tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post4818246249418417861..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: The Pacific, "Part Three": My big fat Greek shore leaveAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-2241581735337184032010-07-04T05:28:55.103-04:002010-07-04T05:28:55.103-04:00The sex with cheesy music made me double check thi...The sex with cheesy music made me double check this wasn't skinemax.ejaz14357http://www.livetv.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-16517925543007146752010-06-22T22:49:22.431-04:002010-06-22T22:49:22.431-04:00At first i read it like his dad didnt want to conf...At first i read it like his dad didnt want to confront the fact that his son might die. but after leckie walks off, his dad checks his car again which to me is either trying to convince himself that he doesn't care, or, he actually doesn't care. It's probably the latter, because if the director wanted such a complex emotion he would've made a bit more of a thing about it - like shown us the moment his dad breaks 'character'(pardon the pun) or to just simply look back at his son as he walks off. In conclusion, he definitely just didn't care!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-32338883474821891112010-04-20T23:15:14.720-04:002010-04-20T23:15:14.720-04:00These debates REALLY highlight some of the series&...These debates REALLY highlight some of the series' issues I hadn't even noticed before. I'm really split, part of me still likes what I've seen,and yet another feels a need for sharp criticism.<br />Comparisons are one thing I'd really like to address. A lot of people have said that The Pacific can't "live up" to Flags of Our Fathers. Live up to what? Clint's poor directing? The desperate lack of any character development? Flags was an AWFUL film. Letters from Iwo Jima, however, is a valid bar to live up to. Letters was a MUCH more affecting film, and I actually came to recognize the characters by face in that flick. Flags was just too forced, and hard to follow, the only reason I even watched it all the way through was because I'd read the book, and thus knew what was going on.<br />Okay, now to BoB. BoB may be a different type of series, covering a whole unit not just a few individuals, but honestly? The gist is pretty similar. And it's pretty sad that I cared about ALL of BoB's characters, even minor ones, more than any of Pacific's protagonists. Granted, and this was an excellent point someone made, that I HAVE read the book, and watched BoB several times. I'm hoping Pacific will bring a similar re-watch experience, however, like I said, the smaller character pool makes this seem unlikely. And BoB did a lot of things much better, writing being the most prevalent. (That bar fight scene was truly dreadful.)<br />And, lastly, on the note of Blithe's inaccurate caption: I know right?! I read that at the end of the episode and just about punched my TV. What a horrid oversight...Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-76054768018704775952010-04-05T08:22:23.236-04:002010-04-05T08:22:23.236-04:00BandofBrothersfan, I didn't respond last week ...BandofBrothersfan, I didn't respond last week because I thought Gman dealt with McKenna's comments, and those comments didn't effectively respond to the criticisms we "haters" were making anyway. Our basic point was that there were loads of real events that could have been incorporated and that would have been more interesting. McKenna seemed to assume that they could only cover one event in one episode. I don't agree with that. I think we could have gotten a series of segments showing Leckie's progression (or descent) leading to his transfer out of H Company. Frankly, the themes McKenna said he was trying to develop --"the men couldn't go home again" and "lots of people were affected by the war" -- are rather banal, but they could still have been made in a more segmented episode. One segment probably would have been enough, and then would could have had other segments devoted to the debauch, the drunken escapades, the time in the brig, etc. There are some challenges in writing an episode covering that much ground, but I can't image Pelicanos wasn't up to it, and the audience is smart enough to keep up.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11950861688998368756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-21109976820025068552010-04-02T11:38:00.945-04:002010-04-02T11:38:00.945-04:00alan,
