The Real Story Behind Timothée Chalamet's Henry V | The King | Netflix
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- Опубліковано 31 жов 2019
- In Netflix's The King, Timothée Chalamet stars as Henry V, real-life king of England. But Henry wasn't destined to sit on the throne. We explain the combination of chance and skill that led to his ascent in this real, wild historical companion to the film. Warning: this video contains spoilers.
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Wayward Prince Hal must turn from carouser to warrior king as he faces hostilities from inside and outside the castle walls in the battle for England. - Розваги
In the 1400's it was easier to die.
Also survives arrow in the back of his head.
Think it was an arrow in the face
@@frazerward367 By the looks of the tool it looks like the arrow went through his head yeah.
I wonder how many, ahum. Arrows in the knee people got.
GameShock good for u
I know, right? 🤔🙄😜
Even if the movie isn't historically accurate Chalamet and Pattinson's performances were pretty good
Edit: I was just reminded of this comment and wow that's a lot of likes and I there is quite a discussion in the replies so it kinda made my day honestly.
Edit (2): Back after 3 years and this is my most liked and replied comment ever >u< tnx guys! 😂
I laughed for a solid 30 sec. When The Dauphin called the English language simple and ugly in front of Hal
@@Roberta_Trevino yesss
I don't think it's necessarily meant to be historically accurate; it's an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV" plays which themselves used a bit of poetic licence.
@@SalaciousBCrumb-te1jx yes chalamet himself said it was more Shakespearean
Nick Pine yeah, it’s an adaptation of the plays. Falstaff wouldn’t be in it otherwise.
Timothee was electrifying in this movie. He showed what a true artist can bring to a movie
@One eyed CuriousYup. Overrated as hell.
@One eyed Curious lmao bruh what? His performance was nearly oscar worthy what are you on?
@One eyed Curious another self proclaimed movie critic lmao, the music, the storyline, the honorable death of Falstaff, idk what more you wanted from this film
@One eyed Curious it’s not based off of history it’s based off of a play dumbass
@One eyed Curious lol literally based on a play, it never intended to be historically accurate, was a great movie with great performances, can watch it again with friends who havent seen it and still enjoy the movie
I don't get why everyone is asking for mini series, I think the movie was incredible and more than enough.
Agreed, a mini series would have killed the impact of the movie. Sometimes less is more
I don't know how to explain this but that was just the whole point/feeling of the movie in a way when the ending felt a bit off.
Olya Tsokeva agreed but i want a second movie
It's legit a 2 hour movie... who needs more than that
It was, although for a story like this. I believe details matter. Like why did Hal hate his father so much? How did he already know how to fight? Where did her get his leader ship skills. His brother died and we saw no one speak of it. We never saw the people of England... There just too much gray area I feel. But no doubt, the movie was great.
Movie plot described poorly: Homeless guy steals throne then kills a vampire and his army
Beautiful Boy and Twilight, for people who didn't get the references.
kills future batman 😁
Stfu
*vegan vampire
HAHAHAHA
Really enjoyed the movie, however, this should've been a mini-series.
@@themanfromtaured114 The King
Mini series would have been awesome
@@mikeguerrero1111 I'd also agree
Has so much potential
Agreed, the movie felt a bit short
I loved how Timothee was so silent gloomy and wise in this movie. It didn't matter how many times the Dauphin insulted him, he just ignored it and stuck to his wits. Don't think I've ever seen him like that in any other character.
@@mickailbaledi8516 The Kwizact Haderach, I saw the movie first and now I’m half way through the first book just got up to where it left off in the movie it’s incredible 👌
I write this more as a fan of timothee than anything else, maybe my point of view comes more from the point of a fan who admires him a lot than a person who just sees the movie coldly probably😰
But I do believe that what Timothee represents in this movie is a very strong part of himself (from what I know of him from interviews and other movies that I watched because of him) the strength he has in every war talk and every devastating moment I don't see him acting like this in any other movie not even in Dune, which is the film that made me identify with him in the first place when he played Paul.
That's why this movie broke my soul shows all the sensitivity and how this sometimes leads to deception, family smoothing and being frowned upon and put on trust in people who sometimes only have ulterior motives. I honestly appreciate with every part of my being that timothee played this genuinely amazing role💕
@@thaynede-barr6458 I'm also planning on reading the book!
@@mickailbaledi8516 ive been waiting for dune since it was scrapped 6 times and cancelled twice, but as a fan of that riff i stood loyal and when it camre out, I'd never heard of Timothee before. Its safe to say, ive seen everything of him. And more lol. Cant wait for part 2😅
That's not credit to Timothee, that's the fuckn script.....
When Tommen Lannister plays Thomas Lancaster :O
Lannisters were based on the lancasters :D
He's quickly becoming type cast as the harmless royal pushover.
Its Tommen Baratheon..not lannister
@@Vicky-fl7pv He's not a trueborn Baratheon
@@Vicky-fl7pv Tommen was a Lannister. Was never a true Baratheon.
Bahahaha I was laughing at that. Oh hey Tommen is playing ..... Thomas.
I just finished the movie. Truly, Timothée Chalamet proved himself once again! You must watch it, not only of the quality but its lesson as well!
Lesson?!?! 🤔
@@Beraksekebon21
It's on Netflix today 🙄
@@JK_JK_JK_JK yes lessons. Lol.
Which one ? If someone offers you a ball then you must invade his country lol ?
@@mirnesj5327 😂😂😂
Henry V: A Study in Being a Successful Rebel.
