 "Band of brothers" | 2008-02-10 |
| - Reviewed By Mikk |
| I love this movie!!!!!! On the end of the tenth and final episode, when the surviving men of World War 2 were talking it made me cry. I have walched each episode at least six times! Thank you Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and HBO Studios!!!! |
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| "As A Woman, I Really Love This Series" | 2008-10-08 |
| - Reviewed By wileycatbooks |
| Right off the top - good looking men all over the placebr /dressed in camo, doing manly things. br /br /I originally bought this as a VHS set at a thrift store to give to my brother. I do not have cable, so I decided to give it a whirl. I was not expecting much but a modern standard war movie that would probably turn me off. Not so. br /br /I think that because it is based on the true trials and tribulations of one of the most famous military groups in WWII, that it made it more interesting. br /br /Even if it had not been a true story, it's still good. The characters are interesting, though throughout the whole series, I had a hard time figuring who some of these people are and where I had seen them before in the series. br /br /I read a review online somewhere that said they had the same issue with it and that there was too much backdrop that it interferes with the characters. br /br /However, they had a lot of people in that platoon and they had to fill it out with more characters than most people are used to seeing in one film. br /br /I have now watched this 10 times and I am keeping it in my collection. Every time I watch it, I pick up on more and understand the characters a little better. I read somewhere else that another viewer's experience was greatly enhanced by reading the book along with the series. br /br /The authentic detailing of the sets and the props really gave me some historical perspective on what that time period was like as it pertained to war. I learned a lot about WWII that I had not previously known. br /br /The camera work is amazing as well and you can tell that Spielberg had something to do with the way this movie came out as an artistic piece. br /br /There are also some really humorous moments that I still like to watch. The acting is also superb in this film. Mathew Settle is one of the most handsome actors I've ever seen and does a great job of playing the effective, cool and collected Lt. Spiers. br /br /I really enjoyed the fact that there are interviews of the veterans who were actually in this company and talk of their experiences. A whole segment is dedicated just to them as well as having some shorter interviews before episodes. br /br /Again, this is something I enjoy watching again and again. And being a woman, the violence in it was not too bad - not like the serious blood, guts, and gore you see in other adventure or horror movies. br /br /I also have to wonder, though, where they got the very thin people to play the concentration camp prisoners. I guess I am going to buy the DVD set for the extras and special features next. br /br /I also can't wait to read the book. |
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| "A landmark television miniseries" | 2008-09-27 |
| - Reviewed By jingeno |
| Band of Brothers is an absolutely superb television miniseries. It's based on the excellent Stephen E. Ambrose non-fiction book of the same name. This series follows the airborne unit Easy Company in World War II. It was originally broadcast on HBO.br /br /The episodes contain clips (usually right in the beginning of the episode) of actual Easy Company veterans. The episodes are excellent and remarkably well made. The miniseries was produced by Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks after their collaboration on Saving Private Ryan. The episodes contain a high degree of historical accuracy and are of movie quality.br /br /The miniseries begins in Camp Tocca, Georgia in 1942 when Easy Company begins boot-camp in preparation for World War II. It follows them through D-Day, Operation Market-Garden, Bastogne, a discovery of a Nazi concentration camp, and eventually the Eagle's Nest in Germany. The series consists of the following ten episodes, with each one about one hour in length:br /br /Part 1 - Curraheebr /Part 2 - Day of Daysbr /Part 3 - Carentanbr /Part 4 - Replacementsbr /Part 5 - Crossroadsbr /Part 6 - Bastognebr /Part 7 - The Breaking Pointbr /Part 8 - The Last Patrolbr /Part 9 - Why We Fightbr /Part 10 - Pointsbr /br /The episodes come on six DVD's, with a seventh DVD that contains a great documentary on Easy Company. The documentary is excellent. I recommend watching the documentary after you watch the series. It's very enjoyable to see the actual veterans after you have watched the series and gotten to know them a little bit.br /br /This is a landmark television miniseries that I highly recommend. It also makes a great gift that will surely not disappoint. |
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| "Favorite Films " | 2008-09-24 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2X34LIRHZ7OIN |
| I won't write a huge review like the others, but I would like to say that this is an extremely well written and directed series of films. Since I ordered this in 2007, I've watched it countless times. Waiting for it on BluRay... |
