I could go on and on and on about this show. There are of course many more, and each episode I found myself looking up online to see if that person I spotted was the person I thought it was. Of course there's Damien Lewis and Ron Livingstone front and center, but there's also Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy, James McAvoy, David Schwimmer, Simon Pegg, Jimmy Fallon, Colin Hanks, Donnie Wahlberg, and Michael Cudlitz. Given that this was made 20 years ago there are a whole bunch of now-established actors making early forays into their careers, or whom you recognise now for completely different work. Speaking of "who's who" this has so many “OMG it’s that guy” moments. It never feels rushed, it's paced perfectly and its pretty easy to keep track of who's who all the way through. _Band of Brothers_ is the perfect example of what can be done when there is more time to tell the story. I recently watched the movie _Midway_ and in my review of it I said that part of its downfall was trying to do too much by jamming seven months of war into two hours. Each of those three aspects are skilfully executed too, so the show never gets boring, there aren't any lulls. Likewise not every episode is full of combat, across all of it there is a good balance of personal moments, tension, and all out combat action. Whether it’s Bull getting stranded in an occupied village, Doc Roe scrounging for medical supplies in Bastogne, or Lipton narrating an entire episode, each episode brings some sort of variety from the one previous. In each episode we get that wider view but we also get to spend some time with a member of the Company. Over the course of ten episodes we get to know several members of the Company, and experience the horrors and brotherhood of war all the way through.Īpart from the movie level budget, cinematography, visual and make up effects, what makes it so good is that it’s not just a birds eye view of each step of their journey. We go from their formation and training to their jump into Normandy on D-Day and stay with them right through to Germany's surrender. In fact it to me this is not really a TV series, it's more like an incredible ten hour movie.īased on a book of the same name written by Stephen Ambrose, this follows the real life exploits of the men of E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne. _Band of Brothers_ is one of those rare examples of near perfection in a television series. It's almost hard to believe, but it has been nearly 20 years since _Band of Brothers_ was released on HBO. Click here for a video version of this review:
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