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Summary: Defending Ian Cooper is a waste of time..
Review: The problem with Ian's argument is that he is setting his own general anti-war agenda about America's involvement in WWII 60 years ago. Hello..America was attacked! Do we just ignore that?Does that mean anything at all? He's wrong with this argument, period. He is lumping in an antir-war present day argument with a brilliant historical masterpiece of a film that puts anything Hollywood has ever released to shame. The point is, this production is the best ever put to film. If this was about pottery making, it would still be the best depiction of it's kind with insanely well put together band of actors, writing, music and cinematography.
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Summary: awsome film
Review: This film ROCKS!the best war film i have ever seen the graphics are wicked
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Summary: Great DVD to reflect on WWII
Review: First, comments on "Ian of Wakefield" and his detractors: I think the mostly vitriolic replies he's received show that he has a point. What kind of person would want "5 minutes alone with [Ian} so [he] could give [Ian] a savage beating"? Imagine, as another reviewer has, of defending the necessity of war by bringing up the concept of "Holy War." Yup, the Crusades and religion-driven terrorism are the models we want.Yet given this defense of Ian's point of view, I have to say Band of Brothers is an *excellent* series to view as a commemoration of what soldiers in WWII had to go through, and it also can help one to *reflect* on war and its consequences, whether you're a hawk or dove. As other reviewers have noted, BoB is amazingly well made and quite faithful to Ambrose's book. It takes a lot of the film techniques employed in "Saving Private Ryan" (hand held cameras, desaturating the color in some of the shots to make the scene feel more grim) to bring the shocking reality of war closer to the screen, and yet, the miniseries format allows the series to focus better on the soldiers of Easy company. The characters come to the forefront and the special effects become a supporting player as they should be. The series brings excellent filmmaking to the service of witnessing to these men's memories. From time to time (such as in the "Why We Fight" episode) there is an editorial slant towards putting the action in the context justifications for the war. However, the main strength of this series over nearly all other war movies (over Saving Private Ryan especially) is its "you are there" perspective with comparatively little editorializing. Here it is: a chronicle of a group of soldiers' experiences. You'll get a glimpse into the bonds between them that helped them survive, the heroics that events seemed to summon up from so many of the soldiers, and also their suffering. Where to go from there is up to you. Are there better "investments" to make with such suffering and gallantry than war? Does sympathy with such soldiers mean that anti-war activists must be pummelled for their supposed dishonor? Yes, war will always be with us. But so too will heroism and self-sacrifice. I can think of no better way of honoring the sacrifices Capt. Richard Winters and Easy Company made than to watch the series and make a commitment to thinking about our ideas and images of war and sacrifice--specifically whether we're fighting the right wars and making the correct sacrifices. Just because our servicemen are willing to risk their lives to defend our nation doesn't mean that all wars justify their sacrifices.
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Summary: Ian Cooper you make me sick
Review: I would just like to say this series was the greatest portrayal of WWII ever. And to Ian Cooper, What do you know about war? People like you make me sick. You talk about war like you've actually been in one. I'd like just five minutes with you alone so i could give you a savage beating, you are dishonoring all the men who fought and died so that you could have freedom. You take your freedom for granted, you should be deported.
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Summary: Unbelievable!
Review: I had a friend who told me that after watching "Band of Brothers", no other war movie can compare, and I thought to myself that it couldn't be that good, right? Wrong! This series was done beautifully, depicting the lives of real soldiers who volunteered for the new Paratroopers unit merely because it paid an extra $50. But in addition to the extra cash, they built a brotherhood that was stronger than any connection any Army unit had ever known. As they trained and fought together, it was this brotherhood that pulled them through the toughest times because they knew they couldn't make it through without each other. It was no longer what was best for one person, they began to make choices that were best for the group.
I watched the DVD set halfway through, then decided to stop watching the film so that I could read the book. I have to say that they did a great job making the movie stick to the facts that were in the book, and the movie and the book complimented each other.
