This mini series is everything Saving Private Ryan was, as well as everything it wasn't. The thing I also appreciated about the cast is the lack of any 'real' names, leading to us not knowing who may or may not be making it out the scenes alive and unscathed. All of the actors in this series do and excellent job at playing the roles appropriately and making us believe the hell these men were put through. In my humble opinion, the only other military type mini series' that even come close to the scope of this one are The Blue and The Grey, and North and South.

As I've already touched on, the character development is greatly due to the fact that this story is not told in a two hour segment, but throughout several hour long intervals, giving us the chance to truly 'get to know' the characters personalities as the story develops. This project, to the best of my knowledge was undertaken at roughly the same time as Saving Private Ryan, using many of the same locations and also employing DreamWorks special effects, giving it a very familiar feel for anyone that has seen Private Ryan. These commentaries also help to move the character development along quite a bit, as it lets us into their own personal thoughts on the situations they faced. The commentary from the actual soldiers that were in those situations is touching, to say the very least. Band of Brothers finds us following the exploits of Easy Company throughout their campaign in Europe, from their inception all the way to the end of the war.

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