Bhav S all of the Henrys seemed to be rebels in some way.
and of course he was an aquarian ahahahha
@president camacho will need sources for this
Oh stfu you Marxist hack
@president camacho dood chill lmao. It was just a question
i just love how they got Pattinson to play the french part and Chalamet the English part. oh the irony.
I do love the poetic irony of it all. Not sure what dictated the choices. Maybe an age thing? As patts looks his age in his 30s but chalamet is just young AF looking which drives home how young he was when he became king
@@lukedaniel2892 The director wanted Chalamet for Hal after he saw him in CMBYN.
English royalty at that time were basically French.
@@tylerdurden3722 no they weren't.
@@fraz6354 They were. They also spoke french instead of english. They were from the Plantagenet dynasty which originate from France.
Timothy Chamalet did a great job in this movie.
*Timotheé Chalamet
@@mariabelentriguenomansilla8788 thank you but I prefer it my way
Trigger Warning she was literally correcting you how to pronounce HIS name, you can’t own a way how to write another persons name
*Timothée Chalamet
Trigger Warning that’s how his name is spelled lmao
This should definitely be a series on it's on it kept my attention throughout
Same I could went hours more, a series may have been great.
You should check out the BBC series Hollow Crown from a few years ago. It's an adaptation of Shakespeare's history plays, but it wasn't too "Shakespearean" IMHO. It's got brilliant acting by a whole host of actors.
Yesss
It's a movie
What?
Finished the movie i love it.hoping netflix would make more historical movies like this. I just love it.
Edit:
This comment has a lot of discussion and im really glad for it means that alot of folks enjoy this type of films. Hoping for netflix to give us more of this. Im also hoping for rob patinson to be the next batman haha
Henry V was a joke from the historical perspective.
tigsik i love it to
tigsik great film but couldn’t be less historically accurate if it tried, it’s based off of the plays by Shakespeare and they were over dramatised too begin with. One example is at the end of the film Henry realises he invaded France for no reason because the assassin was not sent by French king. In reality he invaded France because he basically had to finish what his dad started and France and England had major beef back then. It was a serious conflict known as the 100 years war and by the end of the war that entire line of the royal family were dead and the tudors took over.
Try telling Netflix that. Historical films have terrible ratings on Netflix. Not many directors and producers want to make such a film on Netflix because of their methods and the ratings.
My uncle has been trying to get funding for his screenplay (a historical film) for two years but he does not want to distribute it to Netflix because Netflix subscribers don't like historical films. Let's see if The King will change his mind.🤷♀️
@David Rea ive watched it already :)
This was the first movie I watched with Chalamet in it and I have to say he is an objectively amazing actor. His performance was so awesome that even though I knew of him before, it seemed he somehow embodied the role. His portrayal of "the boy king" was extremely raw and vivid.
Needless to say I'm now a fan.
“ i watched the movie for the plot” the plot is Timothee (EDIT: AND ROBERTS FINE ASS)
Hahaha same
MOOD
I'm wheezing...
Lol same here
Me
The movie felt so unfinished, a mini series would have done it justice.
I want to see how his marriage goes with the French Princess.
Lesley D he dies soon after, his reign was short
@@dmack47yo Short Reign opinion -10
@@dmack47yo This film is nothing historic. In view of the script of the film: In a series the King of England would have a long reign. He wins the 100 year war, becomes King of France, Spain, Scotland and Ireland. All this in being a pacifist king. Europe is living a time of "flowers power". With the help of Jeanne D'arc, an apothecary who no longer practices witchcraft, he even manages to cure the Black Death ...
He died 2 years after the marriage
I mean yea we could see England and France in Chaos but then going back to same old same old but that would be a depressing ending
Pay attention Netflix, history is stranger than fiction and more interesting too. Please produce more content like this. And also I think you could make these longer as well.
Thank you
The folks at Vox: “We're working on it.”
Longer than 2hrs and 20mins
This was a work fiction - historical fiction but fiction none the less. A reboot of Henry V.
This movie is based on a work of fiction loosely based on historical events (the play by Shakespeare). Old Bill never allowed the truth to get in the way of a good story...
It was not history at all but fiction and english propaganda, in reality :
- the English never charged (or they would have get slaughtered), they stayed behind cover of the forests and kept shooting the French stuck in the mud from the distance
- the French was down the hill, and the British up the hill, unlike it's explained and showned in the movie, otherwise the English couldn't shoot and would have lost
- the terrain was dry on the side of the english cuz they were up the hill
- the terrain was not just a bit filled with water on the side of the French, but litteraly swamps (mud knee deep, even more when mounted on horses)
- the Dauphine was not arrogant cuz he was not even at the battle
- Henry V never charged, cuz as i said none english charged
- Henry V never fought the Dauphine in duel, cuz as i said he wasn't present at the battle
- The Dauphine never got ridiculed, cuz again he wasn't there
- The French King never surrendered, he proposed a pact to Henry who had no other choice to agree because the French would have defeat him at the next battle. The French didn't respect this pact, and the English King did nothing about it cuz he couldn't.
I see everyone talking about a mini serie but seriously...
Can we just acknowledge the fact that Timothée is the ONLY one that can pull of this haircut. I mean like the boy is HOT
10/10 he made me bi
bro, the first scene I was like "who's this hot girl" then it cut to the scene where I was like, oh shit, that's not a girl lmfao.
@@revivedcorpseofrasputin4337 YES
but the real king wasn’t hot lol.
Gae
Timothee Chalamet’s performance was great. He was so serious and cold. Chilling.
Who ever was in charge of the battle scene deserves a raise. The fact Henry had a hammer and not a sword was great to see. Pretty sure others would've just gave him a sword.
