Band Of Brothers - The Complete Series (6 DVDs)

Band of Brothers Following the critical and commercial success of Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks believed that there were more stories from WWII that needed retelling. Inspired by the book by Stephen Ambrose of the same name they chose to tell the story of Easy Company; one of the US Army's first paratrooper regiments and one of the most decorated. Utilising all the clout at their disposal they decided that rather than making a film they would spread the story over ten episodes on TV but use movie standard production values and an accompanying blockbuster-movie sized budget. The result is that they have the space to tell the story in ...  Read the complete review

I was a big fan of Saving Private Ryan. The intensity, immersiveness and the quality of the filming. Tom Hanks apparently makes a rather smashing director. So Band of Brothers instantly appealed when I heard he was going to be involved again. Produced by Steven Speilberg too. It had to be good. I admit, I first watched this series when it was on TV a good few years ago. I guess it was 2001/2. Since that time I bought the DVD box set and it is quite possibly the most watched of all my DVD's (of which there are a few). At that time I wasn't aware that the series was based on the Stephen.E.Ambrose books which were in turn based on the factual exploits of so called ...  Read the complete review

BAND OF BROTHERS The makers of the series have produced this incredibly well constructed box-set which contains over 10-hours of footage on 6 DVD disks, including some previously unseen material. The box is nicely decorated with stills from the series including the classic shot of Easy-company (the stars of the show) peering over the horizon. Some introductory information has been printed on the back of the box-set to set the scene for whats to come. DISK ONE The first disk breaks you straight into the action with the first two parts of this 10-episode long series. The programs are effectively a spin off from the award-winning film, 'Saving Private ...  Read the complete review

Band of Brothers... a massive massive project, how do you review something so huge? To begin with, i suppose it's important to state that Band of Brothers (BoB) is based as accurately as possible on the REAL MEN AND EVENTS of Easy Company, 101st Airborne in WW2. The production team was helped by constant phone calls and interviews with the men themselves and Stephen Ambrose, who wrote the book which the mini series is based on, also named Band of Brothers. Also, to appreciate what kind of an undertaking this really was, you need to understand basic American military units of the time. Regiment - Three Battalions and a HQ usually run by a ...  Read the complete review

~Introduction~ I recently borrowed the entire Band of Brothers collection from a friend at school. There was a big party at his house and I stumbled across the DVD set whilst ‘nosing around’. I instantly exclaimed: ‘Band of Bruvva’s!’ I had remembered seeing bits and pieces of it on the television a few years back and immediately asked if I could borrow it. So borrow it I did and I have sat and watched through the whole thing in the past few days. The Second World War is something that has always interested me in many ways, although I have had rather limited exposure to the events that took place. I have never really come across ...  Read the complete review