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sa226 · 02-25-2010, 01:19 PM

I think it is going to be tough to top BoB. While the cinematography looks excellent again, how they shoot the story looks quite different.

I thought the best parts of BoB was that there was very little sensationalism, few cheesy lines and the simplistic way they told the story was effective. There wasn't flashbacks of home and family or anything like that, they just followed E company from their inception to the end of the war focusing entirely on the soldiers themselves with very little on politics, ideals, and the mood of the countries. I thought it was extremely effective.

I have no doubt that this will be excellent, but it looks quite different than BoB> Being based on Ambose's book probably has something to do with that.

I also liked how in a few individual episodes they chose to focus on a single character a little closer, with that character narrating the episode.

02-25-2010, 01:19 PM	#28
sa226 #1 Goaltender Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Back in Calgary!! Exp:	I think it is going to be tough to top BoB. While the cinematography looks excellent again, how they shoot the story looks quite different. I thought the best parts of BoB was that there was very little sensationalism, few cheesy lines and the simplistic way they told the story was effective. There wasn't flashbacks of home and family or anything like that, they just followed E company from their inception to the end of the war focusing entirely on the soldiers themselves with very little on politics, ideals, and the mood of the countries. I thought it was extremely effective. I have no doubt that this will be excellent, but it looks quite different than BoB> Being based on Ambose's book probably has something to do with that. I also liked how in a few individual episodes they chose to focus on a single character a little closer, with that character narrating the episode.