telling us stella is fictional kinda goes ag...alan,<br />telling us stella is fictional kinda goes againts the no spoilers policyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-62133257421022150632010-04-02T10:03:47.500-04:002010-04-02T10:03:47.500-04:00The longer this goes on, the more I want to learn ...The longer this goes on, the more I want to learn about Col Chesty. This guy was a real character, as portrayed here. I had no idea the Marines were this different from the Army during WWII. Reading and watching stuff about the Marines today still conveys the rivalry between the two, but nothing like what the difference in command structure was like during WWII.<br /><br />Stella's was a moving story, but I was disappointed to learn here that they went fictional. I was used to them being so faithful from Band of Brothers that it never even occurred to me that they would make that much up from whole cloth.Schmokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985960616299425129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-72685510073112659032010-04-01T04:21:47.692-04:002010-04-01T04:21:47.692-04:00On 2nd viewing, its now apparent that Basilone des...On 2nd viewing, its now apparent that Basilone deserved the Medal of Honor. They accurately portrayed it. However, since it was shot at night in the jungle, it was kind of hard to see who was who during the 1st view. On the 2nd view, I payed a little more attention to detail. If it had happened in the daytime, it would've been easier for the viewer to see why he received the Medal of Honor.BoardwalkEmpirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-35531344699162806442010-03-31T14:57:10.941-04:002010-03-31T14:57:10.941-04:00I agree the writing has been cliche-heavy, and I s...I agree the writing has been cliche-heavy, and I say that as a huge fan of Mr. Pelecanos in particular. Still, I appreciated the sentiments running heavy in ep 3--that's there is much more to every soldier than either heroism under fire or cowardice in the face of the enemy (which hurt BoB a little).<br /><br />One note on the Aussie picking a fight with Basilone and buddy in the bar--it may be a stand-in for a real-life episode that took place in 1942, the so-called "Battle of Brisbane." For two days, US troops brawled with Aussie "diggers" and cops in a gigantic free-for-all, started mainly due to the presence of black US troops and the feeling that the rampaging GIs and Marines were "overpaid, oversexed, and over here." You can bet that not all Aussies were prostrate before their American "saviors" (although, having lived there for 2 years, I can report that there is definitely a warmth toward Americans dating back to the fact that we fought to save their homeland in the war, while their British cousins were prepared to let them be overrun.<br />RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-83592348726219050812010-03-30T23:54:58.188-04:002010-03-30T23:54:58.188-04:00Per McKenna's comment: That's A nice story...Per McKenna's comment: That's A nice story, but people wanted Leckie's story. As some one way above previously stated, there is a television precedent set for creating characters both loathful/loving at the same time. <br /><br />Marines are brave men, and at the same time and also be jackholes in the civilian world, in chief part because its hard to re-channel the energy drawn upon to charge a machine gun nest. That story was Leckie's story, thought it would be interesting to fictionalize that.GManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856185011665502300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-25347043891067646262010-03-30T17:15:15.741-04:002010-03-30T17:15:15.741-04:00Bruce C. McKenna gave a perfect reason as to why t...Bruce C. McKenna gave a perfect reason as to why they gave a fictional romance for Leckie. I want some responses to this. <br /><br />http://makingof.com/community/forums/topic/295<br />"You're right that this episode diverges the most from the facts of Leckie's book. The primary reason is that we only had fifty minutes to dramatize close to NINE months of time. Should we focus on the debauch? On the one relationship that he had that seemed serious? His growing drunken escapades? His dalliances? His time in the Brig? We decided to focus on one of Leckie's relationships to push the theme that despite all the women and wine and relaxation in Melbourne, the men still couldn't go home again. We picked a Greek family because we wanted to show that the War was indeed a world war and its victims were from all over the world. Melbourne had a very large Greek community. And we focused on the breakup to illuminate a central truth of men at war: that their relationships (family members, lovers) are absolutely crucial to them. And when those relationships are severed, the men are devastated. Leckie came out of Melbourne in many ways more cynical and damaged than when he went in. We needed a way to dramatize that so that his continuing descent into moral and psychological hell would make sense in Eps. 4 and 5."BandofBrothersfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-77709250248288807692010-03-30T13:38:26.924-04:002010-03-30T13:38:26.924-04:00I am saddened to learn Stella was fictional. I was...<i>I am saddened to learn Stella was fictional. I was hoping it would end with them together after the war.