Yeah I always try to explain that, like: "Dear friends, loved ones, girlfriends, one-night-stands, relatives, Romans, footsoldiers used pikes, spears and blunt weapons against armoured enemies! Because the armour is not what Hollywood depicts, itactuslly does stop cuts. And crushing it with a motherfucking warhammer is much more effective than a sword in field of battle."
Nothing beats or even compares to Braveheart's battle scenes.
@@insaneone4369 Watch this movie. They looked real. Like how people fight in real life.
Jamil Vints yeah great to see armor actually function in a movie but I wish their battle of Agincourt was a little more realistic. They fired like 2 volleys of arrows when in reality it was hours of arrows raining down.
@@asherujudo7383 I've seen it. It was terrible.
I NEED TIMOTHÉE ON A NETFLIX SERIES
Almost 6,000 Frenchmen lost their lives during the Battle of Agincourt, while English deaths amounted to just over 400. With odds greater than three to one, Henry had won one of the great victories of military history.
Yeah and they were also ill starving and in the middle of enemy land ...
1. I doubt they were ill starving considering the fact Henry V and his army were notoriously famous for looting, raping, stealing, murdering French civilians. In fact he executed 6,000 French prisoners at Azincourt by burning them, smashing their skulls with hammers...
2. He wasn’t actually in enemy land because those territories had been conquered by England earlier on.
3. This film is actually historically incorrect, I mean depicting Henry V as a fair, just king is shameful, he is responsible for so many massacres, famines (ex: the great famine of Rouen resulting in 65,000 deaths), murdering and looting everywhere...
Actually that's nothing compared to El Cid you sould read his book. He won battles of 100 men to 10,000!
Fendt Claas there’s a famous French playwright called Corneille who wrote “Le Cid” which romanticises his story into a play. It’s a great book and it keeps El Cid’s memory alive! The book was originally censored because it was written at a time where France and Spain were at war but now it’s safe to read :)
@@aa6dcc The French deserve everything that comes to them.
I had no expectations for this movie, but damn...I was pleasantly surprised. Fight scenes incredibly realistic, the music was very melancholic and fitting, the story was wonderful, and Timothee was incredible.
Same 3yrs onwards
Hoping for more historical movies like this one and outlaw king
Which historical period?
@@lapopipsick9665 medieval
If this movie is historical to you, you clearly don't have much of an understanding of history.
@@coldwater5814 you probably didn't watch the movie... It's more fiction then history
@@drsch movies based on history can only at most be respectful to history, never really accurate. This film, if anything, will at least make people onterested in the true story of Henry V. I'll be honest, I didn't start learning about this period until after GoT hit the skids, and that was an entirely fictional show.
Now I can watch Netflix without being guilty about not revising
This movie show you a little moment of the 100 years war you need more sorry :(
You shouldn't, the movie is quite inaccurate.
probably very inaccurate, but its a great story adaptation by Netflix.
the Union Jack and the Tricolour in 1415...Netflix r u MAD?!?!
They don't have a clue mate
I came to say exactly the same.... so bad.
Part of it is done on purpose, as people no longer learn history from books and documentaries. This is for a North American audience I believe and they want to show that these old “British” are the same people that live in the UK today. Canada and the US are very conscious about our roots in the UK and we do not want to lose them
what i loved the most about this movie is that apparently it made people change their mind about pattison. great adaptation btw. even tho henry was fooled he always seek truth and justice.
Timothée Chalamet did a brilliant job with king henry. Loves his performance. Loved the film. Keep it up Netflix
I just finished it. Cool movie, got me searching up on the internet who he was and led me here.
You should watch the Tudors on Netflix then
Krazidy same
same
You should do more research on Agincourt cuz the movie super oversimplified/shortened it. Way more intense in real life.
cine whale.com u welcome
Y’all got “mini series” money?
I dunno Netflix seems to have plenty of money for countless other crappy series..
@@cgavin1 lollll
🤣🤣😭
Why is this my mom in UA-cam comment form
Why did I read this in my authoritative mom voice😂
Do more like this Netflix. Much more.
Timothee is one of a kind and he acted out every emotion with so much rawness and passion, what an incredible actor!
Too bad da movie was ass!
"I used to be an Adventurer like you, but then i took an arrow to the face."
jacesaces15 Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin naal ok zin los vahriin
Wahdein vokul mahfaeraak ast vaal
Ahrk fin norok paal graan
fodnust vok zin dro zaan
Consequences..
@jacesaces15 I haven’t started the video yet, so idk what you’re referring to exactly but I’ll like ANY comment no questions asked with the “I took an arrow” lol 👍🏼
😂 Dovahkiin reference
@@3rdeyevizns932 it was from the video game "skyrim"
I'm scrolling through the comments and I'm so disappointed to see no one appreciate how well Robert Pattinson did in this masterpiece.
True , I’m not a fan of his but he was good in this
"Two huge ballss, and one tihny, cok"
The dude who played Percy was probably the best
@@tugboat6940 who was Percy again?
@@leonardobraynen1524 sir Henry Percy aka hotspur. He was the young guy toward the beginning with the bowl cut that got beat in the one on one duel
I don’t need a description, as long as it has timothée chalamet in it I’ll watch it lol
Spoiler alert:!!! ...
Robert patisson was so good it was embarrassing seeing him die.
Rana Mathew they did him dirty
@@hyosungbae8042 yeah. He'll make up for it in Batman
It was kinda hilarious tho. Really showed arrogance rarely ever pays off. With scouts and a little patience the French could have cut supply lines and forced a surrender or attempted English break thru
That's why you research the history of an historical film before you watch. You know what's coming.
