Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks did a great job on this series
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Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks did a great job on this series. It is very well done and I highly recommend it.
296359
My husband and I watched this series in preparation for a visit to the beaches of Normandy. We knew it was going to be a quality series with Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks involved but my my husband and I were both blown away. The interviews of actual veterans was a wonderful touch. They were compelling and as we are losing our WWII veterans so quickly, documenting their stories is so very important. Steven Ambrose, on whose book this series is based, did us all a great service. I would highly recommend Band of Brothers!
1921948
Can't believe it took me 14 years to get around to watching it.  Had recently watched The Pacific series first and enjoyed it immensely.  Just had to see it's predecessor.  Band had (happily) less "blood and guts" special effects than Pacific.  Still, it was just as powerful and moving.  Would love to see Tom Hanks and Steve Spielberg do a couple more of these, perhaps focusing on the Navy in the Pacific and the Army Air Corp in Europe.
3438821
Executive directors Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks along with the rest of the team have made . Each scene and episode are extremely well done in every detail, entailing an enormous amount of historical research. The emotional and dramatic impact are felt deeply and hard to forget with action that makes the heart pound. Makes you feel like you are living the experience through the lives of the actors and witness accounts of veterans who fought in the war.  I would see it again and again.
726072
I love this series!  I had never watched the series straight through and finally snatched this on sale.  Exciting, riveting, gritty story-telling at its best. Steven Spielberg really honored these men with this production.
1090380
This is one of those series which you hope never ends.  Tom Weston-Jones anchors a phenomenal cast who provide a gripping account of the US Civil War period, especially how it pertains to the residents of NYC's "Five Points" area. I sometimes think about the movies, Gangs of New York and Lincoln. Interestingly enough, they both feature the best actor on the planet, Daniel Day-Lewis.

While Tom Weston-Jones did a GREAT job as Irish detective Kevin Corcoran in the series, I found really drawn to the complexity of a few of his other co-actors, especially Ato Essandoh (Dr. Matthew Freeman) and Franka Potente (Eva Heissen).  I wish this series had been renewed because the potential was their to be more than just a cult hit.
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This movie is a mixture of the  episodes in the Tintin canon, The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Secret of the Unicorn, and Red Rackham's Treasure.
Tintin (Bell) meets Captain Haddock (Serkis) and together they go looking for a treasure trove.
Spielberg combines capture animation and straight cartoon along with Herge line art to bring the books to life and the result is a meticulous painting with many details that would make it a repeat watch, I definitely will watch it again.
The acting is superb, courtesy Jamie Bell as TinTin, Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock.
Spielberg bring the wildness of the Indiana Jones series to one of the most amazing chase scenes in recent times. Watch the motorcycle chase scene, but there are several scenes that will make you smile and keep you on the edge of the seat.
On the whole, TinTin is superb and Peter Jackson the producer and Spielberg the director have managed to create an entertaining film which will surely please fans and newcomers alike. 4 stars. 4/6//2012
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I bought this instead of the 10-season set because (a) it was cheaper to buy each season separately and (b) there were reviews of the 10-season set complaining of poorly manufactured disc retainers allowing the discs to be loose and scratched during shipping. The individual season sets do not suffer from this issue.

I loved all 10 seasons of this series, and have enjoyed many episodes more than once, so it was only logical to purchase the entire set to watch again in the future. It's an excellent sci-fi series with immersive plot arcs embedded across the series combined with well-done, entertaining individual episode plots that are easily able to stand on their own. The characters and the story are equally compelling, due to both quality writing and great acting.

If I could make one change about the series, I would have kept Richard Dean Anderson's character in a more prominent role throughout, but I recognize that actors sometimes have to move on. While Ben Browder took some getting used to (mostly just because I missed Anderson's presence), he filled his role well and the series continued to thrive as a result.
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Just really liked this, as a departure from the standard "Titanic" type films, this miniseries proves to be very dramatic, and attention getting series. The intertwining of personal lives, and dreams, makes it a favorite. For me, an American, it was a travel adventure, loved the accents, actors, stories, and dcor. Well done!
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I was very excited for the premier of Over There. I love how FX really takes risks with their programs and Rescue Me, The Shield, and Nip/Tuck are three of television's finest shows. I knew Over There was going to raise a few eyebrows and it dealt with a very sensitive topic but the show was very respectful of the troops in Iraq.

