Why BAND OF BROTHERS Is PERFECT... Even 20 Years Later
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- čas přidán 10. 06. 2024
- I review, breakdown and explain Band of Brothers. I discuss why the 2001 HBO show created by Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks is perfect and react to moments from episode 1 all the way through to the finale. I analyse Bastogne, Carantan, Foy, Eindhoven and characters such as Sobel, Richard Winters, Lipton, Buck Compton, Bull, Bill Guarnere. I compare the show to the real events in history, analyse the ending and answer why it is perfect.
00:00 Intro
00:52 The Interviews
02:45 The Brotherhood
04:43 The Depiction Of War
07:27 The Way The Story Was Told
09:06 The Sound
10:06 Conclusion
11:28 Outro
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What is your favourite episode of Band of Brothers? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
To me it is Crossroads. You get to see Winters fully formed as a combat leader, and the company as a veteran unit. But also in the Paris segment the effect of war on even the best of soldiers. Even the tedious paperwork shows another part of the machine that was needed to make the army function. And, in the ending we see how fast things can change in War.
But really, it could be any of them.
I've seen so many reactions to this show..."Show" it's hard to call it that and love them all, "they couldn't even buy a beer." It's a 12 hour Saving Private Ryan in quality. In all honesty you have seen me make this comment before because I still feel the same. The first episode is probably my favorite if only for the relative innocence. When Captain Sobel and Army noodles with ketchup were their biggest threats. While knowing what lies ahead for these men...I won't recap every episode but keep it short and sweet. Currahee!
Was so many but Def the episode Buck breaksdown! I saw an interview the actor did explaining how his sons class at school was researching the show which he said he dreaded because of how it brings back all the emotions from back then and how his son had came to him because he wanted to watch that episode with him! So he said they watched it and he was balling almost immediately and how his son had turned to him and said he finally understood what that character meant to him!😢
Cross-roads because it exemplified leadership. The soldiers were definitely uneasy about that charge but by fluke, Winters wound up way out in front of his soldiers and his soldiers charging with everything they had to catch up with their leader who was seemingly charging all alone.
Where is Lt Dike? Bad leaders are bad because they did not make decisions. Love that episode a lot
What's depressing now is that, as of today, all of the original members of Easy Company are gone. RIP to the Band of Brothers of Easy.
And overall theres only a handfull WW2 vets left, theres about 60.000 to 120.000 left for the US alone
Man that’s depressing. We are truly far from God.
How is that depressing? People don't live forever. That was 80 years ago....
Guys lived good lives after the war... nothing is depressing about it.
The depressing part is the lost lives that never made it home,
@MikeB128 and @mvubu6823 are right, so far as that goes. There's nothing that depressing about the Band of Brothers' final passing, especially if you believe (as I do, and surely many others with me) that they will find their places with God and His angels. But speaking of Him, @NathanHigger still has a point ... because with their passing, it seems as if the up-and-coming generations have no idea of what truly makes a hero, and are willing to seize on exactly the wrong people with whom to define one *(cough* Trump *cough).* As Tolkien warned us, after every defeat and a respite the Shadow takes a new shape and grows again ...
I watch it at least once a year. Never gets old.
It's just so good!
I watch it every June
My dad and I watch it every year on June 6th to pay our respects
I watch it every year around winter, watching the Bastogne episodes when it’s snowing outside and it makes me wanna go dig a foxhole in my front yard.
Same here - watch entire series once a year since i acquire the blueray set. Now maybe 15+ times entire series. And some of the favourite episode (Day of Days/ cross roads / breaking point) would watch many times more...
I shouldn't even be the target audience for this show. I'm 34 now but I was 11 the first time I watched it. I'm a woman from Sweden. I rewatch it all the time and I cry every single time. I even listen to the score sometimes. My favourite tv series of all time.
It's amazing that it evokes those emotions!
Why do you think you shouldn't even be the target audience for this show?
@@dugenou7366Pre-teen girls usually don’t score high for WW2 docu-dramas. If this show was pitched as such it would not have been made.
@@dugenou7366 The show is called Band of brothers...
