I've always been interested on WW2, and loved Saving Private Ryan. Since this is by the star and director of SPR, I was really looking forward to this. The British papers slagged BOB off way before it was aired because of the fact that it's a strictly Amercian affair, and according to the papers, BOB (and SPR) show the war being won by just the Amercians. I found the accusation rather unfair. The fact is that both stories soley focused on one group of Americans,(BOB is based on a book) and told the American solders story. Yeah, they could have focused on the Brits, but then they could have focused on the Australians, French etc etc, and all the other countries that participated in the war. And so any country not shown could have screamed 'unfair!!!' Of course there are a lot of Brit actors in it. I especially like Damian Lewis as the lovely compassionate and loyal Richard Winters....
Anyhow, BOB is a fantastic, mesmerising piece of TV drama. Just watching the horrific battle scenes make me wonder how on earth these brave men came out of the war sane. It also made me think how grateful we should all be to the brave soilders who gave their lives for freedom....BOB should be shown to the teenagers in history lessons. They'll learn a lot.
Anyhow, BOB is a fantastic, mesmerising piece of TV drama. Just watching the horrific battle scenes make me wonder how on earth these brave men came out of the war sane. It also made me think how grateful we should all be to the brave soilders who gave their lives for freedom....BOB should be shown to the teenagers in history lessons. They'll learn a lot.