"As a work reflecting World War II, 'Pacific War' faced a huge challenge, not only with film masterpieces such as 'Saving Private Ryan' and 'Letter from Iwo Jima', but also excellent mini-series like 'Band of Brothers', the theme of war was presented to the audience from all aspects, which not only required the crew to break through and innovate, but also required the crew to be able to innovate on the basis of the original. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The 'Pacific War' did it.

This miniseries locks the perspective on three characters, namely Robert Lezzie, Eugene Slaich, and John Baslon. The series can be divided into two parts, the first five episodes, with Robert Lezzy as the narrator, reflect the direct impact of war wounds on soldiers, from physical injuries to human deterioration, and the last five episodes, with Eugene Slaich shouldering the main story, reflecting the profound impact of the continuous fighting on the battlefield on everyone involved - not only on the battlefield but also on the enemy, not only on the battlefield, but also in all aspects of life.

In addition, John Baslon, as a well-known war hero in the United States, his story threads are interspersed, focusing on the strong contrast between life and death, especially the indifference and cruelty of the main battlefield and the singing and dancing in the United States at the same time, which is even more embarrassing.

The true soul of the 'Pacific War' is none other than Eugene Slake. In the first five episodes, Robert's loss and displacement lay the foundation for the story, presenting a brutal battlefield full of devastation, John entangles the battlefield with life in the back, and transfers the weight of the first half of the story to the sublimation of the second half of the story, and finally, all the burden falls on Eugene's shoulders, and he completes the 'thinking'.

This is also the fundamental reason for the uneven quality of the episodes.

In the first half of the story, there are too many foreshadowing, too many clues, and the theme idea is always not clear, which not only leads to a slightly chaotic rhythm of the series, but also the reflection brought by the war scenes is intermittent and cannot really establish a connection with the audience;

What can a war bring? life and death, victory and defeat, glory and shame?

Eugene Slaich tells us that it's much more than that.

Every time the hands are covered with blood, the fragments of the soul will lose a corner, until finally they lose themselves and cannot find the direction to return; every time they witness the killing, their minds will become numb, the darkness and cruelty of human nature will burst out to the extreme, and after losing trust, they will gradually become beasts; every time they dance on the edge of life and death, the past life will be more distant, and the empathy of standing behind and witnessing everything with their own eyes is not as good as the personal experience of bloody battle, and no one can understand what it feels like, unless they are really standing on the battlefield, so they gradually forcibly isolate themselves from their former lives and be displaced。

The real cruelty of war lies in the fact that it tears out the soul, in the destruction of humanity, and in the fact that it cuts off their connection with their families, friends, lovers, and society.

This loneliness and pain is more terrible than the war itself, more cruel than PTSD, and bloodier than life and death, because it will divide society into countless fragments, and it is difficult to break the mirror.

Actually, this is the core idea of the whole work of 'War in the Pacific', Robert Lezzie, John Baslon, Eugene Slaich, and many other characters. But Ranley Hall, the twenty-year-old actor, gives Eugene Slaich a fresh breath of life, vividly and realistically, brutally and coldly presenting the whole process.

Every pain, every collision, every bloodshed, and even every footstep, you can see with your own eyes that the light in those eyes is dimmed, as if the corner of the soul has been torn apart again, there is no heart-rending cry, no crying struggle, no insensitive indifference, but the delicate emotions present the shock of the mountains and tsunamis, so that every audience can clearly feel the grandeur and recklessness of the vicissitudes of life.

Before he realized it, tears were already stained in his eyes, and the emotions in his heart were surging, rising and falling with Eugene's every move.

This powerful performance aura has reawakened the excitement of the 'Pacific War'! It is even enough to become a classic!

Why can the drama continue to rise in the subsequent story despite the controversy in the first half of the series, and then cast a classic? Objectively speaking, the overall framework structure of the drama is decisive, this is a group drama work after all, and the brilliance of each link is combined to achieve the overall quality of excellence!

