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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
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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I think the part about the love story isn't merely emotional filler as was obviously the case with Pearl Harbor - but rather the love story in this case was what made John Basilone more than just a cardboard cutout of a hero. The love story in this case was put together very well in my opinion, it showed the human side moreso than any of the other episodes, at least featuring Basilone.
I can understand why people didn't like it but at the same time I felt that it was exceedingly well done and showed more of the human cost than any Michael Bay movie ever could.