@@dugenou7366 That's a really good question, and I can see why you're curious about why I don't consider myself the typical target audience. While these types of shows generally appeal more to a male audience due to their focus on military themes, my appreciation for the series goes beyond that. I find myself drawn to the emotional depth, and the deep sense of camaraderie that goes beyond gender boundaries. The portrayal of friendship and stoicism by the soldiers of Easy Company serves as a reminder of the strength of the human spirit in challenging times. It isn't just a war drama. It truly shows the bonds that connect us as humans and the sacrifices made to serve a greater cause. This is why I find the series so compelling, even though I may not fit the typical profile of its target audience.
It is the greatest miniseries I have ever seen. I received the VHS set from my Dad in 2003, and the Series has stuck with me ever since. The story, the bonds, the performances, INCREDIBLE. It is a series that continues to be discovered to this very day. It introduced me and made me lifelong fans of the likes of Damian Lewis, Neal McDonough, and Donnie Wahlberg. Two days from now, we have the 79th anniversary of V.E. Day and the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6th. Let us never forget the sacrifices these men made in order for us to be here today. "CURRAHEE!"
Just found a really cool reenactor group that has made a series called “dusty faces” by paralight worx.
For a small production, it’s really well done and they have American skits as well
I will agree it is an incredible show,. I have a complete 10 part show. I watch it regularly. I would recommend it to everyone, errors and omissions not withstanding.
This and The Pacific are tied for first in my opinion.
Bob was never released on vhs
Pretty sure BoB was never released on VHS. The OG retail copy was a dvd box set in a tin box with a ton of cool shit. I still have it lol
I always remember an interview with a veteran. He said he lived in fear of screwing up. Not of screwing up and getting himself injured or killed, but of screwing up and getting one of his comrades killed. That’s what he was afraid of.
Couldn't agree more. War at the squad level: the ULTIMATE "team sport". The greatest teams all have that mindset. If you are more afraid of being unworthy of your brothers than you are of being afraid of the enemy, then it is very very hard to be defeated.
Great comment...
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As the son of Dutch parents that were young children when Holland was liberated by these men, the Holland episode always brings me to tears remembering the stories my mother told me about the war...
I believe The Pacific was intentionally avoid the “brotherhood” part not to repeat what Bandof brother already did such an excellent job. The pacific focus on what war could do to individuals to their mind and personal life afterward- the pen crafting on a paper in the beginning footage say it
what even makes it great is they were able to interview these heroes before they die...Band of Brothers is a masterpiece ❤️
Yeah it really does add to it!
Stephen E Ambrose wrote a number of books, one was Citizen Soldiers and it was full of quirky, happy and sad accounts from the battlefields.
@@BrainPilot the only downside is how Stephen Ambrose misrepresented Private Albert Blithe's record and Captain Sobel's image.
Many viewers hate Sobel yet Ambrose forgot to add that Winters & others of Easy credited Sobel for training them & giving them a chance to survive the war. Ambrose is a good writer but a subpar historian given his previous works.
Bastogne: My father was in the 101st during WWII. He was a combat medic, and participated in all the major battles depicted in the series. Episode 5 really hit home for me. He was like so many veterans who rarely talked about his experience when he came home. After watching the Bastogne episode, I have a better appreciation for what he saw and did as a medic. Unless you were actually there, it is impossible to fully understand and internalize the full horrors of war. Thank you Dad.
Same, but mine wasn't in the 101st, but combat medic... but he ended up in Battle of the Bulge then Brussels after. I've been trying for years to find his exact movements but there was the big fire in the Army storage in the 70s that apparently wiped out 80% of their records. I wonder if they knew each other at all. This episode also made me wonder of about the things he saw. He had zero medical background before the war, but they trained him... he worked at a grocery store.
God bless your father. Carry his legacy
Another vid says local people check the fox holes. If they start to fill up, they're dug out again.
Any other time other than WW2, Doc and Renee would have gotten Married.
Im a modern vet but eugenes episode rings true to me. You care and want to help your guys but your never a part of the guys the same way.
Your burden is differrent…
The grunts are good to us and arent trying to exclude its just differrent. That episode captures that feeling wonderfully.
Sledgehammer's father from the Pacific summed it up beautifully, "it's not the boys over there had their flesh torn, it's that they hard their souls torn out."
That quote always stays with me. You see it with Sledge and Malarkey. 😢
In The Pacific, the scene where his father sits outside his room as he his son has a nightmare, knowing what he went through and that there is so little he can do for him is one of the most impacful scenes I've ever watched.