</i><br /><br />Same here. I liked the ep a lot more before I learned that, though I agree that it shed a lot of light on Leckie's character, which was welcome.<br /><br />I also appear to be the only one not comparing it to BoB since I gave up on that series two eps in because I couldn't keep track of all the characters (this coming from a die-hard "Wire" fan, too). I like "The Pacific" so far based on its own merits, though the blood spatter looks annoyingly CGI, for the most part.<br /><br />I haven't read Leckie's book and I don't know the fates of any of the main characters, and I've already learned too much about them just from Alan's review and the comments, so I guess I need to stay away from here until the series is complete, darn it :(deznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-8022266705017509932010-03-30T11:08:23.777-04:002010-03-30T11:08:23.777-04:00I'm with Maria on this one. Fake, cheesy Greek...I'm with Maria on this one. Fake, cheesy Greek family/sex story grafted on to what is supposed to be an honorable historic drama. It is, I suppose, a misguided attempt to 'appeal' to a 21st century audience dumbed-down by 40 years of soft-core TV porn. Poorly done, and a great disappointment, given the quality of the first two episodes. I hope the writer, whats-his-name, disappears from the rest of the series. The Basilone and Sid Phillips set-ups/character development were only marginally better, and then only by comparison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-12190638423802476132010-03-30T07:03:35.079-04:002010-03-30T07:03:35.079-04:00This episode was a snooze-fest, and that's com...This episode was a snooze-fest, and that's coming from someone who likes character development. Trouble is, there really wasn't any, save for some generic (and seems like made up) melodrama. <br /><br />In fact, that's been the problem with the whole series so far. I still don't feel anything for these people. I'm not sure if it's the acting or the writing or the editing - probably all three, but something just doesn't click. The previous ep was confusing and this one plain unnecessary.<br /><br />Also, what doesn't help is the boring and overly long intro, or series of intros. First we have the narrated voice-over (dealing with what's to come in the ep), which I don't mind. But then we jump to the past with a 'previously on Pacific...' recaps, then we have a slow and boring credit sequence and finally the show proper. Yawn.<br /><br />So far, I'm not at all impressed.Damiennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-73748716499482977932010-03-30T04:16:37.724-04:002010-03-30T04:16:37.724-04:00Was back in NJ this past weekend, and while drivin...Was back in NJ this past weekend, and while driving into Newark Airport off the Turnpike I noticed a service road called "Basilone Road." Made me remember that I had The Pacific to look forward to if I could get through my long flight back to LAX.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897213602787189585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-67300805163437994612010-03-29T23:36:43.528-04:002010-03-29T23:36:43.528-04:00Band of Brothers was a unit history; its focus was...Band of Brothers was a unit history; its focus was on an company and the relationships of the men in the unit, within the context of the unit.<br /><br />The Pacific is not a unit history. It is instead telling the stories of a few individuals, not entirely within the context of their combat units, and within the context of the home front. <br /><br />I'm reasonably sure that the Leckie-Stella story line is meant in part to convey to Americans that we weren't the only country that had a home front, complete with families back home trying to lead normal lives but dreading whose name might next be published in the casualty reports. Leckie was used as a device to convey that message, something that would have been difficult had they portrayed him as a bedhopper and the women as just easy pickings.<br /><br />This isn't BoB, and the comparisons are to be expected but are ultimately unfair. The work has to stand or fall on its own merits, and so far, I'd say that it has done well at telling a different type of story. I'm not entirely thrilled that the storyline was apparently complete fiction, but it wouldn't be the first time that a docudrama opted to turn up the drama.Pch101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-88261810460645296492010-03-29T18:28:55.306-04:002010-03-29T18:28:55.306-04:00itwasi said...
