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DVD : Operation Pacific

Rating: - Superb War Film
I bought the DVD of "Operation Pacific" over a year ago, but have only just watched it. I thought it would be just an average war film which I could watch when I had nothing better to see. However, I was quite wrong. This is definitely one of the best films of any kind that I have seen in the last couple of years. Why, I wonder, has it been forgotten (I had never heard of it until I saw it advertised on Amazon)? It is convincingly realistic, both when the submarine and its crew are at sea, and when they are having a break in port. I found some parts of the film very moving, there is no "false heroism" or cheapness about any of it, and the action when it comes is extremely exiting. Why, I wonder, do people sneer at John Wayne, or at his supposed lack of acting talent? In this film he is superb. I have seen quite a lot of his films in recent years, and I think that this may be one of his very best. The same applies, I think to Ward Bond, who is also superb in this.
Just a note: to anyone who watches this, and likes it as much as I do, make sure you also watch "They Were Expendable", also set in the Pacific in WWII, and also absolutely first rate.

Rating: - One of John Wayne's Best Performances
This post-war made film (1951) about WWII is rather retrospective and honest in its telling of the tale. Wayne is very good here in an uncomplicated role. Mixing, submarines, lurking enemy, and old flings or ex-flings with a lot of macho dialogue (without preaching) along the way, this film does not fail to entertain. George Waggner's direction give a lot of freedom to get his story across.

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Rating: - No bazooka
Don't let the cover fool you that is not a bazooka that JW is holding. This is a navy war film and a good one. Vintage John Wayne with an excellent cast.

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Rating: - Not bad!
This is definately a classic. As some of the reviewers have already mentioned, it does get somewhat juvenille at some points, though.

This movie is from long before my time, but it really was enjoyable to watch.

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Rating: - What a load of rubbish
While technically it may be authentic, there is nothing real about the idiots who man the submarine. They act like adolescents.

The story is buried somewhere amongst the silly story of John Wayne running after a woman - who he is divorced from.

The beginning with the children and the nuns is simply pathetically irritating.

This movie is one of the worst war movies I have seen. I recommend not wasting any time on it. Move on and forget it.

OPeration Pacific? More like Operation Infantile Idiots.

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