When I got thins mini-seris on DVD I had only seen one episode, I immediately put in the first of the DVD's and before I knew it I had watched the entire ten hour mini-seris in one day. It is just that good.
From beginning to end it is a fantastic journey that we witness that primarily follow's Dick Winter's and Easy company. Starting with there training and ending with the end of the war this mini-seris accomplishes what no feature film could in showing in depth the tribulation's that these men faced throughout the coarse of the year that Band of Brothers is supposed to cover.
It never slowes down, it never looses momentum and it continues to draw you in until you feel that you know the characters. The cinematography was great, it was filmed so everything looked a little lighter than most films. Also these guy's understood that camera movement has to be motivated by the scene to work. There was a lot of camera movement during the battle sequences that managed to make you feel like you were right in the middle of everything but it didn't go on forever and it wasn't excessive like a lot of movies we are getting nowadays.
The fact that this takes about ten hours to get through simply means that it gave them more time to get you to know the people being portrayed in the film, and learn about the events that they witnessed, this goes far beyond anything that I have ever seen in that perspective.
I very rarely comment about a title but this one warrant's it, this one of the best and most appropriate titles ever given to a film. "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, for he that shed's his blood with me today will be my brother." That's what this entire mini was about, a few men that layed there lives on the line for the welfare of the world and so many that gave there lives in defense of an ideal, but in the end they fought for each other, the man next to him. I can never understand the terror of war, I can never understand what it is like to be in battle, but this gave us a glimpse, if only a slight glimpse of the friendship, of the brotherhood that went into fighting in such a conflict.
I'm not just giving a recommendation, I am asking everyone to take the time and watch this mini-seris. It is one of the greatest things ever put on film and I cannot stress enough how important this seems to be. See it, you will not be disappointed.
From beginning to end it is a fantastic journey that we witness that primarily follow's Dick Winter's and Easy company. Starting with there training and ending with the end of the war this mini-seris accomplishes what no feature film could in showing in depth the tribulation's that these men faced throughout the coarse of the year that Band of Brothers is supposed to cover.
It never slowes down, it never looses momentum and it continues to draw you in until you feel that you know the characters. The cinematography was great, it was filmed so everything looked a little lighter than most films. Also these guy's understood that camera movement has to be motivated by the scene to work. There was a lot of camera movement during the battle sequences that managed to make you feel like you were right in the middle of everything but it didn't go on forever and it wasn't excessive like a lot of movies we are getting nowadays.
The fact that this takes about ten hours to get through simply means that it gave them more time to get you to know the people being portrayed in the film, and learn about the events that they witnessed, this goes far beyond anything that I have ever seen in that perspective.
I very rarely comment about a title but this one warrant's it, this one of the best and most appropriate titles ever given to a film. "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, for he that shed's his blood with me today will be my brother." That's what this entire mini was about, a few men that layed there lives on the line for the welfare of the world and so many that gave there lives in defense of an ideal, but in the end they fought for each other, the man next to him. I can never understand the terror of war, I can never understand what it is like to be in battle, but this gave us a glimpse, if only a slight glimpse of the friendship, of the brotherhood that went into fighting in such a conflict.
I'm not just giving a recommendation, I am asking everyone to take the time and watch this mini-seris. It is one of the greatest things ever put on film and I cannot stress enough how important this seems to be. See it, you will not be disappointed.