Sinclair
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I know we had a thread about this way back when, but it was kind of long and the mini-series had just started.
Anyway, I got the DVD set for Christmas and just finished watching it for the second time since. I had never seen a single episode before December 26.
It was the best mini-series I've ever seen. The acting was great all the way from David Schwimmer's Captain Sobel to Damian Lewis' portrayal of Winters. It gave me a greater insight into what many soldiers had to go through during WWII. I was amazed at just how much Easy Company actually went through. They were all over the place, from D-Day at Normandy to Holland and France, and fought in some critical battles.
They had to endure the freezing cold of Bastogne, continue on after the deaths of friend after friend, and even capture Hitler's Crows Nest. They had to watch as replacements came in, and even watch themselves get injured and have to recuperate.
They did a great job of giving different perspectives to the war. They showed vantage points from a medic and the 2nd lieutenant to someone that had been injured and out of duty for a long period of time that returned to find how much different everyone was.
The best part was the opening of each episode when some of the actual survivors talked about their experiences and recalled events that had happened. The documentary on the last disc was great as a great many of the men of Easy Company talked about about what they went through and it helps you put the real faces on the people that were being portrayed.
All in all, I highly recommend this to anyone that hasn't seen it. Spielberg and Hanks did a fine job.
Anyway, I got the DVD set for Christmas and just finished watching it for the second time since. I had never seen a single episode before December 26.
It was the best mini-series I've ever seen. The acting was great all the way from David Schwimmer's Captain Sobel to Damian Lewis' portrayal of Winters. It gave me a greater insight into what many soldiers had to go through during WWII. I was amazed at just how much Easy Company actually went through. They were all over the place, from D-Day at Normandy to Holland and France, and fought in some critical battles.
They had to endure the freezing cold of Bastogne, continue on after the deaths of friend after friend, and even capture Hitler's Crows Nest. They had to watch as replacements came in, and even watch themselves get injured and have to recuperate.
They did a great job of giving different perspectives to the war. They showed vantage points from a medic and the 2nd lieutenant to someone that had been injured and out of duty for a long period of time that returned to find how much different everyone was.
The best part was the opening of each episode when some of the actual survivors talked about their experiences and recalled events that had happened. The documentary on the last disc was great as a great many of the men of Easy Company talked about about what they went through and it helps you put the real faces on the people that were being portrayed.
All in all, I highly recommend this to anyone that hasn't seen it. Spielberg and Hanks did a fine job.
