The filmography of Band of Brothers is definately superb.

The series is true to the book and the story.  I haven't found the storylines to be boring, and I think that the series explores some aspects of leadership, both good and bad

What Charlie says is true.

All the scenes in the "Ardenne" were filmed in a hanger with a forest planted in it with computer animated snow falling. Anyone notice that the snow never actually settled on anyone/thing?

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I did always like the bit where all the americans were crouching on a riverbank looking out for the British paratroops, and first the commander steps out then gives a signal then a great long line of men step out of the hedge right in front of them.

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Like Dambusters?

*PHILOSOPHICAL TIME*

Yea Bjorn, sure, us Brits fought against the Germans in WWII, but in the end, we are all people, living on one world, so it's nice to show a bit of respect to one another.

Cheers

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When I first saw this I thought you meant BoB which is commonly used for Battle of Britain, either the actual event or the famous film made of it back in the 1960s. If also used for Band of Brothers this could cause confusion.

I saw the film Battle of Britain soon after it was released & thought it exceptionally well-made compared with the average Hollywood product. I knew some of the people responsible for it & they went to a great deal of trouble to make it as authentic as possible & tell the story fairly from both sides. Despite this & like most feature films it does contain inaccuracies, several of which I believe are now considered by most people to be the truth. This is not uncommon for most feature films made about historical events. The most outstanding film I've ever seen about WWII is Das Boot & I don't think this will ever be bettered.

I watched Band of Brothers & thought it very well made & well acted. It gave me an insight into what many GIs must have gone through without the usual exaggeration & distortion of the truth which is all I ask from any film.

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Unfortunately, that has happened.  Usually by conscript soldiers.  I was watching Firefight on History Channel, and a vet said he was in an engagement during the "D-Day breakout" where he encountered just such a scenario.  He was amazed that the Germans did just such a full-on frontal attack where his unit mowed them down.  Then he added after that attack, a different and appearantly, more experienced unit mounted a more intellegent assault on his unit.

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Maybe by the Russians. But Germans...

Also, according to my readings, the American Civil War saw many, many ocassions where old tactics of line-em-up-stand-there-and-shoot met new technology of rifled weapons, and you had carnage on a mass-scale.  Stupid commanders ordering stupid tactics is not isolated by any individual country.