Now I don't know about the edited film version (I would never watch it) but the mini series, the original 5 part version, is not only a brilliant piece of work, it stands as an historical document of the great war that has never been bettered and never will. It is essential viewing that we should all be aware of, and what the fight for democracy was all about, it's interesting to see that a modern day 'band of brothers' is very much in the same vein, no glorification, concentrating on the human side, comedy, love, comradeship, death and the utter desolation of being born at that point in history and to take part in that awful war. There are no negatives about this series, it's a perfect synopsis of the human race in the 20th century and the carnage that we are capable of committing, yet the true brotherhood that existed in these times, if only the leaders were capable of it.
