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hey guys which WWII movie was better, Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers? Why?

Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers. Because it was taken from actual events.

Band of Brothers for me.

SPR was excellent, but BOB was a revelation in filming. The action was that much sleeker and more refined than SPR, and the fact that it was spread over ten hour-long episodes allowed greater interaction and relation to the main characters. That just didn't seem to happen to the same degree in SPR.

whichever one pisses off the neocons more

I really enjoyed Saving Private Ryan, and I haven't seen all of Band of Brothers, but from what I have seen, I prefer Saving Private Ryan.

However, the documentary on the company from Band of Brothers that was on the History Channel was excellent.

Band of Brothers.

The the one thing that was decent in Ryan was the landings. A DDay vet said all that was missing was the smell.....

Band of Brothers

absolutely fantastic programming

I liked 'em both, but BoB was WAAAAAY better.

Hey Red Sox Fanatics, much as I like your choice of team, Saving Private Ryan was based on real events too. Watch the documentary called "Saving Private Ryan: The True Story" and it will be explained.

Both movies were garbage to be honest. Sure, there were a lot of guns, and cool fights, but it was still a bunch of over-patriotic flag-waving junk. You want a REALLY good WWII movie? Try the "Iron Cross", about a group of German soldiers caught behind Russian lines after Stalingrad. An Academy award winning picture that is not political and garbage, for a change. Excellent cast and really moving; and NOT flag-waving. The germans come out as more than nameless "Krauts" in such a good way.

Although Saving Private Ryan did have an incredibly awe-inspiring landing at Normandy, I think Band Of Brothers was better since it went through the entire war that a whole division endured together.

Hey Red Sox Fanatics, much as I like your choice of team, Saving Private Ryan was based on real events too. Watch the documentary called "Saving Private Ryan: The True Story" and it will be explained.

Both movies were garbage to be honest. Sure, there were a lot of guns, and cool fights, but it was still a bunch of over-patriotic flag-waving junk. You want a REALLY good WWII movie? Try the "Iron Cross", about a group of German soldiers caught behind Russian lines after Stalingrad. An Academy award winning picture that is not political and garbage, for a change. Excellent cast and really moving; and NOT flag-waving. The germans come out as more than nameless "Krauts" in such a good way.

1. I'm a Red Sox Fanatic...HOW DID YOU KNOW!?!?!?

2. I thought they were both good. Sure, they don't portray the Germans as well, but Band of Brothers showed what pure horror the 101st Airborne went through. I've also seen the Pianist, and that was a good movie.

Also, Band of Brothers is not Political in my opinion. Just because we make a movie about how we had some brave soldiers is propaganda? Anything that shows that "Hey, we may suck now, but we used to have brave peoples!" is political? Me thinks not.

Band of Brothers. Any dude who didn't shed a tear at least once during the viewing is heartless.

Band of Brothers. Any dude who didn't shed a tear at least once during the viewing is heartless.
or several tears...:(

Band of Brothers. I have the book that details the 101's Easy Company's doings also called Band of Brothers.

BOB for me. I loved SPR except for a few things. BOB was taken from a book of the same name and it stays true to the book in just about every way that I could remember.

You want tears? Try "Eleni", another amazing award-winning WWII movie that gets no press in America. Its about the trials and tribulations of a greek villaging family through the German occupation in WWII, and is amazingly sad. I never, ever cry at movies, and this one had me shedding a tear or too. Nevermind the fact that I am Greek....Its in english, so you subtitle-phobes can watch it, its just amazing.

Yes, BoB and SPR were good movies, but you people have got to realize there are other good, even better WWII movies out there than ur average American "Let's win one for apple pie and Grandma".

And if I had to choose, its SAving Private Ryan all the way. How can anyone take anyone over Tom Hanks? The dude's got mad acting skills. :p

Band of brothers hands down.

not saying Savinf was bad, just that BoB was wayyyy better

I didn't really watch "Band of Brothers" very much, but my older brothers did and they cried, so I watched it one time with them....oh my. I cried through probably 90% of the show. They have the DVD's perhaps I should watch them, with 5-6 boxes of tissue handy.

Band of brothers easy

BoB... two reasons.
1: Captain Speirs.
2: It entertained me more than SPR.

Saving Private Ryan. Mostly, because it doesn't take what ten twelve hours? to watch. That's a big plus in my book. And, I don't have to keep track of so many characters. Big old series like that have what I'd call soap opera problems.

Band of Brothers-apart from the fact its not a movie

When the Bugles fade? was pretty good although i missed the last 5 or so minutes.I think the guy shots him

Some movie with Christian Slater or Ethan Hawke(Get 2 Confused :confused: )_________Blue Moon?-trying to get useless soldier out of WWII by getting him a medal by making a deal with old Germans

Band of Brothers, although you wouldn't have that one without Saving Private Ryan.

Both are excellent history, but aside from the landing and the intensity of the action, Ryan is fiction, while Band of Brothers is essentially right out the recollections of the actual men who did it.

And you had time to really get to know the men and feel their loss all the more when they were killed or maimed.

