100 Years of Warner Bros.

I love documentaries and none have been more thorough and engrossing than this one. They literally start from day one (and even before) the creation of Warner Brothers and take this story right up to today. They included some of the most interesting talking heads to add to the story... folks who were right there on the front lines when the best and worst happened for the company. If you are a movie or TV lover, you get glimpses behind the scenes of countless films and shows that became a part of your life, including the struggles just to get those things onto our big and little screens. This series doesn't even downplay some of the less favorable looks at the studio. All in all, it was a series that was long, but made it impossible not to binge watch all of the episodes. Bravo to the filmmakers who created this series.

When watching "100 Years of Warner Bros.", the first thing to keep in mind is that it's a documentary about Warner Bros.--made by Warner Bros. As such, there is little impartially which leads to a bit of a capped ceiling for the project. But as long as you can look past that self-promotion angle, there is a lot here that can be enjoyed from a film-lover's perspective.

The first episode--about the Warner brothers themselves, the creation of the studio, and the old "studio system" of Hollywood--is probably the best, as it is the closest to new information a viewer is going to get here.

The next three parts are all essentially hour-long clip shows talking about WB's media properties. Fortunately, it isn't nearly as bad as that statement may sound because, quite frankly, WB has perhaps the most impressive library of any studio! Even in the three hours after the introductory ground-laying, director Leslie Iwerks barely scratches the surface on WB's famous endeavors.

Overall, I give "100 Years of Warner Bros." an 8/10 score. It is nostalgic and entertaining for celluloid lovers even if its insular, self-aggrandizing nature prevents it from being anything more.