Reviews

I feel a little bit disappointed. This mini-series, I have watched four episodes so far. Except the title "The Pacific," as the map at the beginning, the scene showed Oceania islands and shifted its tints every moment, and I really do not get the point of the theme in addition to the "The Pacific," is there anything else the show want to expose? According to the commentary this show was based on three main star biographers: Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge. In EpisodeⅢ, Basilone received medals, then returned to the US to help sell War Bonds. And then we saw Leckie in Australia, met a Greek woman, Stella Karamanlis, and the romance between him and her. After they were unconventional and uninhibited, then what? Episode IV, under the title "Gloucester / Pavuvu / Banika," the non-stop jumping mediation and shift location, but all I can follow with the set is Leckie himself: his brief romance in Australia, his downhearted thoughts in the jungle and non-stop raining forest, and he showed a brief breakdown because of all what happened from the previous episodes?! I have watched four Episodes, and I have to thank the brief previous episodes antecedent summary before the show begins, otherwise I would always confused about who is who, what is the situation now, what happened before then. Because all the narration of the course of the battle and the stories that everyone carried... they are just too confused, unclear, and loose. The whole story line, it makes me have no sympathy with its complicated plot but only a pile of silly ideas. So far, I think the only best, most essential part of the mini-series, probably would be the three minutes opening at the beginning: producers' brief introductions, the real people/ authors and actors giving a demonstration in person, and technique of expression with the voice instructions. After the three minutes opening, all I can say is the beginning of chaos. Maybe the whole chaos was as confusion as the way it should be at that time then. Perhaps this is what the producers of the same group "Band of Brothers" what to present the performance that we watch?! Ha! Really, what I can only say so far, is that I am only getting more and more disappointed. The original rating of 9/10, with an episode after another episode, it is slowly going down to only 6/10 now! SIGH~~

In fact, I like the original version "Klatretøsen (2002)" better. I first saw the story played on the screen which was "Klatretøsen (2002)" on TV couple years ago. And I saw the USA version last year on TV. To tell the truth, I don't think the USA version is better than the original "Klatretøsen." Some ideas of the movie or mode of stealing method were changed, maybe more technological and electronic on the equipments....the kids' gears and outfits were more fancy....IDK....but there are just something that can't reason me down. I recommend whoever are or aren't Kristen Stewart fans (actually I delight in Kristen Stewart's performance) to see the original version "Klatretøsen (2002)" if u can.