Band Of Brothers?

The box set I have has ten episodes of BOB plus an 80-minute documentary on the real Easy Company, behind the scenes stuff and the premiere in Normandy which was presided over by Tom Hanks. Hanks also makes a cameo appearance as a British officer in one episode (forgotten which one !) Hanks also directed part 5 CrossroaRAB and co-wrote part 1 (Currahee) with Erik Jendreson.
 
Is it good? it is phenomenal, a true masterpiece of TV making.

pjw1985 it is going very cheap now on DVD/Blu Ray.

As others have said don't google any of the story, watch it with fresh eyes and be prepared to be drawn in by brilliant characters, mind blowing set pieces, stunning direction and acting, sublime editing.

Have I sold it enough yet:)

Seriously, you will not regret it.
 
I have watched the series probably 10 times now... its brilliant, and I have yet to meet anyone who disagrees.
You can get it really cheap online now as a box set.
 
Just to add my bit, and to agree with everything everyone has said. Watch it and then come back and let us know what you think. A stunning piece of television.
 
Me too. Once they get into the main story, it's pretty mch a standard war pic.

BoB, on the other hand, is an amazing peice of work. It lives up to every bit of praise you've heard.

It also has tremendous re-watch value. This is good because there are a lot of characters thrown at you very early on.
 
I love that bit when the new recruits look up at Mt Currahee and one says "I bet we have to run up that at the end of all this" then the drill sergeant tells them they are about to run up it now on the first day..
 
Apologies to those who may have read this before, but a while back, I turned round in the queue at the M4 Reading Services paying for petrol and who was 2 behind me but Damian Lewis (Lt. Winters).

As a lover of BOBR, I became tongue-tied.

Outside, I waited for him (like a stalker/groupie) and as he emerged I said 'Lt. Winters, isn't it?' He paused briefly and then smiled before rushing off to his car.

('When its cold at night, I turn and say to my wife, I'm just glad I'm not in Bastogne')

Also, at a tennis camp I attended regularly in Texas, I met a dentist who had been in the military. We got talking about BOBR. Living in Philadelphia, he then said that one of his patients was a man in his 80's featured in the book/series.

Henry Winters.

('Did you know any heroes, Grandpa? No son, but I fought with a few')
 
James McAvoy also has a small but significant part in one episode... Tom Hardy as well.

I watch this once a year. So highly recommended.
 
This. Also, episodes 4 and 7 ... some of the best drama I've ever seen.

Regarding The Pacific, I think it was inevitable that comparisons would be made - and I've read/seen a lot of them. I thought The Pacific was stunning. It took me a couple of episodes to get in there but once I did, I was willing the next episode to come around!
 
Wonderful series - we also have the box set and the interviews with the real Easy Company make me cry every time. I'm not a big fan of war films/programs but this was superb all the way through - not a weak moment never mind episode.
 
Every single second of every minute is mind-blowing. Episode 10 "Why We Fight" is always guaranteed to reduce the people in our house to blubbering wrecks.

Arguably the greatest factual drama series ever made, a true masterpiece.
 
Terrific series. We have watched our box set series many times since seeing it first on TV in weekly episodes. Recently we updated to the Blu Ray version. We watch it 2/3 times a year at least.

I always blubber at Episode 10 too.

OP please buy it, I am positive you will be gripped by it.
 
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