@@danh6720 I tear up every time at the hunting scene.
I think it also speaks to the greatness of the series is that the actors, like the soldiers they played, still have reunions. I can't think of hearing any other series that 25 years later the actors still have get togethers.
So true!
Same for LotR, also one of the few movies where the cast continuously keeps getting back together.
@@dardo1201I find it interesting that for LOTR, Tolkein made the character friendships and bonds like the ones he himswlf had in the trenches, and it seems that all the actors in both series got that, it's about the bonds and brotherhood. I also enjoyed listening to the hbo podcast about BoB where they interviewd and actor or writer for each episode and they usually talk a lot about the veterans and the impact they had on them. The one with John Hughes about Gelarnere really illustrates that, and Donny Walberg would talk about going to Lipton to make sure they weren't dramatizing anything (at least too too much).
"this video will contain spoilers"
Good thing I've seen the series about a hundred times then
Spoiler: The Allies won.
I liked the series greatly. My Uncle was KIA in WW2 during Pattons counter-offensive at The Battle of The Bulge. I always appreciate Veterans who say those that were killed are the true heroes!
I met James Madio, the actor who played Frank Perconte, in the Orlando airport last summer. I could immediately tell it was him, as he still has the same sad eyes. I approached him and he was extraordinarily kind (his wife got a kick out of me approaching him...I got the idea that this probably happened to Madio frequently). He said it was the role of a lifetime, and that he realized that even when he was filming. A really, really nice guy.
I met Michael Cudlitz at a Walking Dead convention, but we spent some time talking about Band of Brothers. He is a super nice guy but he told me that all the actors were in awe of the men they were playing, most were still alive. When the real Dick Winters showed up on the set, it was always "Sir or Major" no one dared called him Dick or even Mr. Winters. Cudlitz said that Denver Randleman told him that if he did not do a good job playing him, Bull was going to kick his ass. Michael told me "And at 80 years old I believe he could do it."
Played a lost boy in hook too.
Band of Brothers is timeless. It makes you care about the characters, before you knew who they were. The fact that the actors now have reunions of their own from the series speaks volumes as they portrayed these heroes. I implore you to see Ron Livingstons (Nix) boot camp journal. It makes you appreciate the series somehow even more. None of the men of Easy are alive today but their memories and legends will never die. CURRAHEE! ♠
There has never been anything like Band of Brothers. Not before or since. The screams are real. The tears are real.
I barely remember what I did one week ago…But I can still vividly remember watching episode 2 of band of brothers with my dad on a tiny crt TV in 2001. I was 11 and my mind was absolutely blown by the episode.
I think I’ve probably watched it nearly every year since then.
Yeah the show is just remarkable!
I love how you’re back to talking about this show when I just finished rewatching it for the 10th time
Crossroads. When Winters sprints ahead of everyone and attacks the enemy position alone, and how that memory keeps him from enjoying his leave in Paris. They don’t show you the brief connection between him and the sleepy lookout, until fatigue and the face of the young Frenchman on the train combine to trigger a flashback. That episode made Winters more than a stoic, heroic leader. He was also a man, affected as much as the rest, by the things he saw and did. His last, direct involvement in the fighting was, in reality, a very personal confrontation with the enemy.
When you read the story all he says about it is that he got on the tram, and then road it the entire day. That's how mentally exhausted he was
That must be the most powerful scene i've ever experienced in a show. Locking eyes with a child that you have to kill a moment later.
Agreed, it's the only miniseries I have watched every year for the last 24 years! The opening scene of Day of Days just before the jump, each man not knowing his fate is my favourite episode.
My dad is a WW2 buff, so I was practically raised on movies and series like BoB. I’ve seen BoB maybe 20+ times, no exaggeration. It has had a incredibly profound impact on my life. Not only did it get me into WW2 and history in general, but as I’ve gotten older, it has taught me a lot of important values I’ve implemented in my life. Characters like Winters, Lipton, and Speirs, who were real men, have taught me about responsibility, accountability, discipline, and leadership.
This didn’t hit me until a few years ago. I found myself in the position of President of my fraternity, which is something I wasn’t expecting to ever do in my life. It completely changed my life. I could only think about was Lipton and Winters. I looked up to them and their different styles of leading men. While I was leading a group of degenerates whose goal was to throw parties, have fun, and not get off campus, it taught me a lot about leadership and having a heavy responsibility on my shoulders. Something I could’ve never done without BoB.
