Hanks & Spielberg's World War II 'The Pacific' Miniseries Is Engaging, Complex -- Washington Post
"The Pacific" wastes no time shipping out to the Solomon Islands in August 1942, where we are made to understand that war is indeed hell, but it is also a lot of hunh? In terms of comprehension, it looks at first to be a death march, 10 unrelenting episodes.
The people who've collaboratively and meticulously crafted this HBO epic -- from executive producers (and prominent World War II valor-aholics) Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, and continuing all the way down the list to the lowly production assistants (oh, the things they carried: blood, arms, legs, artillery, coconuts) -- seem to want to deliberately disorient their audience at the start. Because that's how it was for the generation who fought World War II: an initial burst of duty followed by confusion and darkness. (Brother, we survived "The Wire." We do not turn tail at the first sign of epic complication.)
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My Comment: I look forward to it this weekend. Check your listings for the exact time.
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