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Movie Review: Band of Brothers

With very few widely known names acting in it, Band of Brothers kind of snuck up on a lot of people. The HBO mini series had big names backing it up though in the form of Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks.

The movie documents a close-knit group of World War II soldiers as they advance through training, the landing in France and the fight against Germany. A lot of attention is paid to how much the soldiers come to depend on eachother and trust eachother in times of battle. The characters are well laid out with many soldiers playing distinct roles within the group.

The realism presented is fantastic, from the parachute drop on D-Day to the up close hand-to-hand combat. The great plot combined with the great action and all wrapped up in historical context makes for movie watching bliss. If you don’t have a lot of time you may want to wait, as it is a six disc set that measures in at more than ten hours of footage.

Highly recommendable!