Now I’m heading into law school, joining the Marine reserves, and hopefully OCS. I already miss the camaraderie and brotherhood, which is another aspect of BoB. Bless the greatest generation ever. Whilst I didn’t know my grandfather too well, I knew what kind of man he was and I feel I can live through his experiences in BoB, and especially Masters of the Air considering he was a gunner on a Night-fighter later 1945. Sorry I just had to write out my deep appreciation for this show. It means a lot to me.
This is one of the few shows where I never thought about the camera while watching it. We were just another one of the people going along with the rest of Easy Company. It's an amazing show that will never be repeated. The best WWII movie/show ever made.
BAND OF BOTHERS was about the bonds built in war the PACIFC was about the brutality men experience in war .... the books used to create the series' show that really well, both shows are master class in story telling .
I also enjoyed how the writers also fixed some of the problems from the book and how serious they were about getting everything right in terms of the vteran's memory if the events
id say the pacific was far more realistic, the show showed the soldiers losing their minds and humanity slowly, fecking brutal
“Breaking point” episode is the finest piece of war film making I’ve ever seen. So good it can be a movie all on its own and probably win an Oscar. It’s the personification of perfection
Watched them for the first time at the age of 11 nearly 20 years ago when my brother first got the dvd for christmas. My family then ended up going to normandy for our holidays a few years later and visitied alot of the D-day beaches and landing zones of the invasion, this show still now remains probably the best and most emotionally striking show ive ever watched
Most def 10 out of 10 stars. I actually watched this series "approx" 15 years after it came out. It is most def a timeless classic. I will say this....I personally feel anything WW1/WW2, or Vietnam related will be timeless for me.
The Pacific presented serious challenges that Band of Brothers was automatically exempt from based on historical facts and events. The most obvious is that because BoB sticks with a single Company through 3 years. One stateside followed by two in Europe so we are able to easily identify 10-15 members of Easy by Episode 5 and 20-25 by Episode 10. Also the European Campaigns are more digestible to non-military history people. Everyone kinda “gets” Normandy, Holland & Bastogne.
A far cry (re: story mechanics) is The Pacific. Following three different Marine Divisions across five islands over 3 solid years of combat. When John Basilone’s story kicks off we are on Guadalcanal in August of 1942. Across the Atlantic the US hadn’t even invaded North Africa yet. There’s also difficulty identifying one island from another although Production Design and Locations still did a great job with The Pacific. And I personally did enjoy the stateside stories in The Pacific. I’m currently watching both series in tandem and jumping back n forth based on the historic timeline. For example when Eugene Sledge finds Sydney in The Pacific we are already post-Eindhoven in BoB. When Basilone wins the Medal of Honor on Guadalcanal we are at the very first minute of Episode 1 in BoB.
Both series are on Netflix. Both are absolutely mandatory viewing.
I always dislike when folks compare the two. It's like comparing The Hobbit and The Black Company. They just focus on different things and achieve different goals.
Both shows are made from a different angle. BoB shows the comradery and brotherhood that forms in war, while the Pacific highlights the true horrors of war and how it strips you of your humanity. I personally like BoB better for similar reasons, but both shows are amazing in their own right.
I was a WW2 reenactor doing E/506th both before and after the series aired. I had the honor of meeting Dick Winters, Bill Guarnere, Babe Heffron and a number of of the Easy veterans that were still alive two decades ago. Clearly a number of the actors got to meet there real life counterparts as I can tell you all of them nailed their portals perfectly. It was amazing seeing someone like Damian Lewis or Frank John Hughes say something in the series and it was exactly the same words or tone their real life counterparts had said to me six months to a year prior. Time and age has made me give up doing the living history events, but it is frankly haunting even now years later to watch Band of Brothers. With my 506th veteran friends having moved on this series still moves me like no other ever has. Thanks for this video!
When Tom Hanks was making Saving Private Ryan Steven Ambrose was the historian for the film. Ambrose had written the Band of Brothers book. Hanks read the book & convinced to make the miniseries.
I agree with your premise at the level of excellence. Several times a year the shows episodes are being shown back to back on Cable. If I have the time I sit & watch for a time. Recently I ended up just purchasing the Blu Ray.
