Product: Battle 360: Complete Season 1 [Blu-ray] (2010)
Rating: 5.0
Finally the Big E gets her due!
U.S.S. Enterprise. The only carrier that was in service before WWII which fought in almost every major carrier battle in the Pacific and survived. She epitomizes the U.S. Navy at war in the Pacific theatre during those years and yet has never really been the focus of any motion picture or docu-drama made about that subject. There have been hundreds of nautical warfare movies made and yet she never has been honored in cinema for her great acheivment.Sadly, the ship could not even be preserved alongside the greatest hero ships of U.S. history even though some feel it's what she really deserved. But now, thanks to cgi technology, she can live again. This History channel production is one of the most watchable and involving documentaries on the carrier war in the Pacific ever made. Perhaps documentary is not a sufficient discription of this series as it is as enjoyable to view as pretty much any WWII naval action flick I've ever seen. Although it contains many actual clips of the battles it doesn't rely soley on them to tell the story. A good mix of narrative and cg really works to elevate the excitement of the real carrier war in the Pacific and the big E's life.Of course it's not really about the ship itself as much as it is her soul which is the men who lived and fought within her to preserve our life of freedom in America. To have members of the Enterprise's actual crew on hand to tell their stories makes this series one of the best on the subject. Thank you for telling them. It should be required viewing in all our public schools history classes. Never forget Enterprise and her crew.