Still hate the Hanks narration. It ...itwasi said...<br /><i>Still hate the Hanks narration. It adds nothing.</i><br /><br />Me too.<br /><br />DL said... <br /><i>Nothing has caused me to connect with these characters and, consequently, the shows feel generic.</i><br /><br />I agree. I'm sticking with the series for the battle scenes, and the vague hope that the main characters develop in a more interesting way. <br /><br />(to be fair, Eugene Sledge's character hasn't had chance to take centre stage yet - maybe things will improve when he becomes more significant in episodes 4 & 5?)<br /><br /><br />Michael said... <br /><i>Am I the only one who still can't tell the difference between any of the secondary characters? I had the same problem with Band of Brothers the first time around.</i><br /><br />I share the same problem, and did so with BoB the first time around. The difference is that, in BoB, the secondary characters are more immediately appealing and interesting (even if I did get them a little mixed up to begin with). I'm struggling to really engage with the primary characters in this series so far, let alone anyone else.<br /><br />In this episode, the story of the Sid guy (I also didn't know his name until working it out from the context in the blog post here) seems a pointless waste of precious episode time -- as does Leckie's romance. Surely the characterisation could have been better achieved without these diverting storylines, if maybe the writers had kept the main group of characters together in social/drinking/camaraderie scenes, like they did in BoB? <br /><br />When Basilone and his buddy (oops, I don't know his name!) with the curly hair were saying their farewells before Basilone's flight home, it seemed strange to me how emotional they were, after only a sporadic build-up in their relationship prior to that moment (compared to the more convincing portrayal of the relationship of Winters and Nixon in BoB). If more of this episode had been dedicated to the primary and secondary characters' relationships rather than intriducing temporary characters in predictable love stories, perhaps Basilone's departure could have felt more emotional and we'd know the other characters better too.<br /><br /><br />Andrew said... <br /><i>And does anyone else really hate the music?</i><br /><br />I don't hate the music, but it feels overly generic - as do the typewriter fonts with black background and red horizontal line on the episode title screens (also present in numerous WW2 video games). Not enough imagination on show for a $150m production!<br /><br /><br />Commenters on this review and its preceding episodes have mentioned and compared the series to BoB and Flags of our Fathers, but no-one seems to have mentioned the excellent 'The Thin Red Line' (also set on Guadalcanal, like episodes 1 & 2)<br /><br />I think it was episode 1 which featured one of the soldiers writing a letter in which he is observing his beautiful natural environment to the Garden of Eden juxtaposed with the the terror which the humans have brought with them - there's a very similar narative in TTRL.<br /><br />Also the glimpses up into the trees with the sunlight shining through are very reminiscent of the photography in TTRL.<br /><br />And surely it's no coincidence that the producers hired Hans Zimmer to do the mediocre soundtrack, after enjoying his thoroughly moving and atmospheric score for The Thin Red Line?<br /><br />I think most people would agree that the BoB series complemented the 'Saving Private Ryan' movie by helping to paint a broader picture of the invasion of occupied Europe in 1944 -- and the series also greatly improved upon the movie. I was really hoping that 'The Pacific' would surpass 'Flags of Our Fathers' in the same way, but somehow I think it's going to be just as unfulfilling, albeit entertaining, as Clint's effort.<br /><br />It looks to me like 'The Thin Red Line' will remain by far the best modern dramatisation of the Pacific war.Jon Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-13421923016825389992010-03-29T18:25:44.643-04:002010-03-29T18:25:44.643-04:00Very unhappy with this series. It has an impossib...Very unhappy with this series. It has an impossible older "sibling" to live up to, but the story-telling here is alternatively incoherent and melodramatic. <br /><br />While I appreciate that there is a desire to put the viewer in the shoes of the Marines by staging battle scenes at night to give a feel for the confusion and dread that possessed them, most of the action has been reduced to little more than flashes of light on my television screen, where I cannot make out the battle action or the characters involved. Not very viewer friendly. Frankly, its irritating and not much fun to watch.<br /><br />Last night's episode was all I've feared -- political correctness has overtaken the historical account of the Marine experience in the Pacific. While BofB gave us the "impact" of the war on Easy Company men in Breaking Point and Last Patrol and Why We Fight, it was a process that played out and then you saw it in their faces and their actions. Last night was all concocted melodrama - hitting the viewer over the head with an emotional club in the form of Basilone's departure from the theater and Leckie's fictional breakup with the Australian girl. <br /><br />How is Leckie's estrangement from his family related to anything he did in the Pacific? <br /><br />If you think about BofB, you knew little or nothing about most of the major characters pre-WWII existences until near the end. You never knew that Buck Compton was a college baseball and football player. You didn't know that Lewis Nixon came from a wealthy family. While you knew that Winters had a pacifist streak from his upbringing, you saw his leadership instincts take over for the purpose of safeguarding the men whom he commanded. <br /><br />In Pacific, Leckie is not particularly likeable, and there is no reason thus far to car much about Basilone.