Editing Band of Brothers (miniseries) (section)

===Critical reception===
''Band of Brothers'' has a 94% approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], with an average rating of 8.1/10 and based on 34 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads: "''Band of Brothers'' offers a visceral, intense look at the horrors of war – and the sacrifices of the millions of ordinary people who served."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Band of Brothers|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/band_of_brothers/s01|website=Rotten Tomatoes|language=en|access-date=June 8, 2021}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which uses a [[weighted average]], gives the miniseries a score of 87 out of 100 based on 28 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Band of Brothers |url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/band-of-brothers |access-date=July 30, 2022 |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>

[[CNN]]'s Paul Clinton said that the miniseries "is a remarkable testament to that generation of citizen soldiers, who responded when called upon to save the world for democracy and then quietly returned to build the nation that we now all enjoy, and all too often take for granted".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/07/band.brothers/index.html |title=Enlist TV for 'Band of Brothers' |last=Clinton |first=Paul |date=September 7, 2001 |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=July 15, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321052240/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/07/band.brothers/index.html |archive-date=March 21, 2008}}</ref> Caryn James of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "an extraordinary 10-part series that masters its greatest challenge: it balances the ideal of heroism with the violence and terror of battle, reflecting what is both civilized and savage about war." James also remarked on the generation gap between most viewers and characters, suggesting this was a significant hurdle.<ref>{{cite news |first=Caryn |last=James |title=TV Weekend; An Intricate Tapestry Of a Heroic Age |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 7, 2001 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/07/movies/tv-weekend-an-intricate-tapestry-of-a-heroic-age.html |access-date=August 24, 2008 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173037/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/07/movies/tv-weekend-an-intricate-tapestry-of-a-heroic-age.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Robert Bianco of ''[[USA Today]]'' wrote that the series was "significantly flawed and yet absolutely extraordinary—just like the men it portrays," rating the series four out of four stars. He noted however that it was hard to identify with individual characters during crowded battle scenes.<ref>{{cite news |first=Robert |last=Bianco |title='Band' masterfully depicts horror, complexity of war |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=September 7, 2001}}</ref>

[[Philip French]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' commented that he had "seen nothing in the cinema this past year that impressed me as much as BBC2's 10-part ''Band of Brothers'', produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, and [[Ken Loach]]'s ''The Navigators'' on Channel 4", and that it was "one of the best films ever made about men in war and superior in most ways to ''Saving Private Ryan''."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/dec/23/features.review |title=Diamonds in the dross: Films of the year |last1=French |first1=Philip |date=December 23, 2001 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=October 9, 2014 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173216/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/dec/23/features.review |url-status=live }}</ref> Matt Seaton, also in ''The Guardian'', wrote that the film's production was "on such a scale that in an ad hoc, inadvertent way it gives one a powerful sense of what really was accomplished during the D-Day invasion - the extraordinary logistical effort of moving men and matériel in vast quantities."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/sep/24/features.mattseaton |title=Too close for comfort |last1=Seaton |first1=Matt |date=September 24, 2001 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=October 9, 2014 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173213/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/sep/24/features.mattseaton |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Tom Shales]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote that though the series is "at times visually astonishing," it suffers from "disorganization, muddled thinking and a sense of redundancy." Shales observed that the characters are hard to identify: "Few of the characters stand out strikingly against the backdrop of the war. In fact, this show is all backdrop and no frontdrop. When you watch two hours and still aren't quite sure who the main characters are, something is wrong."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/09/08/band-of-brothers-ragged-wwii-saga-off-to-a-slow-march/4a25b6f3-14f7-49b4-96aa-d1b7fd1d9b86/?noredirect=on |title='Band of Brothers': Ragged WWII Saga Off to a Slow March |first=Tom |last=Shales |date=August 7, 2001 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173230/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/09/08/band-of-brothers-ragged-wwii-saga-off-to-a-slow-march/4a25b6f3-14f7-49b4-96aa-d1b7fd1d9b86/?noredirect=on |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Band of Brothers'' has become a benchmark for World War II series. The German series ''[[Generation War]],'' for example, was characterized by critics as ''Band of Brüder'' (the German word for "Brothers").<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/band-of-br%C3%BCder-a-german-view-of-wartime-1.1343285 |title=Band of Brüder: a German view of wartime |first=Derek |last=Scally |date=March 30, 2013 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=July 8, 2013 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173046/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/band-of-br%C3%BCder-a-german-view-of-wartime-1.1343285 |url-status=live }}</ref>