Yeah they're always worth a watch!
Well mentioned re: the soundtrack. The track "The Mission Begins" is utterly inspirational.
And the depiction of the camp in Ep. 9 should be shown in every high school history class.
Never forget.
I've seen this series multiple times since it aired and I've even shown it to friends. I never get tired of watching it.
Fun fact: All the guys I saw that were asked about it said Captain Sobal was a hard ass, but gave him credit for making their unit one of the best and also gave him a lot of credit for the number of guys that made it home after the war.
I cannot imagine being a veteran of that time period.
It must have been a wild experience, getting along with ur brothers, forging new bonds and comradely only to see them die on the battlefield by an enemy u don’t know or understand.
At the end it is only u and a handful of fellow soldiers who survived.
Must be horrible, lot of respect for the Americans, Canadians, British, Indians, French, Australians and all other countries that participated in freeing my and our countries from the devil’s grip.
Our gratitude is eternal, thank u ❤️
I agree with you one the first point: the interviews. These interviews before the episodes began gave me chilling sense of realness, how the things that we're about to see on the show were real and showcasing the seriousness of the series production
In a few weeks it will be the 80th anniversary of D-Day. It's time to refresh the series.
You only need to blaze a trail once if the traffic that follows makes for a paved road. BoB blazed a trail that led many other good, even great shows but remains powerful due to the subject matter, which was fundamentally boosted into a mythology (not just the _myths_ but the narrative dynamism) of America's only "Good War".
Tom Brokaw called then "The Greatest Generation." In so many ways, that was true. They just grew up in a different time, with different values of what it meant to be a man, an American. I had a very close friend, that I knew was a WW II vet. He really hated talking about his time overseas. He told me once that he joined up at 16, but had to lie about his age because his parents wouldn't sign the enlistment papers. He told me that he had been in Italy and other places, but he left it at that. We never talked about it again, and I never pressed, even though I would have liked to know more, because I knew he didn't want to talk about it. When he passed away, his funeral service was at the VA cemetery here, and during the ceremony they listed his name, rank, and his decorations. I found out then that he had been awarded the Bronze Star. He was a very kind man, he would have given you the shirt off his back if you needed it, and he raised three fine sons. I'm proud to say that he was my friend, but not for long enough. RIP, Stu.
God damn, RIP Stu indeed. Sounds like a wonderful man and friend.
BOB was brilliant. As a Marine, I wanted to love the Pacific but it just seemed like they didn’t put as much effort into the story & casting like they did with BOB. It’s like they felt like they had to slap something together to recognize that part of the war but really done more out of obligation than sharing the story.
I hated Pacific on my first watch but it has grown on me over the years, and now I fondly return to it every other year or so. However, I agree they didn't put half as much effort into it as they did with the Band of Brothers.
It’s because the Pacific was created with 3 different stories instead of 1 single story. The 3 main characters never met each other so the series felt like it lacked focus. Personally when I rewatch the Pacific I skip right to episode 5 where it starts Sledge’s story as that is by far the most interesting to me. I wish the entire series was based off his book.
It was and is still better than the Masters of the Air.
@@thediner8929 true, true
I find it hard to pick between BoB and The Pacific for my favourite honestly. I think BoB is probably the better miniseries by it's own merits but the insane budget and production value of the pacific, along with it's much darker and gritty tone really works for me. The scale and detail of the sets they made for Pelilu and Okinawa are incredible, so I'd say it's very unfair to say it was slapped together. They also focused a bit more on how the soldiers were affected after they got home which was a nice touch. Totally get why people think BoB is better but I think the Pacific is nearly perfect at doing what it tries to do, just needed to be a bit more focused story-wise. MotA was very good but really fell short in so many areas, don't imagine i'll be rewatching it for several years at least sadly
I watch it every year around June. My grandfather served with Dog Company, 2/506th. Despite my own time in the Army, I still cannot imagine what these men went through.
Rewatched it recently, and it still gets you right in the feels like The Pacific and Masters of the Air never could.
Yeah BoB is really something special!
Excellent job on the review. You made excellent points on all episodes.
I was fortunate enough to have watched the series with my dad, an ETO veteran in the 99th Infantry Division. Although his experiences were somewhat different, other things were common throughout the ETO. The cold was one thing that dad commented on that the show got right. During the Bulge, the weather was as deadly as a German 88.
