Submitted by AJ Garcia on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 1:33PM
Show: The Pacific Genre: Drama Starring: Isabel Lucas, William Sadler, Joseph Mazzello, Anna Torv, James Badge Dale, John Seda Studio: HBO Home Video Runtime: 400 minutes Release Date: November 2, 2010 Format: BLU-RAY Discs: 6 Rating: ( )Grade: A+ Factoid: Joseph Mazzello starred in Steven Speilberg's Jurrasic Park as well as Radio Flyer, a film that featured Tom Hanks. Let me first start off by clearing the air with the naysayer’s that have been complaining, of all things, that The Pacific is not Band Of Brothers. It was never meant to be. We all loved Band Of Brothers but to slight The Pacific as being anything less then a small fraction of what this particular war was for a few men would set sail assumptions that The Pacific has been viewed as entertainment only. Honestly that makes me a bit sick to my stomach. Tom Hanks, Steven Speilberg, Gary Goetzman, and the many directors of the 10 part series follow three Marines (Eugene Sledge, Robert Leckie, and John Basilone) through their respective tours in the Pacific Theater. Leckie and Sledge, whom both wrote about their experiences, provide much of the narrative through the series with their works; Helmet For My Pillow by Robert Leckie and With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge as well as John Basilone's documented life in The Marines. While at times the story can become overwhelming as it tends to jump around a bit between Sledge, Leckie, and Basilone it never fails to capture the horror, beauty, and redemption of the Marines as they survive both the physical and mental terrors of the war. I would suggest also seeing Ken Burns The War, which also features Eugene Sledge’s With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa as a source, as well as WWII IN HD which offers up actual color footage from the raid on Guadalcanal that matches up well with this series. A must see. QUALITY: Audio, which comes in on a DTS-HD MA and a DTS Digital Surround are the icing on the cake. Every one of your speakers will be put to use ricocheting bullets behind your head, the sound of the wounded from the left to the right, front to back. Explosions will rock the foundations of your living room while allowing dialogue to come through crystal clear. It will more then likely be awhile before your impressed again by anything that doesn’t at least match the quality your going to find here. BONUS FEATURES: ~Profiles of The Pacific: Intimate portraits of the real Marines featured in The Pacific. This feature has mini-documentaries on John Basilone, Eugene Sledge, Robert Leckie, Sidney Phillips, R.V. Burgin and Chuck Tatum. Archive footage, family interviews, as well as historians and even the Marines themselves (some archive footage and some from the still living Marines) make up these fascinating profiles. ~Making of The Pacific: 30-minute feature providing an inside look at the making of this epic miniseries. What’s great about this featurette is that it’s the only one of its kind in the collection. If your looking for any information on how the series came together, the technical aspects of the backdrops, or even who the actors are who portray the Marines, this is where your going to find it. ~Anatomy of The Pacific War: Historical documentary on the events that influenced the merciless brutality in the Pacific Theater. Really short but somewhat informative. *Exclusive Blu-Ray Features: *The Pacific is also based off additional material pulled from the following works: Pictures: |
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