The greatest thing about this movie is how they have the real soldiers from Easy company sharing their stories on camera. Those men are absolutely amazing! They did a great job incorporating the interviews with the movie.
The bonus disc and special features are fantastic! The documentary of the making of the movie, plus many other goodies, makes the set well worth purchasing for your DVD library.
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Summary: ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE BEST
Review: Band of Brothers is an outstanding depiction of a company of soldiers in the 101st Airborne in World War II. It is produced in the unusually realistic style of Saving Private Ryan. The film shows the very humanistic side of war including leadership (at its best and worst), fear, suffering, courage and loyalty. The cinematography is unsurpassed.
The film is one of the two best war films I have ever seen and it depicts a time in our American history which makes me well with pride for our fathers, uncles and grandfathers who proved that they could overcome their own fears to literally save the world.
I have read reviews like the simplistic and sophomoric review by Ian Cooper and I am reminded of the pacifist Neville Chamberlain who sold Britain out to the early Nazi Tyranny of the war. What branch of the military did you serve in Mr. Cooper that entitles you to even think you understand the dynamics of bravery and patriotism?
Want to be proud of our forefathers? See this film, you will be!
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Summary: Amazing
Review: Although Ian might think war is horrible and evil, it sometimes is needed. What are Holy Wars for? Man kind isn't perfect. Yes, it would be easy if everyone just sat down and said, "I'm never going to start war again," but it's never going to happen. Don't live in your, "everything should be perfect," world because it's never going to happen. You're going to have people hating each other because of religion, land, and jealousy. It's man's nature. I bet even now you have a sort of "war" going on when you fight or yell at someone. You contradict yourself. In those times of dispute you need people willing to go out and say, "hey, I will get myself killed if it saves 1,000 lives somewhere now and in the future." And having an uncle in WW2, this movie made me even more proud of him. I would find myself bragging that my uncle fought to save lives, even if he had to take some in the process, and after this miniseries I found myself even prouder. This movie makes you proud of them because you see what they have to put behind them to do. When I watched the scene with Maj. Winters running onto a hill only to see a young boy kneeling in the grass and he hesitates to shoot him, you come to realize this is something these men will never forget. They realize what they're doing, but they do it because it's their duty. This was an amazingly well done miniseries. I was so proud of it. I remember before it came out on HBO I would count down the days waiting for it to come on. Then when it did I would record it every week because I had school the next morning and couldn't stay up late. So I'd get home on Monday and sit down and watch it. There's nothing to explain the feelings you get when you're watching this. It's like you're actually living through it. And it was actually nice to see a war documentary type movie that didn't have a love story written in. I can't tell you how much I loved this mini series. I'm 18 and can respect a movie like that. It's more than just about heroes and winning, it's an insight on the horrors of war that you've only heard about. Who could foget the poor guy who died yelling, "I don't want to die," over and over again? Not to mention the music composed by Michael Kamen is beautiful. Rest his soul.
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Summary: Excellent and I don't even do war flicks
Review: This is a worthy offering. Touching, engaging, interesting, historic, just incredibly well done. My husband was eager to watch this and I couldn't have cared less, but I got drawn in and before i realized it, I was saying, "It's OVER???" Definitely a must see.
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Summary: Greatest Movie Ever
Review: Pertaining to "Ian Cooper's" comments below: If you notice, every time someone has a negative comment about this film, which is a close to a documentary film as you can get, there is the difficulty to acknowledge it's brilliance outright and there's alway some kind of side agenda to steer the reader away from what this movie is. It's a TRUE story about the 101 Airborne 506 PIR. Period. Ian Cooper wants to re-write history from Wakefield, MA. Ian acts like the US jumped into WWII in 1939 after the Germans crossed the border into Poland. Neville Chamberlain would have been proud of you, Ian. Thank the lord we don't 100 Ian Cooper's in the US Senate.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: I have watched this twice already and now have to buy it. The best view of WWII that I have seen, it is the best movie on WWII even and it is 10 hours long!
MUST HAVE!
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