I found the Dick Best character to be extremely annoying. The actors take on an NJ accent came across as really forced and he was, from scene 1, somewhat unlikeable. Guys like that, who think they have it all figured out and do things their own way, very rarely do well in the military. Even if they are shown to be ultimately correct there are simply much better ways to go about getting things done. And I love Woody Harelson but I just had a difficult time accepting him as Nimitz. He was pretty solid as LBJ though.