Over There was the first show to depict the U.S. in a current war. That was enough to get the conservatives on their case but if you watch the show you will get a feeling of how hard it is to be "over there". The cast were very believable characters and the writing was very good. Obviously the show couldn't really be in Iraq but the set looked a lot like Iraq. Over There dealt with humanizing topics and it was a treat to watch.

Here's why I don't think Over There was right for television. Its ratings were not that bad for a rookie cable show but FX was under a lot of fire so they crossed it off their list of problems. Despite critical praise I don't think enough people were ready to handle the war fictionalized but it's a shame. I'm glad that we can relive the thirteen adventures through this DVD and it is a steal for the price Amazon lists. If you missed it when it first aired, then this is a great way to see the entire series.
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I don't usually like war dramas but I was glued to the screen with this series.  Character development of the individuals in this cast was excellent.  I liked the camaraderie and teamwork shared between the men.
2943108
This is the third time I've watched this series, and it still amazes me that Tom Hanks can make these events come alive on film. All the actors do a tremendous job in their roles and I would recommend this to anyone who wants to see what it must have been really like in war zones in WWII. I must warn that this a graphic film. Some scenes will be disturbing to most people. But as I say it shows how much our armed forces had to endure during this terrible time in our history.
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This series has been out since 2001, and I only got around to watching it two days ago in honor of the 70th anniversary of D-Day. And I now I wonder why I waited so long to see this gripping saga.

I am a history fanatic, and the story of Easy Company, 506th Battalion of the Screaming Eagles should have gotten my attention much sooner. It was superbly written, filmed, and directed. I felt like I was there suffering with them at Bastogne, or agonizing over Market Garden, and felt as if I just discovered concentration camps for the first time. Of all war films I have viewed, this seemed to give the most realistic view of war on the ground.

The music score was Oscar worthy, and will probably surpass the theme from Gettysburg as my favorite war film theme song.

What made the story even more real is the interviews of the real survivors of Easy Company and their memories. The respect they had for Major Winters shone through in the interviews and in the series.

At the outset of this series I had a high respect for our veterans. At it's conclusion I have the highest respect for what they went through. They deserve to be remembered. This series is a good way to enshrine their memory and their deeds for posterity forever.
4013000
I was glued to the television from start to finish! Actors did a great job! Tom Hanks is amazing, as usual. The man, Barkhad Abdi, playing the leader of the Somali pirates does an amazing job also.
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I purchased this dvd series for my husband who really enjoyed the Band of Brothers.  This mini series was just as good as Band of Brothers and as graphic.  This is not for those with a weak stomach. This series depicts real life war and all the injuries, casualties that go along with it. If you have someone who likes history and enjoys war movies this series is awesome. I recommend this only to adults because of the graphic nature of the movies, but well worth every penny that you pay for it.  Never a boring moment, my husband watched it over a couple of days because he couldn't put it down.
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A wonderfully done look into the Pacific, a part of WWII that is often overlooked. I think it captures the change that soldiers went through and the inhumanity that WWII brought with its truly horrific and unimaginable battles, and gives us a glimpse into the lives of the US Marine Corps. The acting is great, and they do a wonderful job of connecting the audience to the characters, though the focus is more on the war than "Band of Brothers" I think, but I feel that Hanks and Spielberg have created another war epic that will preserve the truth, history, and stories of what happened in the Pacific.
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If you haven't seen this, make it a point to watch this series.  Even if you don't like this genre of film, the imagery is breathe taking and it is educational.  Without going into elaborate detail, I would just like to say that this is one of my favorite pieces of high definition viewing.  And, I could watch this over and over again.