Not band of brothers, but still great. The three main characters are all phenomenal. Hits you in the gut on multiple occasions.

The Pacific Theatre of World War 2, as seen through the eyes of several young Marines.Produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, the same combination that gave us the brilliant series Band of Brothers, and, to an extent, the superb movie Saving Private Ryan. From the trailers this appeared to be a Pacific version of Band of Brothers, which is a very good thing.So it was a bit disappointing when this series did not measure up to Band of Brothers (or Saving Private Ryan). The realistic, gritty, graphic war scenes are there and the military aspect is very accurate and well done. However, The Pacific lacks the engagement of Band of Brothers, feeling quite flat in comparison. The reason for that is we are concentrating on a few individuals, rather than the whole unit. The series lacks the sense of camaraderie that Band of Brothers had.This said, we are comparing The Pacific with the greatest war drama series ever made, and one of the best drama series ever made. So comparisons with Band of Brothers are always going to lead to disappointment. The Pacific is great in its own right.

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

It's not a historical anything, it's just a "personal drama" over 10 episodes, with little to do with real life fighting, or how real life soldiers act, it does show some brutal stuff but it's put there only to let the viewers know it was indeed a brutal war in real life, but these are raw elements in an otherwise bland 10 episodes. The characters are not interesting and fake, the plot isn't interesting either, in fact it's typical American war movie: 1) don't show the real reason we are at war, fed the public some bs; 2) of course Americans get to have girlfriends of every nationality they want, because they're Americans; 3) personal drama and so called transformations on characters that clearly never existed in real life(and even by some miracle if they did, it's clearly not based on their actions); 4) portraying the enemy as SUPER STUPID(all the Japanese soldiers in this movie only know how to banzai charge and die like idiots), and SUPER EVIL, as if the poor Americans are hated for no reason at all; 5) portraying the Americans as fighting "a just cause", good vs. evil, and blaming the enemy for all the evil in the world, and brainwashing the average public that has no idea about history with this bs propaganda. As I said, the characters, scenes, plot, action etc. are all weak, I feel like I wasted my time watching what some guy believes happened in WW2 and not what actually happened or at least firmly based on what actually happened instead of some irrelevant and fake drama of non-existing people. Thanks for wasting my time, HBO.