New Ken Burns series The War

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

It is certainly well-assembled. However, to me, seems to lack the poignant storytelling that made The Civil War, and to a lesser degree, Baseball, so vivid and gripping. It was the masterful joining of a large number of aspects under a single umbrella that made The Civil War the masterpiece that it is. I just don't get that feeling from The War.

In short it is, thus far, good, but not a masterpiece.

I would agree TS, especially after seeing it was Ken Burns behind it. The piece he did on the Civil War was amazing


RDP

[August]

The biggest weakness i've seen is the music. Not only does it lack a good theme melody like he used in the Civil War, the historical pieces often seem disjointed and inappropriate for the scenes being shown at the time.

Plus they've already showed the flaming jeep footage, which has to be one of the most overused pieces of historical film ever.

[JALU3]

It's an interesting perspective of the war, a bottom up perspective.
With the years passing by, we loose many more veterans to time and illness, at ever increasing rates. This program captures the stories of a handful of them and their families, and the people around them, to be preserved through out time. Some Organizations such as the the California State Military Museum have attempted to preserve others in Oral History programs.
If you have time, they need your help . . .

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by August

The biggest weakness i've seen is the music. Not only does it lack a good theme melody like he used in the Civil War, the historical pieces often seem disjointed and inappropriate for the scenes being shown at the time.

Plus they've already showed the flaming jeep footage, which has to be one of the most overused pieces of historical film ever.

You hit it right on the head! I hate the music selection! It's always played too slow. I have never been able to stay awake through his shows, because of the music. I think it's a PBS thing.