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Summary: The untold connection between "B of B" and "Saving Pvt Ryan"
Review: "Saving Private Ryan" is based on the story of paratrooper Fritz Niland of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne. Private James Ryan is Fritz Niland. However, Spielberg/Hanks make no mention of Fritz Niland in "Band of Brothers", perhaps to prevent contradiction of their 1998 movie. According to Stephen Ambrose, Niland was fighting in the battle outside of Carentan, Normandy (Episode 3) when he was removed from the front line and sent home. The final bridge defense scene in "Saving Private Ryan" is fiction. Fritz Niland was saved at Carentan.Viewing "Band of Brothers" is a life-changing experience. These troopers truly are the "Greatest Generation". I am deeply impressed by Dick Winters and Bill Guarnere. They are heroes in every sense. There has been talk of upgrading Winter's "Distinguished Service Cross" to "Congressional Medal of Honor" for his actions at BreCourt Manor (Episode 2). Even if this upgrade never happens, Winters has succeeded in winning the highest respect of each and every viewer of "Band of Brothers". Bravo!!
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Summary: Belongs in a High School History Class
Review: Simply an amazing accomplishment! Showing this miniseries to High School history students would make them appreciate more the sacrifice of what Tom Brokaw has called the greatest generation. You can't go wrong with a movie produced by Stephen Speiberg and Tom Hanks. They are both obvious World War II buffs and only World War II buffs could have made such an amazing miniseries! Worth every penny! Every teenager in America should have to see this film! I loved it!
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Summary: Awesome Historical Account of Easy Company in WWII
Review: George W. Bush needs to watch this to appreciate the horrors of war before he is so willing to send Americans all over the globe in hostile environments. What a great historical account. The interviews with the veterans are really the most significant documentation of the entire collection. Better than "Saving Private Ryan", which up until this collection came out, was the most graphically realistic documentation of the true horrors of war (yes, I'm a vet myself). The boredom, followed by absolute terror, is well documented in this collection. If you don't buy any "Hollywood" war garbage films, this is not one of those. Truly an outstanding, historical collected, with the accuracy of the film verify by the interviews with the veterans. This collection will blow you away.
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Summary: Band of Brothers is Exceptional
Review: Band of brothers is an extremely detailed look at the experience of war. Its ten one hour episodes start with the men of Easy Company, 101st Airborne, during the rigors of basic training and the process of becoming soldiers. From the series' onset the men's youth, exuberance, but also naivety about what is to come, are the subject of a deep introspective look at war and all its tragedies. The bond that these individuals develop episode by episode is well chronicled, as well as the major operations that Easy Company participated in during the liberation of Europe: D-Day, Market Garden, Bastone, the capturing of Hitler's Eagles Nest, to V-E Day. The great depth of the characters and their experiences are like no other war movie ever captured on film (granted, the ten hour series length allows for this). If you liked Saving Private Ryan you'll love Band of Brothers. I can't sing its praises enough for those of you who want to understand maybe just a small portion of these men's experiences and the horrors of war. My only caution: the series is graphic in nature due its content. This is not done for audience effect, merely to correctly document the realities of the condition. For those viewers that do not care for this level of realism you may want to think twice about experiencing this series, because it truly is an experience. Otherwise, devote ten hours of your life to Band of Brothers and you will not be disappointed.
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Summary: greatest war story ever!!!!
Review: Every disc is worth the money!!! Simply the best war movie ever made.. Nothing will top this one. I would give it 7 stars if I could.
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Summary: can anyone dispute that this is the best movie ever made?!!
Review: Movie: Many people these days for some reason, hate long movies. This movie is the emperor of long movies, head cheese, king of the house, ruler of the worl...uh anyways. Each of the ten parts, is treated still part of one big movie, but still has a personality. Its exciting, dramatic, funny, intresting, and most of all historical. It dosent have to add in some stupid comic-relief character, or some cheesy love story. Its characters are completely real. It follows "E" company airborn troops, from D-Day in france, to the end of the war in the Austrian alps.
Movie= 6 out of 5 stars :)
DVD(s): There are 6 DVD's, one being a special feature disk. The 5 movie DVD's each have large amount of special features: A Field Guide, which give information on the characters, storyline, army ranks,and maps. The sixth disk has info on the movie, the real people(WeStand Together: The Men of Easy Company 80 mins) and hours and hours of other features. A extremely great buy.
DVD: 5 out of 5 stars
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Review: This is not "just another American War movie". It's real accounts of the actual members of 506PIR of the 101st Airborne Division. Thay was the intent of the film. This film went above and beyond any of that. It's a complete masterpiece. Did you see the episodes where certain soldiers were killed as it actually happened during the war on those dates? Did you see the "Breaking Point" episode? That all REALLY happened. BY the way, universally accepted as the "best" tanks in the war were the Russian made T series tanks. Those tanks were rolling off the lines faster than any other tank and the Germans admitted they were better than the German Panzer or Tiger tanks. Either way, the word "best" is subjective. The Shermans were far more durable than the Panzer or Tiger tanks, but the German tanks had better armor and more firepower, as well as more manuverablity. The trade off was durability. Get your facts straight next time. See this masterpiece of a film and DO NOT listen to people who repeat the same old rhetroic when it comes to war movies because they want to be different or sound like they know what they are talking about, i.e, movie critics. What a fantastic film.
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Summary: How can you say anything bad
Review: A story of the 101st Airborne division, the 506 PIR, 2nd Battalion, E company. It is a story of coruage, honor, and of the ultimate test for a soldier. A true story and very accurate to the book, this amazing mini-series is good beyond words. It is a very good account of the the hardships and dangers troops on the front line of WWII Normandy theater. From Curahee to the Eagle's nest, D-Day, MARKET-GARDEN, and the end in Austria, you won't be able to stop watching. This herioc tale of brave men, some only 17 and 18, martching, fighting, and dying for the greater good. The good times with the bad, this is an amazing series
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Summary: The Best one yet, PERIOD!!!
Review: this is by for the best war movie/miniseriers that has ever been made on this period of WWII. while tom hanks "saving ryan's privates" was a good movie, this has something that that one lacked, a true story. this was not made up, color coated or told to fit someones story, this was the way it happened. and in response to that girl from sweden who would not know a good movie if it fell out of the sky and hit her, this one did tell the truth. and to make one correction, the americans did lose several battles in this movie, and the german tanks also did take out some of those shermans as well. and the germans did plenty of killing our own soldiers after they became prisoners, so get your facts straight, and rewatch the movie and write a better review. i would highly recommended this to any one who wants a better idea of what our soldiers went through.
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Summary: Suddenly, 5 stars feel very very inadequate
Review: This production is a national treasure. This package does it justice. Get this set. Put a day or two (max) aside and watch this epic in two or fewer sittings. This production does sacred honor to the incredible sacrifices made by the greatest generation of WW2. It could have gone Hollywood, instead it stays true to Ambrose's glorious prose. It is steady, solid and utterly, totally overwhelming in its scope, sensitivity and completeness. You will be exhausted and moved to tears by this epic. It stands among the very best of storytelling and movie making. My only regret is that it's not 100 hours longer. Thank you, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, for making this project all that it could possibly be. We will never know the equal of the men of Easy Company. And we will never see the equal of a Band of Brothers.
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