Band Of Brothers DVD reviews

If you have seen Saving Private Ryan and liked it, then you simply must see this series.

Also directed by Steven Spielberg, with Tom Hanks, both from the SPR movie, this all takes place during World War 2. It closely follows ‘Easy Company’, a group of American Soldiers, from their training in the US, to parachuting into France on D-Day, and then through the next few years.

It focuses closely on the individual soldiers, their experiences and friendships, as they fight their battles across Europe. Easy Company was sent into the front and the thick of the fighting, being an exceptionally tough ‘band of brothers’. They suffered many losses over the years, and by being shown on such a personal level, you get a real understanding of what it may have been like to be in the middle of the fight.

Each episode is prefaced by a short intro of the surviving members of the soldiers themselves, now well into their 70's, that all the characters are based on, and this sets the scene for each of the episodes. Knowing this is all based on fact makes it only the more shocking and lends a greater impact.

Like SPR, this isn't always ‘fun’ entertainment. The battle scenes are intense – think the beach landings at Normandy in SPR – so this is not for the faint-hearted. However, this is an important series in that it portrays a pivotal time in the war, and as a historical record it ought to be shown again and again to remind people that war is not glamorous.

I cannot recommend this highly enough – the extras disc has some fantastic behind-the-scenes footage as well of how everything was filmed, longer interviews with the surviving soldiers, and short doco's by one of the actors that were filmed as they shot the episodes themselves.

I fist saw this on tv about a year ago and when I saw it on Mighty Ape I knew straight away I was going to buy.This is one of my favorites along with Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers.

The acting and special effects are first class and the it is generally historically accurate, although some minor changes and muckups have occurred. In general it is gripping, action packed and overall greatly interesting and enjoyable to watch.

Basically if you are interested in war or action movies I highly recommend you buy this.

I got this mini-series for Xmas after watching some of it on the History Channel. It is 10 jam-packed hours of top-notch cinematic filming. The cast are fantastic and the extras DVD is really interesting (just watch it AFTER you've seen the series because it gives some of the effects away). I have now watched it several times and it still enthralls me. It really will your put your life into perspective when you see what the brave soldiers had to go through.

A story about commaradory and strength through one of our greatest wars, Band of Brothers is the journey of the American para-troupers and their fight to stay alive in Europe during World War 2.

An amazing movie even if you don't like war movies. It shows the dedication of the soldiers to fight for what they believe in as well as making sure themselves and as many of their fellow soldiers came back alive.

The boxed set (5 DVDs plus bonus disk) of “Band of Brothers” covers the 10 episode television mini-series first screened in 2001. The title is from Stephen Ambrose's book of the same name (taken from Shakespeare's “Henry V”, Act IV scene 3).

Produced by Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg the story follows the experiences of E (Easy) company of the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during the Second World War. The action includes the company's training in Georgia and the airborne landings in Normandy, Operation “Market Garden”, the Battle of Bastogne and the taking of Hitler's “Eagle's Nest”. There are intense realistic battle action sequences and sobering moments of death and devastation. A particularly horrific episode takes the company into a Nazi death camp.

Just as Ambrose's book was taken from interviews with surviving veterans of Easy Company, each episode is prefaced with spoken commentary from those veterans.

Although some artistic license has been used in retelling the story, the central characters and main events are as accurate as the producers could make them. Many of the actors had direct contact with the characters they portrayed. Veterans viewed, and approved, the episodes before they went to air.

Billed as the most expensive television series ever produced and the recipient of several awards “Band of Brothers” shows how an ordinary group of people can do extraordinary things when placed in extraordinary situations. It also shows the seriousness of the task faced by young people defending Europe against a genuine threat.

Highly Recommended for an adult audience.

Band of Brothers is unlike any mini-series you have ever seen before. Produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, and with each episode cost roughly 10 million dollars US to make, this is basically a 10 hour movie epic.

Featuring battle scenes that rival Saving Private Ryan, great unforgettably characters, commentaries from actual WWII veterans, and some of the most emotionally powerful scenes you will ever see, Band of Brothers is a must have for both WWII and history fans alike.

It's all been said before in the previous reviews so I won't say anything except this. This one DVD (collection) that you need to own and see before you die. Perfecto… Enuff said.

I'm not really a fan of war history but this series was just absolutely amazing. It was dramatic and also hilarious. It was based on a true story from each one of the main characters themselves. I highly reccommend this astounding show to all fans of war history and action fans!