Comments on: War and Remembrance

By: Huntington

Huntington — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:11:50 +0000

How funny that you brought this up now. My mom just lent me both series on DVD (I’d watched them at the time and read the books), and I finished the second disc of The Winds of War last night. Some of it is kind of clunky, but there’s a lot to enjoy. I can’t wait to get to War and Remembrance just to replace Ali MacGraw with Jane Seymour, who I remember as being a far superior Natalie.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:17:19 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve updated my Netflix cue.

I just finished Fall of Eagles, a BBC series from 1974 about the decline and fall of the Habsburg, Hohenzollern, and Romanov dynasties. If you like historical drama, I highly recommend it. Barry Foster as Kaiser Wilhelm II gave an excellent performance, but the show was stolen IMO by Patrick Stewart as Lenin.

I liked War and Remembrance, the bits that I saw on TV, so I’m looking forward to seeing the whole thing. I, Claudius, however, will always hold the place in my heart reserved for Best Historical Miniseries Of All Time.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:30:51 +0000

I loved the first series! I was in High School and was such a student of World War Two that I would quote lines from historical characters as they spoke them, I am sure my Mother was a little concerned.

Now you have sparked my memory and interest, like you I never finished the series…Now I need to go back and watch it!!