I lost dad in 2004. Much like the veterans of Easy Company, time caught up to them. I will always cherish the time spent watching the series with dad and our discussions afterward.
The Bastogne episode is my favorite. Dad was in the north shoulder of the Bulge compared to the 101st being in the south. The depiction of the Belgium nurses helping the Americans is so good. War is equally deadly to soldiers and civilians.
One of my favourite aspects of the interviews is that I can distinctly remember during my first time through that, as the episodes went on, I began to get an idea of who many of them were, through the fantastic portrayals by the actors. Guarnere, Winters, Lipton, a couple others. You can tell the actors really got to know them
Hi
I am French and I have just met again
Band Of Brothers, The Pacific and The Master Of The Air since last Monday
even 20 later (for the first two) these series are still fantastic, my favorite episodes are Carentan, Bastogne, breaking point and the last patrol,
I am 50 years old and have lived through several wars (I spent 15 years in the French army from 1991 to 2006)
and certain episodes brought tears to my eyes.
we owe the greatest respect to these soldiers as well as to all others soldiers who lost their lives in all these wars
I can't believe it's been so long, thanks for making me feel even older! Freely admit (24 year Veteran) I really connected with the characters and tears were streaming down my face at the end of the final episode.
Some of the actors are in training to make the 80th anniversary jump this June. Two of my old Platoon Leaders from back in the late 90's are making the jump with them out of a C-47 that was used on D-Day.
That’s awesome!
What a way to pay homage.
It's a masterpiece. I've never seen anything better before or since. I'm going to go and watch it.
The fact that when the veterans met the actors playing the parts of the ones that got injured or killed would say "Jesus, i was there When you got hit" shows that they had become their lost brothers.
Agree completely. Best war film/miniseries ever made. The interviews with the real men make the experience so real and heartfelt.
I remember my reaction when they finally matched the names to the faces. I had tears in my eyes. That was such a powerful move. And for the production value, I think that Dale Dye did - as usual - an amazing job (anyone remembers what he did to Charlie Sheen and the rest of the crew before the final battle sequence???). A proper intro course to the cast makes wonders - it does help when you know what a weapon is, and what it does, and how much it weights, and how to handle it, and when you spend a few weeks carrying it for 18h a day, IT MAKES a difference.
Band of Brothers is perfect and of course the most stellar of the entire series but being the history nerd that I am, I'm glad that Spielberg & Hanks went on to tell the story of the soldiers of the Pacific Theater of WWII as well as The Bloody Hundredth.
Best episode... Oh god... which one... The Concentration camp always makes me cry... Like when they have to put the victims back inside and take the food away (for a good cause) omg I'm tearing up just thinking of it... But I think my favorite one... is the last one... because there is hope for them to finally have a happy life as scared as they are and the ball game they're playing shows they've not the ability to find joy in things. It is just very heart warming.
I agree - perfect! Revisit it regularly and it's always still as moving as it was on first viewing. "Grandpa, were you a hero in the war"? Grandpa said "No..............but I served in a company of Hero's".
Even as an indonesian, this show always reel me back in effortlessly
I just finished my annual rewatch of the BoB today, a couple of hours ago. Timeless cinematography and storytelling.
It's always worth a regular rewatch!
Been watching tv since the early fifties. This is absolutely the best!
BoB is the best... Watching this video on the eve of the D-day anniversary. Rest in peace to those we and thank you to the to those that still remain.
I met Maj Winters in 2009, he came to The Week of the Eagle at Fort Campbell. It’s a weeklong celebration of everything 101st ABN. It was truly an honor to share the same space as him. ♠️CURRAHEE♠️
As someone from Eindhoven, I was shocked when you pronounced my hometown perfectly❤ very good vid on this insanely good show!!
That's good to hear! Glad you also enjoyed the video!
I Havnt watched this in at least 10 years but still wow… just the images of seeing these heroes again brings me back to their individual episodes. Like seeing the real Bull and remembering instantly that episode he’s in the barn. Amazing story telling via amazing men
BoB was a bonding experience for my step-Dad and I when the series came out on TV. I bought him the DVD set when it cost $100 and I was working in a supermarket, it meant a lot to me that he should have it. After watching Masters of the Air I was let down to be honest, with the amount of work and money and time that went in to it, I really thought it would be a winner. After I finished the series, I rewatched BoB and it only made me more certain. You're absolutely right, it is a rare perfect show, a 10/10 for me.
