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Summary: History in the making.
Review: It is not often that a film which focuses on historical authenticity can be so gripping, emotional and telling. Band of Brothers is the story of E company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division. It begins with their training in 1942 and continues until the end of the war. Finally a movie has been produced which pays tribute to the men and women who lived through this great and terrible time. "Hollywood" is kept to a minimum, historical authenticity is as high as it can be while still capturing the interest and attention general population - which is a lot to be said, considering the mini-series runs 10 hours long. Band of Brothers has the visual realism of Saving Private Ryan, with the historical accuracies of A Bridge Too Far. Finally, a QUALITY film about the men who fought in WWII! Sincere thanks to all the vets out there who sacrificed their lives (physical and emotional) so we could be sitting here, freely going about our lives.
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Summary: Easy Company Finds Its Way On DVD!
Review: They were ordinary men, swept up in the most extraordinary conflict in history. But with the eyes of the world upon them, they found their greatest source of strength in each other. Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and HBO present the story of Easy Company, an elite team of U.S. paratroopers whose World War II exploits are as incredible as they are true. This landmark ten-part miniseries based on Stephen E. Ambrose's non-fiction best-seller recounts the remarkable achievements of a volunteer rifle company that parachuted into France on D-Day, spearheaded the Market-Garden and Rhine offensives, fought the Nazis in Bastogne and the Bulge and captured Hitler's "impenetrable" Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden in 1945. The ensemble cast includes Kirk Acevedo (HBO's Oz), David Schwimmer (TV's Friends), Jimmy Fallon (TV's Saturday Night Live), Colin Hanks (TV's Roswell), Damian Lewis (Hearts and Bones), Neal McDonough (Star Trek: First Contact), Donnie Wahlberg (The Sixth Sense) and Ron Livingston (Swingers). The series captures what it was like for these brave young men to be in WWII, in some of the most important battles in history. The men of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st "Screaming Eagles" Airborne Division, U.S. Army had no easy tasks, but when asked, they came running. These men werent your average men in the military, they were put through the worst possible training, took the worst missions, including taking "The Battle of the Buldge", which was a horrifying battle, to say the least. These men when asked why they went to war, they simply replied "Its just what had to be done". Finally the Mini-Series event makes its way to DVD in a great little package. The 6-Disc DVD Box Set has all 10 Episodes of the series in anamorphic widescreen, Documentary We Stand Alone Together that lasts 1 hour and 20 minutes, The Making of Band of Brothers which lasts another 30 minutes and Video Diaries (Ron Livingston) The Making of the Film Through the Eyes of an Actor which lasts 1 hour. I will own this set the day it comes out, and for ninty bucks I think anyone who has seen the series will. This set will not be for rent, so I suggest you buy it the day it comes out, or the price will be jacked up and probably be right at one hundred and fifty bucks. For everyone who has seen the series its needless to say that if you miss this deal, you might miss Band of Brothers. Because you never know when the Box Set might go out of print.
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Summary: Great Series
Review: One of the Greatest mini series put together. have been waiting for this for a while to come out on dvd.
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Summary: "Ordinary men were asked to do extraoridinary things."
Review: "Band of Brothers" is without a doubt one of the greatest and most monumental mini-series ever to be shown on television. When you see most war movies, you see a film about one battle, or one campaign, and its only two or three hours long. With this mini-series format, you see around 12 hours of film that spans a couple of years of war. Thus, you get a great deal more depth and detail than you do from a standard war movie. The series is about one company of the 101rst Airborne Division during World War II, and follows that company of men from the time they are trained in the U.S., to their deployment to Britain, to the Normany Invasion, through the campaign to liberate France, during the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne, and through the invasion of Germany to the end of the war. Many of the episodes focus on one person of the unit as a sort of primary character, as he interacts with the others. But through it all, the viewer gets an inside, no bull look at war at its worst, and the complex relationships that develop between men who face it together. This mini-series was the brain child of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, but is based on the book by the same title and subject by Stephen Ambrose, one of our most gifted World War II popular historians. Ambrose is able to bring the story of World War II to life from the soldiers' point of view, in this book, and others such as "Citizen Soldiers", through his extensive interviews with veterans. Hanks and Spielberg have faithfully taken that work, and they along with their cast and crew have produced a monument to the American soldier of World War II. This mini-series is a must see for any history buff, historian, student, any American in general, and any human being interested in a moment in time when, as the tag line for the series says, "ordinary men were asked to do extraordinary things."
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Summary: Best Mini-series/War Flick EVER!!!
Review: This is probably the best war film on tv or movie i have ever seen. 10 hours of this is simply not enough!!! I hope HBO releases more of this type of stuff.
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Summary: This is how a Mini-Series should be done!
Review: Absolutely extraordinary televison. A powerful portrait of what it must be like to be thrust into such an overwhelming conflict, especially without knowing very much about your enemy. Gripping and, at times, incredibly gut-wrenching (see the episode where they finally discover a concentration camp). Every element put into each episode comes together beautifully. The idea to focus more on a different soldier each episode, while not letting the other characters fade into the background, was an innovative approach. Every actor shines in his role, bringing incredible depth to their portrayals. They make you cheer for every one of their triumphs, no matter how big or how small, and they make you feel for them when they're at their lowest. The fact that any one of the characters could die at any moment almost makes you want to not get very involved with any of their stories, but the actors put so much into each character that you just can't help feeling for them. Such is the greatness of this show.
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Summary: One of the best WWII documentaries ever
Review: This Documentary explains the essence of a military combat unit. Unbelievable historical events wrapped in with a study of the role of the leader and the follower. The importance of strong military leadership is shown in great detail. Any Military leadership department better get their hands on this collection. Even without much Air Force involvement Spielberg and Hanks did an amazing job on one chill WWII Documentary flick.
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Summary: DVD better then DIVX
Review: Oh sure, I've seen these videos there AWESOME! They were on HBO last year. I also downloaded them off the internet, can't get enough of them. Really excellent war movie, kind of like Saving Private Ryan meets Kelly's Hereos. Get and watchem over and over.
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Summary: Band of Brothers DVD reviewed
Review: Well, if there was anyone in the world that has been waiting for this as long as me I would be surprised. As soon as I watched the first episode, the DVD collection went on my list of "Must Haves".
And I wasn't disappointed with the specs, the picture is amazing, the sound pumps, and the features tell a story behind a story. Everything about this collection is what you expect when buying DVD's. I myself limit my choices to those DVD's loaded with features and this would have to be one of my favorites.
All in all if you haven't seen Band of Brothers yet, see it for the first time with this collection, you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: A perfect piece of directing!!!
Review: Band of Brothers...
One of the best filmed war documentary, if not the best!
Good players, good directing, good story (it matches the reality the best!!!) and certainly very good sets and special effects!!!
Two thumbs up for Tom Hanks and David Frankel and all the other directors.
Also two thumbs up for Stephen E. Ambrose, the author of the book for such a very good story.
I love the TV serie,.... Regards, DJ VYRUS
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