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Av Pelle - 29 december 2008 17:36

I haven't got caught by anything on the screen similar to this, since I saw Rome & Rome II about a year ago. This is good stuff and I love to drown in the story by watching as much as possible in an as short time as possible. Now I've seen 5 episodes out of 7, during the last 2 nights. The final 2 parts will be consumed late tonight. What can be so exciting about following a battalion of American marines on a recon mission during the first 40 days of the Iraqi war? I don't know and I can't say that I like the idea of war, but since it actually happens over and over again (Gaza strip right now), it is a thrill to try to understand how the soldiers are thinking and interacting within the extreme environment where they are. This is of course far away from my own experiences as an UN soldier on Cyprus in the 80's, but the internal mentallity between soldiers are rather much the same. Tough, raw, macho, bad language, etc but yet a very strong sense of brotherhood. All these abusive on-the-edge dialouges, in combination with some restlessness and fear for what might happen, creates the drama. Not everyone will agree with this or even understand this. These people will most probably not even see a war movie/serie like this.

It feels to me that this TV-serie is rather realistic, and it's also based on a live reporter's view of what happened. Alexander Skarsgård (awesome acting) has a leading role as Iceman, a squad leader for a Humvee unit. That would be me, by the way.

It gives me the same feelings like when I saw the "Band of Brothers" many years ago. Easy to get sucked into.

Look forward to the last epsiodes. Thanx Kenneth! Excellent pick!

It even has a fabulous homepage http://www.hbo.com/generationkill/


War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing  (Bruce S)


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