I was gifted the tin-box collectors' edition, and also never pass it up when various streaming services offer it. I don't have a favorite episode though. It is a complete experience for me. I was hoping The Pacific would be similar, but it fell flat. There are far better single Pacific WWII movies out there than the Series was. It will be hard to reach the quality and experience that Band of Brothers presented to us. And as a former Soldier, it truly spoke to me and brought me back to experiences I have had... if not identical, in spirit and situational. Yes, Saving Private Ryan was similar, and also a classic to be cherished.
You put into words so much better than I ever could on how and why Band of Brothers is the best. It's so well done. I watch it at least once a year and I'm still blown away how well done it is.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
My favorite BoB episodes are:
2 - Day of Days: Because this is when we see a switch turn on in Winters, and he begins to truly exemplify the "Follow Me" mentality, behind enemy lines armed only with a knife. The Assault on Brecourt is totally edge-of-your-seat entertainment too. Then we get the line at the end about his plans after the war that are beautifully bookended with his line at the end of the last episode about finding peace after the war.
7 - The Breaking Point: Donnie Wahlberg does such an amazing job in this episode, and we also get that super badass moment with Speirs running through the German positions. The scene with Buck in the Medical tent is so dark and real, and that scene along with the scene at the end in the church is so important to remind us about the cost of the war and the physical and mental toll it took on the men who fought.
9 - Why We Fight: Maybe the most important, grisly, gut-wrenching, profound, palpable, poignant piece of media to ever be shown on a screen. Every person should be required to watch this episode so that we don't repeat this history ever again.
10 - Points: This episode ties the series up so nicely. The cinematography in the filming locations is just gorgeous, and the baseball game is so wholesome. The final reveal of each of the interviewees in the context of the heroic and real human moments we've just seen in previous episodes makes this series unbeatable.
Honorable mentions are Episodes 5 and 6 which are also great in their own ways.
Back in 2006 me and my friends used to celebrate new year with a marathon watching the series. It was the best times in my life and will be remembered for ever.
My brother introduced me to this great series in 2004, and I still watch it in its entirety to this day!
It's one of the best and I don't think it will ever get beaten!
Watched it this year, holds up very very well
I watched Band of Brothers when it first aired on HBO. I was in college at the time. It was such an amazing experience for me that I went out and read the book that the series was based on, which is not something that I normally do with films based on a book.
I saw Band of Brothers about a half a year ago and it still holds. It is still on pair picture quality wise today and looks like it could have been made today. Of the 3 series made, Band of Brothers is the best, Masters of the sky the worst. Masters of the sky is a let down, did not capture me at all.
PHENOMENAL SERIES. Will always love this series. Watch every year.
Everyone did a great job honoring the men.
Exactly. It's the way that any movie or TV series about any war should be made.
Because of all the features described, it reminds me of when I met and spoke to a former Luftwaffe pilot who was shot down over the Mediterranean.
Excellent review, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Awesome review on BoB.
I am a Cold War veteran than served on tanks during the '80's and '90's. Never been to war,but been to two war torn countries. The bond that is made between those of us has always been a struggle to relay to civies. BoB nails it on the head in spades.
Band of Brothers was a story about hero’s to start with. Then the actors were cast so great! Then the performance of the actors really meant something to them and it shows all throughout the series
💯😎👍🏾
I'm a volunteer Soldier, and learned a lot watching this show 👏🏾. As a young teen growing up.
With regard to the reality in my opinion it was because many of these men were still alive to tell their stories. I feel truly fortunate to have heard both my father in law's stories (USN WWII) as well as my brothers father in law (USMC WWII) first hand. To me they took on a whole new meaning hearing them from family members who were there. We miss you Brownie & Norm. FLY NAVY!!!
I watch Band Of Brothers every June 6, and The Pacific December 7. Been doing that for years.
Breaking point when Speirs takes command and charges through the enemy lines, high school track star. That moment was epic
Yeah that is such a good moment
The series meant a lot to me as my Grandfather was there on the ground with them, just in a different unit.
I still have the DVD collection after 2 decades. Fantastic series.
