The Pacific Episode 4 REACTION!! (full watch-a-long)
Added 2022-12-28 00:05:25 +0000 UTCWe watch The Pacific on HBO Max.
This is a watch-a-long so you do need to bring your own copy of the episode to see it, there is no PIP. There are a few visual cues and a timer to help you sync up
Comments
That conversation between Leckie & Gibson was so gut-wrenching. The mercy Gibson wanted for Leckie was that he hoped his death would be quick, and not slow and painful; that he should have to remember it all. It fits, tho, because we know the trauma these vets live thru afterwards. I knew a Vietnam vet, when I was younger, and I think about him everytime I see a war movie. He held it together most times, but sometimes, we could see it on his face that he was remembering. He was a good guy.
angie808
2022-12-28 05:06:14 +0000 UTCSo hard to watch. First thought it was claustrophobia in episode one. Messy; chaotic filming approach. Frustrated me compared to Band of Brothers, that was very focused. Then I was told by some marines that it was on purpose. That the WW2 against Japanese, was not the sort of romantic war against Hitler, with the big bad evil, with widespread battles across countries in open fields and towns. This was in jungles, and you couldn’t see. Enemy loaded up on drugs. So they wouldn’t die when shot. We were fucked. The whole Jap end of WW2 was one big fuck fest. Lives lost is unimaginable. And seeing it told this way, personally, from a first-person POV, of this guys book, goes to show it even more. The mental aspect was harsh.
Ashley
2022-12-28 02:06:45 +0000 UTCI agree with you both, a tough but illuminating and I think necessary episode. We see first hand the ugly truth of what massive amounts of trauma do to young men who don't have much outside of one another in coping and making sense of it. These guys are so awfully young. When I think about the fact that so many of them became our grandfathers, certain things begin to click. Fantastic and thoughtful reaction as always!
Katie H
2022-12-28 01:25:26 +0000 UTCOneHub Link: https://ws.onehub.com/files/acag2btb
Nikki & Steven
2022-12-28 00:05:35 +0000 UTC
