Band of Brothers (Part XI)

Part XI: WE STAND ALONE TOGETHER

We Stand Alone Together tell the remarkable story of the men of Easy Company in their own words. Featuring recent interviews with the real-life company members whose deeds are dramatized in the miniseries, combined with rare and archival photographs and film footage.

I don’t know what to say about this movie. It’s more than what I imagine before I watched it Ajarn. Honestly, first time I think it really boring. I can’t catch up anything and I took long time to get through it. But when I start getting myself more relax with it, I found that is much better. I can feel it, this movie effect me a lot during watching it. I scream, I cry, my mouth was open many time and I didn’t know it. It’s so real, it like I walk with them along their journey (except me still alive). It’s really good one in production because it can make us know about a cruel war in details.

I appreciated all of them in both who survived until now and who die during the war time. They had they glory now, and I think it will be with them forever. For German army I am appreciated them too. Actually, I think they must do what they must have to do. You know what I never like soldiers and I don’t know why. May be it just the way they look at other, with brighten eyes and think they are number one of everything. For now I understand because they have total right to feel that, to act like that, to proud themselves. Because of it’s not easy, not at all. Along the way they had to pass it fully with blood. They never know that which shot waiting for them. The death is just right there waiting for anyone who dare.

I hope there will be no more war in this world.
But I know I expected too much, didn’t I.

Band of Brothers (Part X)

Part X: POINTS

Summary
Once home to the top officers of the Third Reich, Easy Company enters the Bavarian town of Berchtesgaden, and captures "Eagle's Nest," Hitler's mountaintop fortress. Facing imminent deployment to the Pacific Theater, the men compare their "points" to see who has earned enough to go home. However, the Japanese surrender ends the war. A closing vignette tells what happened to the men of Easy Company after they returned home.

War it’s over!
Victory!
Yes it is, a time for pride. Because of war is over. Long time the Easy Company were combat with enemies, they lost many accompany, lost many blood and tear. But now it’s over. It’s time to continue with a new future bright. After war, they had their own to continue. Someone back to their home town, some change their plan and do new things, and some still with the army.

Band of Brothers (Part IX)

Part IX: Why We Fight

Summary
Easy Company finally enters Germany, to surprisingly little resistance, and has a chance to relax for the first time in a long time. A patrol in a nearby forest discovers an abandoned Nazi concentration camp, still filled with emaciated prisoners. The local citizenry, unbelievably disavowing knowledge of its existence, is made to clean it up, as the news arrives that Hitler is dead.

“What the … are we doing?” This quote comes from one of solider.
If I have a chance to reply him back I would say “I don’t know either”
Hmm well it seems that everyone has time for relax but it time that I see their stress also. Every thing in their mind is like a volcano, and ready to outburst. They had different way to let it out. Some get drunk, some smoke more than they used to.

When they found an abandoned Nazi concentration camp, I got shocked Ajarn. Really, it’s like ‘Oh my God!’ It’s really bad, those prisoners look like a zombies that I ever seen in the movie. They hunger and they can’t help themselves to live normally. It’s just worse than I saw soldier’s death on the field. I can’t believe this!

Band of Brothers (Part VIII)

Part VIII: THE PATROL

Summary
Easy Company arrives in the Alsacian town of Haguenau near the German border, and is ordered to send a patrol across the river to take enemy prisoners. Lt. Jones, fresh from West Point and eager for combat experience, volunteers to lead. While successful, the mission costs another paratrooper's life, prompting Winters to ignore the order to send a second patrol the next night.

There is nothing change much in this part except the different between experiences and inexperience of soldiers. And also the teamwork, it seem that the soldiers who had more experiences look more casual and they can laugh together even they hiding from the bomb in the hole. But for newer or inexperience they shaking little bit.

The replacements had to catch up on with experiences soldiers because they face less combat and make more confident to fight too.

Band of Brothers (Part VII)

Part VII: THE BREAKING POINT

Summary
Having thwarted the Germans at Bastogne, the exhausted Easy Company must now take the nearby town of Foy from the enemy. Several are killed and wounded in fierce shelling, compounded by the incompetence of their commander, Lt. Dike, about whom Winters can do nothing. Easy takes Foy, but at an enormous cost.