However, none of this can be complete without Lan Li. As Tom Hanks said at the premiere, Lan Li is the soul of the 'Pacific War', he not only shoulders the weight of the story, but also the key to sublimation, failure and success come from the efforts of the entire crew, but the classic is the credit of Lan Li. ”

This review comes from the Wall Street Journal's Kyle Smith, who didn't rush to write a review right away, but waited until the episode came to an end. Anyway, for miniseries, DVD sales are the main thing, and normal playback doesn't mean too many problems, so he can take his time.

Kyle gave "War in the Pacific" a high score of 95 points, which also made the series unbelievably better than "Band of Brothers" in the media review, although it was only a one-point lead of 87 points, but it was really unbelievable for the controversial "Pacific War".

Although this is just the words of the "Wall Street Journal", although most film critics still refuse to admit that the recovery of the reputation of the "Pacific War" is due to the blue ceremony, these are not important, the important thing is that the audience reputation of the "Pacific War" has really begun to climb up, and the most direct and obvious performance is undoubtedly the IMDB score.

This score was only 7.3 points in the trough period, which was a complete disaster for the ambitious HBO, but after the sixth episode was broadcast, with the gradual increase in the number of scorers, the score began to climb slowly, and when the ninth episode was broadcast, the score had returned to 8.5 points!

At 8:5, there is still a long way to go from the unattainable 9:5 of the "Band of Brothers", but for the "Pacific War" that has experienced ups and downs, it is news worth sprinkling flowers to celebrate. This score has already put "War in the Pacific" into the top 100 of the 250 list of TV classics, once again writing the myth of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's undefeated.

From 7:3 to 8:5, from episode 4 to episode 9, the world has changed dramatically in this short period of time, and the discussion thread of the Yahoo community has completely changed.

After the live broadcast of the ninth episode ended, William immediately opened the Yahoo community post and couldn't wait to post his opinion.

"When the young master gently poured the nameless woman into his arms, I suddenly couldn't help but collapse, I can't describe in words what the young master has experienced, but I really feel the warmth in his heart that is almost disappearing: gently, bitterly, softly, painfully, bloodily, vicissitudes, blankly, scarred, the life that is about to die is pressed to his chest. It wasn't until this moment that I realized that the most cruel thing in war is not death, because after death, everything is over, and what is really terrible is to live, to bear the sacrifice of all my comrades, to carry the loss of innocent lives, to carry the blood of destroying the enemy, and to continue to live in this cold world. ”

As he typed, William suddenly broke down, tears streaming straight to his throat, even when he first watched "Band of Brothers".

"Band of Brothers" can make people's blood boil or make people tear up, but the success of that work lies in the description of the brotherhood of fighting side by side, which is enough to make every man crazy, but the audience's connection to the individual characters is very weak;

In the "Pacific War", this close connection made William unable to extricate himself, deeply immersed in the emotions of the characters, when he saw the light of a little tear in the corner of Eugene's eyes, gentle as the spring / wind in March, but it was covered up in a blink of an eye, the pain and struggle between the eyebrows swallowed up all the sorrow in the air, and the stormy waves that burst out in this moment attacked William and collapsed.

The young master just sat quietly, quietly squatting in place, holding a corpse that had lost its temperature. At that moment, even time couldn't bear to make any sound. Jesus Christ, I love the young master, I love the 'Pacific War', this is a work that is even better than 'Band of Brothers'. I swear, I'm not lying. ”

When William read this post, his eyes swept away, and then he saw the familiar nickname, "Brando Mania", and he couldn't help but wonder, it seems that he is not the only one who feels this way.

"Ten points, absolutely ten points! Just by virtue of the young master's scene today, the 'Pacific War' is worth ten points!"

"Hanks and Spielberg! I'm watching this show for Eugene!"

"I can't believe it, I can't believe it! Today's episode is really exciting, and the score of the whole series has gone to the next level! 'War in the Pacific' can finally become a classic for one reason: Eugene Slaich. ”

There is only one episode left before the show is about to end, and at this time, people suddenly realize that even if they don't want to admit it, even if it's unbelievable, even if it's hard to believe, the fact is that "Eugene Slaich", the name is shining brightly, almost single-handedly, pulling the "Pacific War" back from the edge of the cliff and pushing it to the top!