i've been a pretty big supporter of this series until now, but my god what a terrible episode. they open up talking about Iwo Jima, then 90% of the episode is some pointless love story with a small battle sequence at the end. it felt like i was watching Pearl Harbor all over again. i had to fast forward though several parts because i just couldn't take it anymore (a skipping along the beach scene? really?). if all they could have gotten out of the Basilone character was a good opening in Guadalcanal, a few boring celebrity status scenes, and this excruciating "finale", they should have left the character out entirely
i was set to buy this series on Blu-Ray after it was over, but this one part has soured me on the entire thing. i can't support Tom Hanks and Steven Speilberg taking the Michael Bay approach to war movies
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