<br /><br />I sure wish they had made the first episode longer -- 90 minutes or 2 hours -- and spent more time explaining and showcasing their entry into the Marines, as well as their experience on Guadalcanal, finishing with their return to Australia. <br /><br />We're 30% through this mini-series now, and frankly, I really don't care.<br /><br />This coming from someone who still pops in the BofB DVD regulary to watch episodes that I pretty much know by heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-64682740442514545412010-03-29T17:55:19.453-04:002010-03-29T17:55:19.453-04:00I can understand why people aren’t happy with the ...I can understand why people aren’t happy with the series so far, but I think there’s a lot of unfair criticisms being leveled at it , especially in comparison to BoB. I think it’s easy for people to write today and say BoB did this or that better – I find myself doing the same thing. I think this is being said by people who have had the benefit of watching BoB several times, and/or who have watched the entire series in short bursts on DVD (not waiting a week in between episodes), and/or who have read the book, and/or who have read various internet discussions on the series (like the one Alan did last year). Heck, I’m guilty of all those things, and each time I watch BoB I still pick up on something I didn’t notice before. I’m guessing the same will be true of the Pacific – it will be regarded much more highly once all 10 episodes have aired, and once we can go back and rewatch the first few episodes with the knowledge we gain from the remaining 7 episodes.<br /><br />No offense to anyone who has said this, but I think it’s disingenuous to say, “by the third episode of BoB I knew all the characters and was completely attached to them.” You may have enjoyed BoB, but there’s no way in hell you knew all the characters that showed up in the first 3 episodes without having seen all 10 episodes at least once, if not multiple times. It’s far more enjoyable to watch Currahee after having seen all the other episodes, because it is only then that you can pick out which one is Muck, or Toye, or Gordon. <br /><br />It’s fine to fault The Pacific for the fictionalization, but to say BoB didn’t do this is wrong - there’s loads of fictionalized incidents in BoB. The Blithe character’s story was largely made up; in fact they even got his fate wrong in the closing captions (claiming he died much younger than he really did). The relationship between Doc Roe and the Nurse in Ep 6 Bastogne was completely made up. Liebgott did not take on the translator role he was shown to have in Ep 9 Why We Fight (but you have to admit that putting that character in that position certainly added to the emotion of the episode). There’s even some debate as to whether or not Easy Co. actually liberated a Concentration Camp singlehandedly, and as to whether or not they were the first ones to Hitler’s Eagles Nest. The baseball scene at the end of the series was a complete fabrication in that most of the original members of the company were no longer together at that point in the war. <br /><br />To say that all characters in BoB were gently portrayed is not true. Sobel, Cobb and Dike were portrayed in an especially negative light, moreso than in the book. The show didn’t deny the rumors of Speirs’ heinous actions; we were left to believe they were true. Strayer was occasionally portrayed as a bit of a clueless idiot.<br /><br />I guess I wish people would step back and realize that any opinion you may have about BoB isn’t based on a single viewing with a week delay between episodes, so at this time it’s unfair to hold the Pacific up to the same standard.Toekneenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-7485573147803668872010-03-29T17:17:47.212-04:002010-03-29T17:17:47.212-04:00I liked the episode just fine, and I oddly feel co...I liked the episode just fine, and I oddly feel compelled to defend it and some criticisms of these initial episodes. But it's hard for me to state my opinion without spilling historical spoilers. I know some of the history, and I can see how some of the ground work in these initial episodes could make future scenes more meaningful, and make re-watching the initial episodes even more enjoyable.