I didn't really watch "Band of Brothers" very much, but my older brothers did and they cried, so I watched it one time with them....oh my. I cried through probably 90% of the show. They have the DVD's perhaps I should watch them, with 5-6 boxes of tissue handy.
Cried really????

Closest would have been when(Warrior flower guy bought it)apart from that nope

In General People
What was the name of the guy who turned up before Bastiogne?(or missed it)but was at the crossing of the river?Webber?

Hey Red Sox Fanatics, much as I like your choice of team, Saving Private Ryan was based on real events too. Watch the documentary called "Saving Private Ryan: The True Story" and it will be explained.

Both movies were garbage to be honest. Sure, there were a lot of guns, and cool fights, but it was still a bunch of over-patriotic flag-waving junk. You want a REALLY good WWII movie? Try the "Iron Cross", about a group of German soldiers caught behind Russian lines after Stalingrad. An Academy award winning picture that is not political and garbage, for a change. Excellent cast and really moving; and NOT flag-waving. The germans come out as more than nameless "Krauts" in such a good way.

Of course anything that shows the US Army not randomely killing women and children is overly patriotic junk.

I don't think there wasn't one friggin American flag in either SPR or BoB. I dont think they ever said "America" in either of them.

Band of Brothers. I felt like watching the first episode again and that got me started all over again - right now they are in the woods above Foy.
Webster missed Bastongne because he got hit in Holland I believe and didn't try to get out of the hospital and depot early to get back to E company he just let the army hierarchy do its thing. He also refused to become a sergant when he was offered - he claimed that the army had made him a private and he was going to do just that.


Good WWII movie: The CBC did a docudrama on the Dieppe raid a while back it was very good.

Not a WWII movie but a couple things that I think we're done excellently in Black Hawk Down that made it more realistic:
1. One of the guys trips and falls over himself: Something that really isn't seen in a lot of movies.
2. When Eversman is under the the chopper and the hot shell casings land in his shirt.

Cried really????

Closest would have been when(Warrior flower guy bought it)apart from that nope

In General People
What was the name of the guy who turned up before Bastiogne?(or missed it)but was at the crossing of the river?Webber?

Indeed I cried sooooo hard. I stopped watching it with them because it made me sad :(

hey guys which WWII movie was better, Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers? Why?

"Band of Brothers" was by far the better production of the two.

Band of Brothers. Saving Private Ryan screwed up in some places.

Indeed I cried sooooo hard. I stopped watching it with them because it made me sad :(
OH sorry i didnt mean you just your older Brothers

Band of Brothers-apart from the fact its not a movie

When the Bugles fade? was pretty good although i missed the last 5 or so minutes.I think the guy shots him

Some movie with Christian Slater or Ethan Hawke(Get 2 Confused :confused: )_________Blue Moon?-trying to get useless soldier out of WWII by getting him a medal by making a deal with old Germans

Kastoria, the movie you are referring to is "Cross of Iron" (directed by Sam Peckinpah no less).... a better book though (written by a former German soldier who also wrote the outstanding book "The Forgotten Soldier")

good movie from the German point of view. Best German World War II movie is a toss up between "Das Boot" and "Stalingrad" ... both on DVD

"Enemy at the Gates" is damn good as well from the Russian point of view (ironically filmed in Germany)

Harlesburg, the movie you are referring to is called "When Trumpets Fade" (originally an HBO movie as well) and its about the horrifically wasteful Huertgun Forest compaign in November 1944. Ron Elderd (are however you spell his name) was the principal actor. Damn good one as well.

"We Were Soldiers" is excellent on Vietnam, as is "Hamburger Hill" ... both are about the soldiers,not the politics, of Vietnam, although "Hamburger Hill" does a damn fine job showing how the soldiers felt about things. "We were Soldiers" does well with showing the Vietnamese point of view.

I have seen "Eleni" and as I remember it, a great deal of the story also takes place during the Greek Civil War as well, which if I remember correctly, is when the principal female character gets murdered by Communist guerillas. Its been a number of years since I have seen it, so I could be mistaken.

I've said before, I'll say again - if I'd've been Tom Hanks, and this Ryan character told me he wanted to stay and fight, I'd've slugged him and dragged his lame ass back to headquarters.

Band of Brothers. Any dude who didn't shed a tear at least once during the viewing is heartless.

Im heartless then, though Im not surprised.

BoB kicks ass. Hell, I was just happy to see a ww2 representation where a huge number of people used M1 carbines(which were more produced than the garand, and while they saw less front-line action, they were easily second most available, and close to as much use as the garand.)

Bob definitely.

Every war movie is more or less political, because their fighting for their country.

Harlesburg, the movie you are referring to is called "When Trumpets Fade" (originally an HBO movie as well) and its about the horrifically wasteful Huertgun Forest compaign in November 1944. Ron Elderd (are however you spell his name) was the principal actor. Damn good one as well.

Thanks thats the one i know about Huertgun.
Sending them in just to clear it no real aim.
1 Division gets mauled send another keep doing it until Germans counter with the mk4's
The best time to fight is anytime the best place anywhere.