Continuity mistake: In the bootcamp scene where Captain Sobel is yelling at Private Christenson for drinking from his canteen, you see a machine gun resting on Christenson's right shoulder. When the camera angle changes to behind Christenson, the machine gun has suddenly moved onto his other shoulder. This happens quite a few times in this particular scene.
Band of Brothers (2001)
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Starring: Ron Livingston, Damian Lewis, Scott Grimes, Matthew Leitch, Shane Taylor
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I watched this show on Netflix.
As much as I like war movies and especially WWII movies and shows... it's honestly surprising I never got to this show till recently. I wasn't even really all that aware of it till a few years ago when they talked about it on the SinCast. Then more recently, I listened to the Dead Eyes podcast, which got me even more intrigued to watch it.
I heard this was like a sort of companion piece to Saving Private Ryan, and largely headed by many of the same people. Heard it was just as good or better...
Maybe it was all that hype that built a false impression in my mind or such, I'm not sure. But I was left a little disappointed in it. Not that it's bad, just it wasn't this great masterpiece I was expecting it to be from all the hype. I did greatly enjoy it, and liked following these characters. Also playing the who's who of all these actors in the show that are well known and big now, but were just starting out and small back then. Like seeing a very young James McAvoy in a small role with a short lifespan... AND Michael Fassbender as well in just a small part. Long before they ever made it big.
So yeah I liked the show a lot, just it didn't live up to what I had been hyped up to it being. But this is a good companion piece to Saving Private Ryan. At some point I'll have to watch them back to back. Or even in tandem.
Also now that I've actually seen the show, I kinda wanna go back and listen to the Dead Eyes podcast again since I have better context.
Mistake Status: Watched this just before returning to the site so wasn't looking. May at some point revisit it for mistakes.
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Richard Winters: That night, I thanked God for seeing me through that day of days and prayed I would make it through D plus 1. I also promised that if some way I could get home again, I would find a nice peaceful town and spend the rest of my life in peace.
Trivia: Band of Brothers was HBO's most expensive project ever.
Replacements - S1-E4
Question: When Bull is hiding in the barn after being hit by shrapnel, he takes something from the end of his rifle and bites a big chunk off it and starts chewing. What is this?
Chosen answer: It's chewing tobacco.
Answer: He bit off a piece of a cigar.