It’s still in winter and things getting worse. Easy Company lost more and more privates. Of course they feel so suffered from this. They lost focus because of long combat on the field. When their best friend die one by one in everyday and every combat private die or hurt the one who live is live in pain.

Leader is so important because of the fellow will follow them. If lead to the right way then combat will be successful but if not it mean death.

Band of Brothers (Part VI)

Part VI: BASTOGNE

Summary
In the dead of winter, in the forest outside of Bastogne, Belgium, the men of Easy Company struggle to hold the line alone while fending off frostbite and hunger, having arrived with no winter clothes and little supplies and ammunition. Medic Eugene Roe (Shane Taylor) is overwhelmed, on edge and close to combat exhaustion when he finds friendship with a Belgian nurse. Easy Company spends a miserable Christmas in the trenches, and receives the news that the German army's demand for surrender was met with Gen. McAuliffe's defiant answer: "Nuts!"

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
I wonder what kind of Christmas fully with blood. But yes may be Christmas in 1944. Its winter time and they stuck with those snows. They lack of food, lack of medicine especially morphine, lack of cloths, lack of weapon also. They need those more to supply the company but can’t get it. So they had to save everything which they can save even a shot to fire.

This time is tough for all company because not only enemies they have to be aware with but they live harder because of lacking things. They have to save morphine so some soldiers did not hurt much they have to save for soldiers that really need to use it. And some soldiers get sick from cold weather also.

I’m quite surprise that this part had nurse, because what I have seen they had only soldiers take care of this duty. I appreciated all nurse because it very tough and can make them crazy too. They do good thing, they help soldiers, try to save their live. But many time those soldiers could not survived. They get upset and sad but it duty that they choose to do from their heart.

For Chocolate! It’s cute, even it war time. I think everyone needs this, anything that can show how much you care and it can cheer up too.

Band of Brothers (Part V)

Part V: CROSSROADS

Summary
Winters (Damian Lewis) lead a risky mission on a Dutch dike, resulting in a resounding victory, for which he is promoted to Battalion Executive Officer. Dissatisfied with his new, largely administrative job, Winters is concerned about the leadership of the three companies he now commands. After a weekend pass to Paris, news arrives of a massive Axis effort in the Ardennes Forest, threatening to break the Allied lines. Easy Company races in to hold the line, ill-equipped for the bitterly cold weather and the entrenched battle ahead.

To Easy Company Victory & Curahee!!

They are still in Holland, and Captain Winter had to responsible more things.
In this soldier’s way, they do not just fight on the field but they had to do the paper. To report everything that had happen to the field to the upper rank of commander. It’s include how they explore the field, how they move, how they done the operation, how many privates had lost and everything that happened in details.

In my opinion, to make this kind of paper it effect on advantage and disadvantage. It’s good to collect all information and report it because they will know about what going on, what mistake they have done, how many private left, and etc. So, they will set up a better plan for next time. But the disadvantage is the paper can remind everything to the writer. He had to thinking of what he had faced, and I think it might be hurt his feeling. Once he faced those terrible fight is bad enough but if he had to keep reminding those thing all the time it can he feel worse.

Band of Brothers (Part IV)

Part IV: REPLACEMENTS

Summary
Due to heavy casualties, a group of fresh paratrooper replacements joins Easy Company in time for a massive drop into German-occupied Holland for Operation Market-Garden. While met with no resistance in Eindhoven, Easy and a cluster of British tanks are repelled from a nearby town by a superior German force, sustaining many casualties as they retreat. The Allied plan to enter Germany through Holland and end the war before Christmas fails.

It’s time to get promoted, I saw everyone were get promoted and hang around in the common room for relaxing. This part show that pin, a mark, a seal or any sign which show that you are brave or good soldier is very important. And everyone proud of it, and I think it good to proud because it not easy to earn. Also they earn by hard fight and sacrifice for the war and their company.

Because the company had more privates join the company. Those sergeants had to help the new privates. I think they didn’t do by duty only but when they look at the privates it can remind them that they were like them before. Experiences of real field by sergeants teach those privates well.

