The Pacific

I started watching the new HBO mini series The Pacific when it came out. I was really excited to watch this after seeing Generation Kill last year. Band Of Brothers was just amazing in it's scope and power, so I had high expectations for The Pacific.

At first, The Pacific seemed kinda slow. I felt the characters were uninteresting, and the story telling kinda disjointed. There was no tension for me in the battles scenes since I wasn't connected to the characters. So I quit watching for a few weeks since I was too busy to watch it anyway. Well I eventually picked it back up and every episode just got better. By the 7th episode or so, I was wide eyed and tense when watching.

Last night I watched the 9th episode, and it just rocked me. That saying "it can not be unseen" that you see applied to viral videos..well I kinda feel that way about the 9th episode. The ending just haunts me as one of the most gut wrenching collisions of brutality and compassion I've come across lately.

Here's a historical information link from hbo's website for the battle of Okinawa. It truly was a different world then.