@@deaconsmom2000 yeah but the actual dauphine wasn't present at the war right?
Uses the British flag, shows the English territory over the whole island of Britain, uses the modern French flag and not the French royal flag, shows Frances territory with its modern borders.
The narrator was mostly spot on but whoever was in charge of animating needs to redo basic history and geography.
Yeah, using the french tricolor really ticked me the wrong way. Tricolor won't be adopted before 400 years after the battle of Agincourt.
Probably used because people aren’t that well versed in flags and geography for that time period. This video is just supposed to inform people of what the movie is about. It’s not intended as a fully accurate guide.
I wouldn't say so, swathes of historical inaccuracies, like most medieval films;(
You didn't mention that awful pronunciation of the names.. Bowlingbroke -_- Typical yanks and name pronunciations.. lol
All historical films screw everything up for the sake of the story. My kid doesn't allow me to watch any historical fiction unless I agree not to constantly correct or yell at the screen. It's entertainment and let's hope it inspires a whole new generation to search for the truth.
This was actually a surprisingly good movie. Zero fluff.
The reason why the French has lost is not due to the English longbowmen, it is because the French nobles always underestimate the situation. Since France has more manpower than England that time. Longbow practically cannot penetrate any steel plate armor that time the late medieval knights were wearing. No matter what kind of shape projectile of your arrow tip is, still, unable to penetrate. Introduction of plate armour made the lesser need of bow and shield on the battlefield. Bows are used to only demoralize enemy troops and dismount knights or cavalry from their horses (in late medieval era). The only tactic that is effective in his Agincourt campaign is ambush the enemy knights when they are on a muddy bog ground.
Due to introduction of gunpowder and gunpowder weapons in 16th and late 15th century, only makes the plate armour somewhat obsolete.
The only battle were the French underestimated the English was at the Battle of Agincourt. Throughout the 100 years war the French had a healthy respect for longbowmen, even employing several Scottish bowmen in their armies and as royal guards to the Kings of France.
This video perpetuates the idea that Frenchmen were snobby pricks too arrogant to respect their foes, which is ridiculous since a lot of French knights held the English in high regard. This video also skims through the fact that the French would spend the last 25 years of the war absolutely crushing the English and that the orphans of Agincourt had their revenge at Castillon.
There is no point in talking about history here, the movie is just fiction. Le Dauphin wasn't even there, he was sick and in Paris.
@@Gaesatii Well, this video was specifically made to talk about the "real" history of the movie.
Plate armour was still widely used in the 16th century when gunpowder was standard. Lots of chestpieces can be seen today in museums that clearly withstood gunfire (they have the dents). Cuirassers were employed even in the 20th century. Fun fact: the French army still has the "12e Régiment de Cuirassiers".
I'd say plate armour became less and less prominent after the late 1600s, due to advanced gunpowder weaponry but only became obsolete in the late 19th century.
And yea, even the high-end 180-200 pond longbows probably could not penetrate/pierce properly made plate armour from the front.
this isn’t entirely true. in the early 15th century, hardened steel was just starting to be used. given that the battle of agincourt took place in 1415, it’s pretty fair to assume that many of the armored men would not have hardened steel quite yet, and that their armor could definitely be pierced by an arrow shot from a longbow. this isn’t to say that they’d be getting constantly impaled by arrows, but given that historical armor was very uneven (very thick in the center and much thinner around the edges) and we do have some chestplates from the time with the occasional hole caused by an arrow, it’s fair to say that having a large number of longbowmen could certainly help quite a bit in a battle
Love how when they show a map of 'England' they also include Wales and Scotland...Scotland was it's own separate kingdom during the rule of Henry V
Damn English tryin' to dick over the Scots again.
They also used a British flag and not an English one.
@Sredni Vashtar Well spotted. I didn't actually know that!
Yet the English had the Scottish as tributaries.
aye, pure pish. when theys tryin tae bring some educational value by citing some actual historical findings- brilliant but shouldve put in some less lamentable effort.
Just wish they would’ve shown Henry with his battle scar. Guess they didn’t want to have Chalamet with a messed up face. But it would’ve been more interesting that way.
Hey,they paid for that face
They did if u notice there’s a mark on Chalomet’s left cheek
They did look on his cheek there is a scar that’s from the arrow because of the way they where able to extract the arrowhead was the reason he didn’t have a lot of facial injuries.
The scar is on his cheek in the film but small as Henry was struck by a Bodkin which made a small wound channel due to having no barbs and the surgeon' tool used to extract the arrow did so by using the existing hole to channel the arrow out the skull, instead of the traditional method of digging the thing out with a knife.
@Henry V House of Lancaster It was likely on the left side of his face. That notion is challenged nowadays, started by one non-historian, for illogical reasons. Paintings and manuscripts can excise whatever they want; they hid King John and Henry III's ptosis. The famous painting of Henry V is long posthumous, done by someone who couldn't possible have seen Henry V with his own eyes. It was a common pose for oil paintings (see: the much earlier portrait of French King John II). The contemporary portrait of Henry V shows him in 3/4 profile:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_of_England#/media/File:Henry,_Prince_of_Wales,_presenting_this_book_to_John_Mowbray._Thomas_Hoccleve,_Regement_of_Princes,_London,_c._1411-1413,_Arundel_38,_f._37detail.jpg
Came for Timothée, stayed for the interesting historical background (and Timothée of course). Also why are there so few comments? Almost 2 M views but 22 comments??
