It was, but too much drama and too little battle. That's my take on the Pacific and that's why it won't ever come close to Band of Brothers which managed to do both at the same time.
Featuring appearances by Zidane, Raul, David Beckham, Sven-Goran Eriksson, and disgustingly heavy, uncredited doses of an inept Jean-Alain Boumsong towards the end.
They should have sent Newcastle United to League Two after that movie.