<br /><br />I know it's fiction, but I appreciated the Stella story because it showed Leckie finding a haven after Guadalcanal, and then being stripped of the hope of a home, a family, then stripped of his unit and friends, and headed into another hell. A sort of loneliness/abandonment theme. <br /><br />Another theme in Leckie's memoir is his frustrated feeling at being expendable, especially when he's in the hills of Guadalcanal and he feels his officers are sending him out as fodder for Japanese bullets (a point that, granted, was not well illustrated in episode 1 or 2). Episode 3 made me think of the "expendable" theme from a different angle. I thought not of how Leckie treated Australian girls as if they were expendable (as his memoir made me think), but of how Leckie was still expendable in that the Australian girls saw no future in him either because he was going to end up dead. Add the expendable feeling with the loneliness/abandonment feeling and Leckie is an extremely interesting character.<br /><br />The episode made me think. I like that. The execution has some flaws, and my understanding and enjoyment is being supplemented from other sources, but I hope that when the miniseries can be viewed as a whole these first few episodes will come off as better than we initially thought.<br /><br />That's my optimistic view so far. And I can only see this miniseries getting better.Sister Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05951804464704449331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-35234260216997516402010-03-29T17:13:18.419-04:002010-03-29T17:13:18.419-04:00Just because it didn't happen doesn't make...Just because it didn't happen doesn't make it bad writing.Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-48389066414197822472010-03-29T17:07:50.115-04:002010-03-29T17:07:50.115-04:00Stopping and catching its breath was exactly what ...Stopping and catching its breath was exactly what this show needed. I can tell who is who now!<br /><br />I am saddened to learn Stella was fictional. I was hoping it would end with them together after the war.srpadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-50013278202418359932010-03-29T17:07:31.270-04:002010-03-29T17:07:31.270-04:00I agree with John that this episode came too soon,...I agree with John that this episode came too soon, but you can hardly fault Leckie for doing the same. I mean, c'mon, he'd been around nothing but men and dead bodies for months!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-66547795078992910382010-03-29T16:17:38.560-04:002010-03-29T16:17:38.560-04:00Anonymous said: I have read one comment on another...Anonymous said: <i>I have read one comment on another site that stsated this romance was covered in great detail in the book.</i><br /><br />I've read Leckie's book, <i>Helmet for My Pillow</i>, and sorry--no Stella. At all. Leckie briefly describes an affair with a married woman whose husband was away (on business, I believe), but otherwise he wasn't tied to any one woman at all. I was amazed, reading his book, that he didn't catch something...Jordan M. Posshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08147143031962764706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-44528473957106992762010-03-29T16:03:19.957-04:002010-03-29T16:03:19.957-04:00Call me crazy, but this was my favorite episode of...Call me crazy, but this was my favorite episode of the three so far. The Greek family I assumed was the brainchild of George Pelecanos who has written so well, though not so much lately, about his Greek heritage and family. I found this part of the episode very moving in its contrast to the horror of the battles we've seen so far. And while I wonder too about the way the music was used during Basilone's Medal of Honor ceremony, I also was touched by the acting of Jon Seda here. His eyes said it all. Most of all was that moment when he is leaving for the states: this was a love scene, pure and simple, between the two men. Audacious and powerful if you ask me.JCaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955047455400676208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-86313403767172687432010-03-29T16:02:34.893-04:002010-03-29T16:02:34.893-04:00Call me crazy, but this was my favorite episode of...Call me crazy, but this was my favorite episode of the three so far. The Greek family I assumed was the brainchild of George Pelecanos who has written so well, though not so much lately, about his Greek heritage and family. I found this part of the episode very moving in its contrast to the horror of the battles we've seen so far. And while I wonder too about the way the music was used during Basilone's Medal of Honor ceremony, I also was touched by the acting of Jon Seda here. His eyes said it all. Most of all was that moment when he is leaving for the states: this was a love scene, pure and simple, between the two men. Audacious and powerful if you ask me.JCaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955047455400676208noreply@blogger.com