By "historical background" you mean fiction right ? You know that nothing is historically accurate in this movie ? For instance, in the real Azincourt battle, Le Dauphin wasnt even there
@@Gaesatii Henry V's claim to the throne was never in doubt either. There was also never a Falstaff, he was a Shakespearean invention after the family of the man he based him on objected to the depiction.
@@04nbod I’ve read numerous times that falstaff actually betrayed him later on in his reign and was beheaded
@@garygardener2138 Yes, John Oldcastle
The remarkably accurate acting and the slow, yet creeping plot and story line made this movie a masterpiece 🔝
When Netflix does better history than the history channel
Wow, you have really low standards. This movie was not "history"
The movie is great but it's based on the play by Shakespeare "Henry V" and it has loads of historical inaccuracies - one of the worst is the depiction of Thomas, Duke of Clarence. Also, the death of Henry Percy was a Shakespearean invention. No one knows exactly how he died or who killed him. Etc.
@@MsValentinaT Correct. Also the Dauphin never was at the battle of Agincourt.
When Vox is hired by Netflix to underwrite a history video...
It was not history at all, it was propaganda, in reality :
- the English never charged (or they would have get slaughtered), they stayed behind cover of the forests and kept shooting the French stuck in the mud from the distance
- the French was down the hill, and the British up the hill, unlike it's explained and showned in the movie, otherwise the English couldn't shoot and would have lost
- the terrain was dry on the side of the english cuz they were up the hill
- the terrain was not just a bit filled with water on the side of the French, but litteraly swamps (mud knee deep, even more when mounted on horses)
- the Dauphine was not arrogant cuz he was not even at the battle
- Henry V never charged, cuz as i said none english charged
- Henry V never fought the Dauphine in duel, cuz as i said he wasn't present at the battle
- The Dauphine never got ridiculed, cuz again he wasn't there
- The French King never surrendered, he proposed a pact to Henry who had no other choice to agree because the French would have defeat him at the next battle. The French didn't respect this pact, and the English King did nothing about it cuz he couldn't.
Is this the Vox narrator?? The format is very Vox, it HAS to at least be inspired by the Vox format!!
I know, right? At times, I forgot I was watching it on the Netflix channel.
It sound like the guy
Bhav S vox has a show on netflix, I wouldn’t be surprised if they collaborated on this one as well
Its jarring to hear a US accent, I would have preferred an English one.
It is indeed!
Absolutely love this movie. Timothee did his thing! One of my favorite films. I’ve probably watched it 10 times and each time its a masterpiece
This has got to be one of my most favourite films of all times. The story is one not many people (myself included) knew about, and the fact that its a story based on real events makes it that much more powerful.
Just finished watching and I surely recommend it to everyone. The actors played well and never was a dull moment. Should have been a series.
Wow, i just watched the movie. I was mind blown, i have never seen myself as ‘ a person who like historical films’ or like anything to do with history to be honest. But after watching this movie i was so impressed. Like seriously the way it was filmed was wonderful. Timothée chalamet acting was on a whole other level. The whole story and how everything played out at the end made me seriously cry, to see him fight for something that even thought he achieved (momentarily) by fighting and losing his ‘friend’ for peace! He could have done it without all that blood shed. He was betrayed, played and made a fool of. It was such a sad movie. Seeing his ambitions and how he wanted something so bad that he was ignorant to his own surroundings, to his own ‘subjects’. It was actually the only movie that i have ever watched, that has kept my attention for more than 2 hours long.The movie made me want to research about his life and read history about the events of century. Overall it was a great and tragic movie or ‘history’. And it was delivered to be felt and seen by thousands. I think it gives a nice lesson and set of morals.
I've seen so many pompous reviews from top critics, but this review says it all better than any I have read.
Yeah Agincourt is perhaps the one battle that ended the Age of Chivalry. The Importance of ranged troops overshadowed the importance of Heavy Cavalry. The French Nobility never really recovered from the loses at Agincourt. Though Henry V was brutal at times he never did it anything out of malice. His actions such as ordering the death of the prisoners was purely tatical. You could say it was to either disuade the French from another attack or because the English were so blood thirsty but he had more prisoners than he could manage during a battle so to prevent the prisoners rallying during the second charge of the French he had ordered the mass execution of all but a few French.
@@Jack-uy7ie Yet at the Battle of Patay in 1429 (The Campaign of Joan of Arc), the French Chivalry learned the lesson of Azincourt, and managed to bypass the English Archers. This Battle was in a few cases the "English Agincourt".
But I agree that the process of the End of Medieval Knights began there. The Last French Knight who was in this pure tradition was called Pierre Terrail de Bayard (under the reign of Francis I in the early 16th century).
@@thibskywalker4450 The French vanguard attacked the archers who were out of position, all because the English Commander rather imcompetently kept changing his mind on his defensive positions. The rest was fubar and basically a massacre of peasant longbowmen. Hardly should be called a battle.
My point is that was hardly a win for chivalry or even a chivalrous act. Then again this is Joan of Arc we are talking about, if a teenage girl has to rally the knights of france and lead them into battle I would say by even the most lenient standards that the traditional french chivalric code was dead. Especially after they basically handed her to their enemies after what she had done for them.
Abc Def thank you. It’s just what i have seen and i have actually watched again. My opinion is still the same
Loved the actors, the fabulous shots, the amazing score, the fantastic costumes- it was perfect.
Absolutely
I'm not even English but when he made that speech before the battle of Agincourt I was like "FOR ENGLAND, FOR F*#%NG ENGLAND!". Which made it all the weirder that none of the English troops said anything. Great delivery by Chalamet.
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Keep making more shows like this!! Im a huge english history fan!!
