Review – Band of Brothers

There’s something profoundly comforting about this limited series. Without getting obsessive about it, the story structure and production values reference a simpler age when we dealt with Nazis by killing them. Based on the book by Stephen Ambrose, the plot follows members of the 101st Airborne from enlistment to the end of the war. As with any tale told over the span of ten episodes, the experience is uneven. The boot camp clichés at the beginning and the post-war episode at the end aren’t particularly interesting or entertaining. But D-Day and Bastogne are considerably more engaging. The cast is a parade of that-guy-from-that-thing faces, which helps distinguish characters who otherwise come across as interchangeable white guys in green uniforms. Macho posturing and war-is-hell grimness aside, this was a relaxing way to spend a few Friday nights. Worth seeing