When the company reaches to Holland, people welcome them all. What I don’t understand is why people quite cruel. They make women who slept with German (correct me if I’m wrong) humiliate publicly by shave their hair off.

The company had to join with other army (French army) and it makes a lot of problem. Because of different country, different language, and different culture can make conflict. It’s not easy to communicating and trusting in other nation. One scene I think that if they trust easy company the tank will not be destroyed and the mission will not fail. They lost many soldiers in this field, they trap and had fewer soldiers to fight then they had to step back to the camp.

Band of Brothers (Part III)

Part III: CARENTAN

Summary
Debut date: SUNDAY, SEPT. 16, 9pm/8c. Two days after D-Day, Easy Company is sent to take the town of Carentan, engaging in a successful battle that results in several casualties. Some soldiers, including Pvt. Blithe, have a difficult time adjusting to combat. After 36 days in Normandy and several fierce battles, Easy returns to England, but their celebrations are short-lived, as news comes that they're moving out again.

They collected property or belonging of the enemies. It’s like a pride I think, and it can be souvenirs of war also. Other thing is almost the same that I have seen from both two parts before. They do they company duty, keep walking and explore the field.
The town was empty and changed to be the field. It’s like no place for living in freely or peace. People had run out and their house became a fighting field.

Some soldiers had bad feeling inside. They trained for kill the enemies but the thing is the enemies were including the innocent people too. The company had to kill those people also. Is that a duty to killing the innocent people? I think it bad but if the companies not shoot them the company may get killed. Who know?

At the beginning, they volunteer to fight but when the time pass by some of them get freak out. They see their friends get hurt and die all the time. They have to be strong but it not easy. Thing getting worse when they see their friend lose and start thinking about what the time of themselves will come. They have to help each other, not only fight but caring of other health and feeling too. It had been creating teamwork and friendship also.
One question Ajarn. Why some soldier put a little white flower in their pocket?

Band of Brothers (Part II)

Part II: Day of Days

Summary
On June 6, 1944, D-Day, planes carrying thousands of paratroopers cross the English Channel to France, where they come under heavy fire. None of the men land where they expected to, and many lose their weapons and supplies in the drop. Winters links up with solitary soldiers, and they set off to find their units. Winter is later chosen to lead an attack on a fortified German artillery position; the mission is successful, but Winter, now acting company commander, loses his first man.

I just notice the word tear come from. It’s come from unwanted memory that we can’t forget as much as we want to tear that off. It will be more pain and then the little drop from an eyes we called ‘tear’.

Because of the aircraft were attack, the Easy Company had to jump out before the expected point. So, they were separate and get lost on the field. They have to find their friends and beware of the enemies at the same time. They had to listen to the commander if not it will be create a lot of problem and no unity exist. Because of the Easy Company dropped away from the point so they have to take a walk. Along the way they face with both enemy and their friends who death, they upset but can’t show out cause they are soldier. And they have to collect weapons and other supplies from death men also.

One scene that I saw, the soldiers killed the enemy when they have no weapons. It’s so cruel; I question myself that is duty or just madness of devil inside. What I have seen is all soldiers had skillful in military but their ethical, mind, and character were different. It does can tell from the decision that they have made. And wrong decision in the field mean death. The point is if not the enemies it means us to be in the tomb.

It’s seemed that no one can fight alone; they fight in system and stay in order because the bullets come as a rain they have to watch out as teamwork.

Band of Brothers (Part I)

Part I: CURRAHEE

Summary
In Toccoa, Georgia, 1942, a disparate group of young men begins voluntary training to become members of one of America’s newest military regiments the paratroopers. Under the harsh leadership of Lt. Sobel, members of the newly formed Easy Company go from being green civilians to becoming some of the Army’s host elite soldiers. As training progresses, a rivalry flares between Sobel, whom the men despise, and Lt. Winters, a junior officer who’s earned the respect and admiration of the company.

From what I have seen in the movie
Before they get in to the war they must be prepared, they not just gain people to be a soldiers right a way. Every soldier had to be well trained and the training for them is very tough. The rules of the army very strict and everyone have to get along with it.
They stay in the camp altogether and every field in the camp had set up for military training as same as the real fighting field that all soldiers had to face with. There is nothing in private, and if anyone did anything wrong it always responsible together. Because of once they volunteer to the camp other soldiers become new family members.