This is painfully inaccurate
the film is based on Shakespeare, its not meant to be historically accurate
There are too many movies about English history if you ask me, what about other countries ?
I agree. You might like The Last Czars on Netflix too.
So you're a huge fan of genocide then?
GOD DAMN , the shound design in this movie was God-like !
I was starting to question my Netflix subscription until I watched this.
One of the most well crafted movies I’ve seen in years.
Timothee is such a great actor, I can’t wait to see him in Dune
He's great in DUNE too
@@agnesyatriyunilestari9090 I haven’t watched it but it’s on my watch list
I'm sorry Timothy Chalamet was amazing but Joel Edgerton stole the film for me, the way he acted was unrecognizable, this guys needs to win the Oscar next year. And Robert Pattinson was great too
The movie will win at least one Oscar (probably a generic one). Hollywood statists generally look down on Netflix. However I don't believe that any of the lead actors gave a performance any where near worthy of an Oscar. Too much mumbling by Joel Edgerton and his accent was all over the shop.
Timothée chalamet wasn't given enough dialogue to actually make anything exceptional with and his vocals were too weak to carry off the call to battle at Agincourt.
This was a movie of manu supporting actors rather than one leading actor. For me Sean Harris gave the best performance by a long shot.
Timothé's time will come and so will a best acting Oscar, in due course but I'm afraid not with this movie.
@@roryboytube noooooooo way mate, obviously is opinions yeah but Joel Edgerton did OUT effing STANDING so was Robert Pattinson, I can see your point on Timothy Chalamet, but you are wrong mate
***Plus I understood everything Joel Edgerton said
I literally have watched it twice in 24hrs!!😍😍😍😍😍every little thing about Timothee playing Henry was amazing,from
His acting to the history
Of the real king himself. It kept my attention the entire time and I honestly believe they need to let timothee play in a tv series of this. Even tho I’m real history he died young the movie was just that good that they should film a part 2 for the last few years he lived. LOVED IT!!!!!! Highly recommend it to anyone who loves good amazing acting and loves history
I'm not sure that Scotland appreciates being encompassed in "England" at 3:56, they were a completely separate kingdom until James I came to the throne of both countries in 1604 (200 years after Henry V), and weren't officially joined until the Act of Union in 1707 (300 years after Henry V). You're also not taking into account the fact that England already controlled large areas of France before Henry V (see Gascony) not to mention the dukedom of Burgundy, they were only a part of France on paper, in reality more often than not fighting on the side of the English against the French.
My issue with this show is that Henry V is not nearly scarred enough, he should really have a good section of his face ripped to shit, why do you think all of his contemporary depictions only show the left side of his face?
This movie is great in many ways. But I especially appreciate how brave the stylists were to actually make that badass bowl cut! It really sets me back to that time, with different esthetics and tastes. And the actor really looks like his character, belonging to a totally different world, not just a super-star Timmy. Thank you for not turning this movie into yet another fashion show.
A phenomenal adaption of Shakespeare's drama! Congratulations to the writers and creators. The performances of Chalamet, Edgerton and Harris were compelling! This is historical drama perfected. I was captivated by the narrative, from the portrayal of human relationships, to the grim realism of battle. Henry is human yet he is a king, and his struggles feel so real to the audience. Anyone who will watch the movie with an open heart will be touched by its content.
History buffs unite!
Brother!
Actual history buffs wouldn't appreciate this rewriting of history I believe.
Here for ALL the history movies, and docs 💪🏼💪🏼
@@jesperburns If you count William Shakespeare as history then yes, we can appreciate it.
Why would people who care about history unite here, a place that has nothing to do with history?
Just saw this and even days later still letting it sink in. Thats how I know it was a great film.
thank you for the video, hope it will help during my examination...i appreciate your work and efford you put into this
I just finished watching The King and it was so good! I read a review criticizing the lead role. What in the world was that person watching? Timothee C gave a stellar performance. Just wow! I expect the awards to roll in on this one.
If there was one thing that I would not dream of criticising, it was Chalamet's performance in the lead role. It was probably the strongest element in the film.
Just finished the film and it was amazing! Joel Edgertons is a genius.
To bad his characters name was misspelled (Fastolf not Falstaff) & John Fastolf did not participate in the battle of Agincourt. He died of old age years later in England
Nate Wallace The writers drew some inspiration from Shakespeare, and John Falstaff was a fictional character in some of his plays regarding King Henry!
ShalakumX Simba That’s interesting! I was simply stating where the character name comes from and that it’s not a simple misspelling. Sounds like the writers took some creative liberties.
I loved him in animal kingdom
I wish my history class would have been this cool!
Thx for the great narration! xx
4:50 don’t want to nitpick but those flags aren’t accurate at all - 🏴 not 🇬🇧, even then it would make more sense to have the 3 lions, and the 🇫🇷 wasn’t used until France was a republic, should really be the fleurs-de-lis ⚜️ on a blue background or something
tom rowell was thinking the same thing.
its more for the audience to differentiate whos who.
@@shadowbandit3975 So you're saying that even instinctively people would not recognise each flag of respective countries?
Fleur-de-lis on a blue background you're saying people need to be specifically told that it's France? Cause I've seen kids in primary school correctly guessing that it's France, same for St George flag and England.
Dumbing down shit is why people are ignorant and dumb nowadays.
@@WhiteDeVil3 Completely agree
I'm also losing my mind at the borders being the modern French borders and England including Scotland, THEY EVEN HAVE CORSICA! WHY?
Thank you Netflix for the quick background on this historical figure and providing context for this feature film. Things that this, in my opinion, only enhance the viewer experience. I am more excited than ever to watch this and can't wait until the work day is done.
