Loge stories in war films are fine, a-la Doc and the Nurse in Bastogne. But this does it all wrong. For starters the acting and dialogue are more like a high school theater. Second, the "climax" of some of these are are so much closer to soap opera than a story of turbulent love. If there had been more time on the islands and we could really feel the fatigue in the characters (soldiers) it might make more sense as a relief episode. But even still the romance is beyond boring.
The soldiers come off like drunk idiots, which they probably were. But the actors as old as they are don't look like a bunch of dumb 18 to 22 year olds and so it feels almost like a reenactment than a retelling.
Generally this episode either needed to come later and water down the bad romance, be a much shorter episode, or just not have happened.
The soldiers come off like drunk idiots, which they probably were. But the actors as old as they are don't look like a bunch of dumb 18 to 22 year olds and so it feels almost like a reenactment than a retelling.
Generally this episode either needed to come later and water down the bad romance, be a much shorter episode, or just not have happened.