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| "One of my top Ten war movie(s)" | 2008-09-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2JUU9XIO5BGNM |
| I first saw this mini series in bits and pieces. I knew it was good, but seeing it from beging to end, I believe it is absolutely great. It is a great tribute to the veterans of World War II. This series is well worth the time spent watching. |
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 "Going to war and lovin' it" | 2008-09-06 |
| - Reviewed By aifan |
| Sometimes it feels like a recruitment commercial. The series shows the hellish side of combat, only to end with happy faces all around. In fact, it seems to be centered more about the military career (going up the ladder) than about the actual war happening. Being an American production, that is understandable. Of course the characters depicted are all good workers, ups, sorry, soldiers. For a better, non-jingoistic, and relevant look at war, see "Generation Kill". |
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| "brialliant" | 2008-07-27 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1ZRAJZ7QY4T8Q |
| This is one of the best mini-series ever made. period. I am very happy with my purchase and with the quickness in which I received my purchase. Excellent seller. |
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| "Essential Introduction to the Greatest Generation To the Next Generation" | 2008-07-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A360AK0PQE1ZRW |
Band of Brothers takes us from Boot camp through the great battles of the European Theater of operations to the final Victory against Hitler's Third Reich. Along the way, we see these Band of Brothers (from Shakespeare's famous speech in Henry V - "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...") as land at Normandy, weather the onslaught of Bastogne, cross into Germany, liberate a concentration camp and finish their tour of duty in Victory.
Each man is carefully studied archetype in American society from the tough mouthed city boys to more buoyant Midwestern toughs. The new officers must suffer the looks and doubts of the experienced dogfaces while the veteran officers must fulfill their missions - all the while dreading the loss of men that they have come to know and respect. We feel their hopes and dreams. We hope that they live to fulfill these dreams.
In perilous times such as the present fight against terrorism this DVD set is a fitting introduction and education that the threat of National Socialism and Radical Islam requires our attention, devotion and sacrifice now and for the Next Generation.
Watch the show with your family, including the children old enough to understand. Take the time to explain the history and threat. To give context to the duty of the soldiers to our Country. The reason for the genocide against the Jews. The need for future vigilance, |
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| "Very Happy" | 2008-07-14 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3QQ5R8EEWUK7M |
| Very happy with the product. The packaging was nicer than the description. And amazon delivered fast. As always, it arrived quickly and well packaged. |
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| "Gift for Dad" | 2008-07-10 |
| - Reviewed By browncom4 |
| I bought these DVDs for my Dad for his birthday. He watched them all in about 3 days. He loved the series. I can't wait to watch them. |
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| "BEST MOVIE ABOUT WORLD WAR II" | 2008-07-08 |
| - Reviewed By ardellyoung |
I teach American History in high school and this DVD gets the point across to students in a way that no documentary or the standard two-hour movie.
The strongest points of the movie is it is completely true and story-lines not inserted to make it appealing to the public and it does not create super hero types though Major Winters and Mathew Settle's character showed the true spirit and toughness of the American GI.
I do not mean to single out those two as more heroic because Richard Winters sums up the role of every man in Easy company with his parting letter to his grandchild. Anyone not moved by Winter's letter has no heart nor understands how war bonds men.
I knew a man who was a paratrooper, not in Easy Company, who was twenty-five years older than me and we spent hours talking about his experiences after D-Day and the march into Germany. He was another silent hero and told me that he had never talked to anyone about his experiences in World War II until he crossed my path.
His name was Dick Morgan and we met in Savannah, Ga. in the early 1970s. At that time, he was selling office products and I was one of his customers. He tolerated fifteen years of my pulling information out of him. He died in 1988 and since I began teaching school in 1991, I have made a point of every class knowing who Dick Morgan was and what he did during World War II.
He earned that just as all of the veterans of World War II did with their service to our country. Anyone reading this review will have to excuse my addition of Dick to it but he is someone that all Americans owe a huge debt and someone I will never forget. |
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