Ken Burns - The War

Pros: Personal recollections, Burns' use of stills and footage from the period, nifty musical score

Cons: Other than those mentioned in the review, none

The Bottom Line: Perhaps one of the most intimate documentaries about World War II from a purely American viewpoint, Ken Burns' The War is a worthy successor to The Civil War.

Review: One of the most amazing things about the synergy between technology and marketing in the 21st Century is how quickly legitimate (as opposed to bootleg) DVDs of truly successful theatrical movies and television shows are released. Before the advent ...

Pros: extremely well done, great research, very in-depth, intelligent presentation

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: Ken Burns really out-did himself with this documentary covering the American experience both home and abroad during WWII.

Review: After a grueling six years of research and compilation of information, Director Ken Burns finally completed his long awaited documentary on World War II. Titled The War the film is a deconstruction of the impact that the second world war had on ...

Pros: almost everything

Cons: sound quality

The Bottom Line: Even the uneven sound can't take anything away from the somber and important personal stories compiled and told in a way only Ken Burns can do.

Review: The Second World War was fought in thousands of places, too many for any one accounting. This is the story of four American towns and how their citizens experienced that war. The Second World War is personal for me. I have no memory of it ...

Pros: Outstanding and moving documentary series on World War II.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: If you have come to expect wonderful historical documentaries from Ken Burns, you will not be disappointed!

Review: The War: Another Ken Burns Masterpiece. By James P. Zaworski World War II was the greatest conflagration in human history thus far. Fought in thousands of places with countless millions of people killed, this terrible world war brought out the ...