I appreciated on the army, they train so hard and seriously because it not just a game. They’d jump up from the aircraft during the training. They not just leaned on the field but in theory also and it like they study in the classroom but they learned how to kill and how to keep their own life safe. Moreover, they have to learn how to hide from the enemy, body language or how to use hand code to command or communicated.

They didn’t have only tough time but they have party time also, its beer time, friendship between different companies but of course in the army rule.

Even the came here as a volunteer, and had same mission to fight in the war. But living together created problem too. They come from different places, different family, and different religion, which those reasons can created a lot of misunderstood. Everyone had their own faith, their own belief and some might die for it too. The thing is everyone should try to compromise and make it unity as much as they could because in the field they all need help. No one can fight alone.
I think to be unity is the most important thing. Because no one can stand alone even they are the best trained such Sobel, he was resign from easy company because of soldiers can not accepted his way. And I think good leader doesn’t mean that he is everything on best but he had to make a right decision at the right time.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

“IN THIS TEMPLE AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE
FOR WHOME HE SAVED THE UNION
THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
IS ENSHRINED FOREVER”

It’s about one man name Jeff Smith had to go to Washington as a young senator. Smith was popular for children because he is a leader of the Boy Rangers before. Smith had to fight with other senators and his hero Paine too. Anyway he won because of his goodness, the truth, and his sincerity in everything he do.

I like the scene that he went to the white house and looking at Abraham Lincoln and it seem Lincoln looking at him also. It’s seemed that this time there are a lot of memorial things, monument and building which refer to freedom such as Capitol Dome.

This time people can communicate easier by phone which they can use it from home and in public also. People are more interested in political included children. Everyone have their right to speak and give ideas even kids. They have newspaper to inform the news and to show ideas and opinion also. Colored people work as bell boy who carried baggage in the hotel, I think they get paid and not a slave anymore. There are museum which show a memorial of great people and liberty of USA. The architecture at this time like a sign of USA is the democracy and freedom country.

The corruption not much like roaring twenties or may be I should say it not that openly. I see the art of bluffing in the politic and it classy, money is not the point. The point is power and creditability.

In my opinion, when I see the movie I thinking of the politics now a day. I think it same, it is what it was. We make a decision by voting even we all know that it not always the right way. It can be corrupt; it can be lobbying the voters also.

Roaring Twenties

Roaring Twenties

The movie talks about many things after WWI. The movie tells a lot of thing that people do during that time. Eddie came back from the war he fights for democracy, after war he was survived but no place for him. Everything was changed. Businesses are costly, price of everything higher and taxes increased too. Eddie had to work as a taxi driver instead of work at same garage. Anyway he doing alright with his cab but he was in jail because illegal liquor that he carried by innocent.

After that he became a big business man in illegal liquor business. He ships his liquor to those speakeasies and gains a lot of money by that. The speakeasies were very popular. Because of that it created corruption and many illegal things also. It seems everyone don’t care, even the police money is touching than law. The speakeasies and entertainment were profitable and most people live by those businesses because of its gains a lot of profit and most of people want to be relaxed. It like after war everything renovated every thing gets start again. I think people at that time don’t care much about right or wrong, if money comes there is no right or wrong.

Not only corruption problem but there were violence and murder in this period also. Women smoking or drinking were normal as men did. Everyone can do what they want to do but if you have money people will respect you.

I think speakeasies, illegal liquor and other businesses at that time are like illegal software. Everyone knows about it and most of people use it in daily life, even it illegal but who cares. I think world changing all the time, just what people are up to.

Somewhere in Time

Industrial Age

What's a sad love story again Ajarn!

Sorry, it seem like i'm yelling at you. But I didn't because I love this movie. Before I go through the summary, characteristics, and aspect of American culture. Apologize me I have to tell you how I feel first, cause I can't wait till the last paragraph.

