Band of Brothers Question?

[SkillzthatKillz]

Originally Posted by Riff Magnum

You're probably right. Hollywood definitely prefers cranking out the European front movies, but very few Pacific movies have been released in the last 30 years. Flags of our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, and Thin Red Line are the only "recent" ones i can think of.
It would be hard to top BoB, but there was some crazy action in the pacific theater during WWII as well: Midway, the battle of Guadalcanal, all the Jima's.

you forgot Pearl Harbor with Ben Affleck! Hahahahahaha I think I just pissed my pants

[Razzy]

Originally Posted by SkillzthatKillz

you forgot Pearl Harbor with Ben Affleck! Hahahahahaha I think I just pissed my pants

LOL I think we're all trying to forget that one. Kate Beckinsale was hot though.

Too bad she won't be in anymore Underworld flicks

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by Razzy

LOL I think we're all trying to forget that one. Kate Beckinsale was hot though.

Too bad she won't be in anymore Underworld flicks

Beckinsale...mmmm she was the best part of the movie.

[DrXym]

Band of Brothers has some things going for it and some not:

1. It's well acted, largely historically accurate and based on a true story . The book is highly recommended.
2. Battles are shot in the same jerky Robert Capa-esque fashion as SPR - deliberately sped up and choppy.
3. It's very episodic. Some episodes feel padded out to slice them up into neat parcels.
4. Some of the effects are extremely cheap looking. The parachute drop over Normandy is the worst.
5. Battles are less well choreographed than Saving Private Ryan and a certain amount of "battle fatigue" might set in as the Capa style photography becomes a little bit tiresome.

I don't think it's an either / or situation. Buy both, assuming SPR appears some day in HD.

[Blu Jedi Master]

Anyone read the book? I think I may buy the book then buy the Blu-ray.

[Frederiklan]

I read the book. if you realy like the story of this company, you should defenetly buy the book. I learned alot of things that i didn't learned from the miniseries.