I heard about the outstanding reviews and emotionally captivating scenes, so I thought I HAVE to see this myself. I watched all 3 episodes. With difficulty, I must say. I didn't get any connection with the main characters and the reason for that was that the lead-up to dramatic development was never shown. For example: The boat they were on, sunk, but you never see the attack of a U-boat. And that goes on throughout the series. Only the aftermath of things, never they show you the prelude to it. And by doing this it never 'sucks you in' the emotion that would go with a COMPLETE scene. The scenes jump from year to year and show you just a brief moment of what happened in that specific year with the crew at sea and the family that stayed at home. The actors did their job well, but it was the script that skipped every prelude to the drama that followed and that was a missed change in my opinion. Therefore I watched the whole 3 hours without any emotions popping up whatsoever. The series starts in 1939 and ends in 1972 and it felt like I had to crawl through all those years. The series also fizzled out at the end and I thought: pfff, finally it's over. A meager six on my part.
Review of War Sailor