He was more warrior than he was King. But died as both. Amazing.
of dysentery.
Watched this movie a second time and can appreciate it much more. Tim did a great job.
I can't belive this is such a popular belief: Long bow cant pierce through plate armor and it wasn't the deciding factor of the battle. Barrage of arrow volleys killed the horses and dismounted and created chaos with wet and muddy ground, but was not the killing blow in battle of agincourt
-Despite being over two hours I stayed interested and even felt like some parts were abrupt
-I’ve never seen any chalamet movies before, but I felt like this was a good performance and was impressed with his cold demeanor and posed as a believable threat, despite his small frame.
Could have watched for hours more, shot beautifully, excellent cast. Still want more, sucked that it had to end.
Need more historical movies w a great cast,Netflix. An excellent job on the execution of this movie!
My friends and I love this movie, this UA-cam video does an amazing job explaining the back story! Love it! Thanks Netflix!
Netflix is killing it with the medieval movies. This one was definitely better than Outlaw King though.
I liked Outlaw King more. This king Henry was a dumbass. Went to war over nothing. All that bloodshed over nothing.
@@treacherousjslither6920 over nothing? Acquisition of new lands is enough to go to war over. All that bloodshed lol you think medieval or ancient rulers gave a fuck?
Totally disagree, Outlaw king is much more gripping & I think a lot more historically authentic. It's certainly have a better cinematography imo. A lot of times "The King" has too dark or less proportioned scenes.
Pretty sure Robert the Bruce would have a bone to pick with Netflix calling the whole island 'England'. You'd think someone in the making of this video would've remembered they made a movie about Scotland a while ago. Offensively inaccurate to a lot of people. Even the Welsh to a lesser extent. They were just a principality. Still are.
It was awesome to see his tomb in Westminster when I was there a month ago. And his father's tomb in Canterbury Cathedral.
Yes, it is quite awesome to see those tombs. Henry IV chose Canterbury over Westminster as he wanted to be near the shrine of Beckett. The common thinking back then was that a burial near an altar or saint would reduce your time in Purgatory. In this case, Henry hoped that the Beckett's relic would act as an intercessor. Also, lot's of other great tombs in Canterbury, The Black Prince!
@@milosit I also understand as penance for the usurping and murder of King Richard II.
@@milosit I have pictures of those tombs. One could argue the early demise of the Black Prince led to the Wars of the Roses.
@@astoriacub That's very likely. Also, Richard was not the Black Prince's oldest son. That was (another) Edward who died a teenager. It is also likely that this Edward was being groomed to eventually succeed to the throne leaving Richard ill-prepared for kingship. I visited the minster in King's Lynn last year and a series of the miserichords there have wooden engravings of the whole family dating back to mid-14thC: The Black Prince with his 2 sons, Edward and Richard, and his wife, Joan of Kent. Quite remarkable.
@@astoriacub That is quite correct.
Timothee is an excellent actor, his performance made "The King" such a powerful movie, it's one of my favorite movies on Netflix!
Great movie and also a great video explaining the background.
i just watched the movie it's really great and the cast was soo good specially timothee of course and robert pattenson
I was waiting for this film since the day the trailer announced on twitter....you have no idea how much I enjoy European history lol
you wont be disappointed
SOOOOO GOOD. I just finished watching it. I wish ALL stuff was as great as this to watch. If you do like European history, check out the short docu-series The Last Czars, on Netflix, if you haven't already. really well done too. I hope Netflix makes more of these
octoberfire13 oh I was thinking of watching it but when it comes to Russian history I’m only really interested in Catherine the great...I will definitely give it a go and since we’re recommending shows I’ll recommend ‘the royal house of Windsor’ it’s really good :)
Lon3wolf I watched it and I definitely wasn’t. I was wondering is the ending true? Because that’s quite sad tbh...
@@justusing6192 I had a feeling •spoilers*****
It was all bullsbit they all had personal interest to invade France..most likely it was true
There's a reason Shakespeare covered this. I always felt the nobles in the background desperately wanted him in and made it happen. This subtlety is in the film, and Henry's V's conflicting emotions and qualities are sublimely brought to life by Chalamée. He was a born warrior king, just not actually born to be a king - so people made him one
Definitely!
About to watch it again. That's 3 times this week. Great acting on all fronts. Great display of technical detail and knowledge of the era. It's better than Braveheart.
This is cool when you think about how similar this character is to the character he is going to play in dune
Very similar, can't wait to see him as Paul Atreides.
It's a strategic misnomer to say that the longbow won Agincourt. He won because it had rained a day before and the fields were too muddy for a heavy cavalry charge, but the French tried anyways. Henry's footmen captured thousands of knights and when Henry had some misinformation about being flanked, he ordered them executed because he wouldn't be able to hold them prisoner if he was in fact being flanked. You can't advertise "Real Story" and then not tell the real story.
The longbows were crucial though
correct, but at the same time, the positioning of the archers stopped the french from surrounding Henry's knights. Also, don't forget that it was continued arrow fire which forced the french to attack the english in the first place; before that, the french had every reason to just sit there and wait for Henry to go on the offensive (they had blocked his way to the next port). But it definetly wasn't a mashine gun, as the video calls it. No longbow could penetrate full plate armor, except from extremely short distances with an extreme amount of luck (hitting at the right angle and at a weak spot, e.g. face protection, joints etc). The archers could however harm the generally less armoured horses, which were extremely valuable, and furthermore forced the knights to keep on their full set and helmet, hitting hard on morale. Thus, summarizing the viewpoint of the renowned military historian John Keegan;there were three factors playing a major role: Mud and the general location (woods to either side etc. covering the flanks) gave a main advantage to the british. The longbows, while not killing many enemies, demoralized the opponent and forced them to attack, playing a role in stopping the cavalry charge(horses were unarmored) aside from mud. The french themselves were overconfident, lacked a clear command structure and moved in too fast, causing their ranks to be overcrowded and pushing their own frontlines into the enemies lances, without giving them the space to fight. So terrain; good usage of longbows(in a non-killing fashion)and french incompetence caused english victory overall.
