor-in-chief of the "The Bergen Record" newspaper. It is also where I grew up.The younger Leckie visited his father's office at the paper and made it clear he wanted to replace the current sports writer at the Record who wasn't doing a very good job. In response, his father asked when he wanted to start his new job. Leckie answered, (slightly paraphrased maybe), "This afternoon would be perfect. Bergen Catholic plays Don Bosco Prep." My credibility meter went crazy.I attended BC high school and was a member of its FIRST graduating class in 1959. I also was a member of its first football team and scored the first touchdown in school history in 1958. DUH!!! Plus, although DB did exist in the 1940s, I don't think that school had a football program until the late 1950s either.