See it! I'd just like to state that this is NOT Saving Private Ryan the sequel - it's much better then that! I discovered Band of Brothers by chance a few weeks ago and since then I've had to resist the temptation to watch it again and again whenever I have spare time! My favorite film genre is War and has been for years and this spectacular series just tops everything i have experienced before. It slowly draws you into the thick of the gritty action and heartbreaking conflict, through the eyes of the brave young men of Easy Company, paratroopers in the 101st Airborne; throughout World War II. The memories of surviving veterans, both joyous and painful, are delivered to you by characters you grow to love and respect. And this is because you can feel their companionship and their respect for each other leaping off the screen. It has everything you want to see in an epic TV series like this one: sacrifice, black humor, graphic battle scenes, courage, joy-riding, shocks, tension and yes, even sex.
Overall, the cast is superb, despite lacking 'big' stars, and, perhaps unlike other large casts of soldiers, they are NOT apparent clones of each other. Before the fifth episode I was getting genuinely upset when one of these men were killed or wounded in action, and by the eighth even the beautifully done opening credits were getting me choked up. If you like war films and action with a real sense of the courage and spirit behind it then you have to see this! Come on girls, you too - even if only for the dozens of good-looking men!