Also, he did order the execution of prisoners, but not all thousands were actually killed. Most estimates range in the hundreds. Some contemporary evidence does however suggest how brutal these killings were, with wounded being burned alive inside farmhouses etc.
Yes, that is true. Perhaps I was too strong in my initial emphasis, and I was probably operating on a knee jerk reaction to the machine gun statement. I maintain that they were not the primary cause of casualties, but they remained a key strategic factor for all the reasons you mentioned. I appreciate the feedback. It certainly helps my own understanding.
The longbow has been given too much credit over the years
3:55 I know this is meant to be just about Henry V, however as a Scot, yeah kinda have to point out that you showed all of Britain as England when Scotland was a very stable independent state.
Absolutely loved your netflix movie of this well done to everyone involved in all the different teams. Thank you so much.
Great movie with some excellent acting. Its a modernisation of the Shakespeare play, not a historically correct movie, but still very entertaining. Joel Edgerton has done well with this, if you want accuracy then watch a documentary or go back 604 years in time and experience it yourself
People shouldn't be looking at stories in media and take history lessons from it at all, period. If they just want pure facts, they should watch a documentary, not a narrative. Real life historical events are things that just happen, not for entertaining reasons, but for whatever reasons people have for doing such things. Stories have pacing structure to it for entertaining reasons, history events just have things that needed to happen.
Oh great, I'll just jump into my time Machine and go back 604 years in time
@@Gadget-Walkmen >People shouldn't be looking at stories in media and take history lessons from it at all, period
The problem is that a lot of people watch movies and think this is how actually it happened , it is actually crazy how many misconception and myths people believe simply because they saw it in a movie
@@George-cr6jq But when I see a film like this it makes me want to study the REAL history, so it is is useful in this way.. Thank goodness for Google etc. I live in Scotland and its amazing the number of people who saw Braveheart and think it is 100% accurate!
His son inherited his grandfathers madness and due to become King of England and France at 6 months old, his reign ignited the Wars of the Roses which divided England and lost France. It was not Henry VI’s fault that this happened but imagine if Henry V had lived longer and been his role model
When the map of England included Scotland I wanted to cringe. Wales is an acceptable exception, but Scotland had its own monarch at the time
They also used the Union Jack!
And Wales has also never been part of England. Wales and Scotland eventually ruled from England, but still classed as separate countries.
I think this is Chalamet's best performance, but it is often overlooked.
I love that the Netflix historical explanation has about the same number of historical inaccuracies as the movie.
thierry berno my skin was itching the WHOLE TIME
I’m okay with the work of fiction. In fact I quite enjoyed the movie. But to think that some people will take it at face value is rather annoying.
What parts are inaccurate in the video?
@@timusforlife I'd love to list them and give you reference books for all of it but that would require me to watch the video again which I really don't want to. Hope you understand. On the top of my head the video mentions French longbow men, it is a well documented fact that the French had mainly crossbow men giving them a disadvantage in the field. Ah and also the Dauphin never was at the battle of Azincourt. But that would mean no Pattinson which would be really sad since it was the most hilariously bad performance I've seen in a long time.
@@timusforlife among others. Thomas did not die before his father. The dauphin did not die at agincourt.
I just finished the movie is so good. Especially timothee and Robert's acting skills, both of them did great!
Used the Union flag when this is about England
Not to mention the modern Republican French flag. People dont know the diference between UK and England, to them UK is England and thats it.
João Silva this video is pretty lazy
@@jacobgorman3145 make a better one than bitch
King in the North are you stupid Netflix a multimillion pound company fucks up easy stuff and you moan at me. Are you getting paid?
@@jacobgorman3145 am I getting paid for what
Short and educational. Keep up this sort of stuff.
This makes sense because even in the 1700s the kings of England still claimed to be kings of France. I remember the king at the time of the Revolutionary war in America was also the king of France but he didn't actually have power over them.
I’m not sure if they controlled all of France during the revolution, but the French people helped us multiple times be it ammunition, clothing, cannons and their naval fleet. Look up Silas Deane, he was from my state of CT and set up ties with France.
@@jimmy5391 The American Revolution mainly came about through foreign sponsors. They wanted to hurt Britain although at the time it didn't matter all that much otherwise they'd have put more into keeping it. Later of course North America would become an industrial powerhouse and seize much more land. Remember at the time it was only a few colonies, not half a continent. If someone with power in Britain decided it was really important to keep it then history would be very different.
@@skyworm8006 they did want to keep it. They saw us becoming something and they decided to tax us. Not only tax us but put us under the crown.
@@jimmy5391 the king of England claimed the French throne but he didn't actually have control of France that's why France helped us during the Revolutionary war and Britain and the colonies fought France and the Natives before that.
Dante Brown I can see that now. I always thought France at the time was independent but with strong resentment for the English. Thank you.
the king was amazing. Timothée killed it.
Now I understand everything much more, thank you 💖
Not sure how this movie did not receive better reviews. Netflix, seriously thank you for making a historically authentic movie, I was truly stunned at the attention to detail. Bravo and job well done.