Band of Brothers: a TV "drama" (I don't want to associate it with any of the bad things "dramas" generally exhibit) war thing about Easy Company of the US military in WWII. I'm gonna keep this brief, because frankly you should just go watch it.
Acting's pretty terrific, quite simply. Cinematography is sharp, without any ostentatious, stupid flourishes that take away from what's goin' on. Written by Tom Hanks and Erik Jendresen, using interviews with members of Easy Company for reference. Produced/developed by Tom Hanks, that Erik kid, and Steven Spielberg; take note, Hanks and Spielberg were the ones heading Saving Private Ryan. That said, you can guess it's pretty awesome. It's got that WWII-movie color scheme (ya know, brown/green/gray-blue/black, and just about nothing else), but it isn't too overbearing compared to most productions suffering the same effect, and frankly, it works. Also, every episode's accompanied by interviews of Easy Comp's members. It's just... Just really cool. And educational (check this out: it's TV, but IT'S HISTORICALLY ACCURATE!)
Yeah. Band of Brothers. Watch it.
http://www.hbo.com/band-of-brothers#/
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