There's only one day and one night spend together. It's hard to believe, really I can tell you it's hard to believe we can get back to the past with anyway. But this movie made me want to try to go somewhere in time too. I totally understand both of them. Why Ellise didn't go with the play company, why Richard turn himself to death after he can't get back to his lover. Because it nothing to living for with out love. I do believe that the only thing people living for is love. I don't know who or what to blame on about that situation happened to them. It's happy when they are together but it sad because of their chance. It's lovely that they finding each other. But, the thing is they lost later. I think it really hard to find someone by his or her own belive. Ellise keep finding her lover till she get old. Richard try to do anything even his mind think what he doing is silly. Comes and goes, each other always wait and find the way to belong together. Ahh, what a lovely sad story.

The playwritgh from Chicago try to go for his intersting lady from the vintage potrait that he had seen in the Grand Hotel. After he keep searching about her, he found that she is the old lady that he met last 8 years ago. At that time she gave him a nice round watch, that is the only thing or evidence that she gave to him. When he reach her by turn back to the past, of course she can't recognized him at all. But then they found that they wait for that moment. Ellise wait this feeling for her entire life, and Richard also notice that she is his everything.

I like many things, many characteristics of this movie. Ellise, I don't know the better word than 'Lady' to gave her. She is really fantastic lady, beautiful, charming, and lively. I like the way she dress too, it totally lady I think because she changed all the time. It's like dress for walking, for dinner, for launch, and etc. Richard and his jacket, I think it cool and look different that why people in 1912 always laugh at him. I like his haircut because it look vintage for me, even he try too much to look like men in 1912. This movie mostly scene in Hotel but the hotel is very beautiful. It's show that USA at this time is free and safety enough for travel. People dress up so nice and neat. They use car, typewritter, telephone, and camera. They have play and theatre also. Walking and go to the park seem to be what people do on their freetime.

Morever, I like the scene that Richard and Ellise met. The scene that director of the movie point to the shadow at the window. You know what I feel about it? I feel this love are invisible, it's make me feel that way. It'll never be true, like a shadow. We all know we have our own shadow but somtime it invisible to thinking about it because we not see it everytime. But it invisible for other, who can't touch their world. Because for them, their love will last forever.

Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain
Civil War

The movie is about war, one man (Inman) left his lover (Ada) behind. He went to the war, a soldier is his duty. He was pain from what he had seen from the field. He escaped from the field by his lover requested. Along the way to Cold Mountain is not easy for him. He met different kind of people who he can't make sure they are friend or enemy. He had to hide from home guard, which can kill him immediately if they found him. While, Ada lost her father and she had to live on her own shoe. She became a brave and tough lady by her supporter Ruby. Ada always wait Inman, she keep hope and hope and they both happy at last (even Inman get killed).

At the first scene, I saw the bomb which look like a fire works. It’s beauty but harm everybody life. That remind me of Inman and other guys face when they knew that they have their own war. They needed it, they joyful with their duty. It seems like and eternal flame in their blood, but once it explores then their notice that is was bomb not firework at all.

What I saw from this movie are follow,
Musical are healing and being good friend for everyone, people are living for romance and honor than money.
They are believed in God, they have church and a choir also. They also kept photograph and lyric carry on idea and photo from generation to generation. They used letter to communicate to each other.

War is a bad but people are worse during the war.
Why I said that, it's from what I have seen from the movie. I think after the war, all life involved were changed forever.

War is myth, I think I’ll never understand and anyone else who never face the war directly also. I saw war is tough time for everyone. Even at that time women are weaker than men they had to hand on gun to protect themselves also. They also had to take good care her self while men attend to his war. War separated lover or family by the word duty. From the movie even they had duty but some still escaped because it too pain and sorrow, and someone too young to be a solider. That why they escaped from their duty.

The lovely part of the movie I like is marry is important, even kiss the lover are unusual in public. Not like at this time, American kissing in public is normal and marry is not so important. Ada and Inman want to marry but at the war time it incredible to set up marries ceremony. But they make it by their way by saying ‘I marry you’ many times before they sleep in the same room.

I wonder when we will live in peace. I think it will never happen during we still alive. Then what are we living for? For me is only one moment we spend with the one I love is the only thing which worth for my life.