BoB made me really interested in WW2 and helped me see it from the soldiers perspective. Until today it is the Bastogne episode that gets me the most. It even made me visit the Ardennes and Bastogne a few years back and everything got even more real.
The reason I like BoB so much more than The Pacific and MotA is the interviews. It grounded the whole series and made it so much more real and heart-wrenching to me.
And while there weren't many veterans still alive from the 1st Marines (The Pacific) nor many alive from the Bloody Hundredth (MotA) when those series came out, I do believe there are archival interviews of some members of those military outfits that could have been included on at least a couple episodes of their miniseries.
I agree with every point you made. I alight think it’s one of the best ever made. I watch it once a year, and try to include someone who hasn’t seen it in each re-watch.
Band of Brothers features Rick Gomez which automatically makes it the best series.
It's a brilliant series that took my breath away. The music might as well be an additional character because it was so powerful and spoke volumes where people could not. HUGE THANKS to Steven Ambrose who wrote the book. God bless them all.
I’m glad many of these guys got to see the series.
Yeah true!
Heck yeah man! Love the video.
I believe Band of Brothers is the greatest TV show ever created. Yes, I love the Breaking Bad shows and movie, however i believe it doesn’t compare to such a fantastic show. Carentan and Bastogne continue to be some of the best pieces of war media out there.
I’m not much of a crier for movies or shows, but this one genuinely knows how to pull at my heartstrings.
Pacific and Masters of the Air are okay, but they seriously don’t come close
Again, loved the video man! Keep up the fantastic work 😎
Thanks man! Glad you agreed!
One of the best TV series ever made. I never tire of watching reactions to it. If I had to nitpick, the only things I didn't like were the way they portrayed a few characters, especially Capt. Sobel and Sgt. Guarnere and Lt. Dike.
My Grandfather was apart of the 101st during WW2, He was a medic, and at least fought at the battle of the bulge.
The cool part is I was also apart of the 101st from 08-15
Sadly my grandfather died while I was a baby but Its kinda crazy we both randomly ended up in the screaming eagles, And all the history, songs, street names, and tradition's I had to learn was partly started by him and those men.
Band of brothers is famous in the 101st and was a drinking game, drink everytime a brother dies ( do it in a military respect way)
your first point was exactly what i was going to say in my comment.. Yeah the interviews were a massive part.
If you ever want to sum up this series and these men, to someone in a few sentence's. Simply quote the final scene of the series, Major Winters recalls a letter he received from Sgt. Mike Ranney - Which is equally, heart warming, joyful, inspirational, soulful, wistful and utterly, utterly heart breaking...
"I cherish the memories of a question my grandson asked me the other day when he said, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' Grandpa said 'No...but I served in a company of heroes'."
- Fade to black.
The only miniseries that has ever, possibly, exceeded this, in my mind, is Ken Burn's The Civil War.
When Hanks/ Spielberg followed up with The Pacific, I had high hopes. And even though The Pacific paints a much wider canvas (it shows the home front both before and after the war, it includes woman, the violence is much more extreme, and therefore more realistic etc), if given the opportunity to watch either of them a total of 10 times, I'd pick BofB 9 times.
Watch it yearly. Never gets old.
Yeah it is just so good!
Absolutely agree with your analysis. Wonderfully done series.
Glad you agree
So many great points, nothing can compete with BoB so far, and my fav episode... that's hard, I definitely love Bastogne, The Breaking Point, the very first episode, the landing in Normandy, they are all just so good. So much about this series is just so memorable and makes a huge influence, on me specifically it's about how these men had this strong feeling of service and determination and how they created these great, reliable relationships with the men they fought with.
Agreed. That's because it is story about real people, real events and without improvised make-believe drama.
My favourite episodes are 1,2 5, 10. If I had to pick one, it would be episode 5. Winters is such a great leader and man of integrity.
"We few , we happy few , we band of brothers ; for he today that sheds his blood with me . Shall be my brother " Henry V , Willaim Shakespeare
I upscaled this series from the BD rip to 4K, and it came out incredible. It's absolutely massive too lmao-- Over half a terabyte.
I probably should re-encode at a more reasonable bitrate.
I think I’ve watched Band of brother at least 20 times! Makes sense thinking about it I watch it once a year! The best series ever made by far