@jojorobmum I feel like English classes really REALLY kill the show. It really helps to watch the show in a single go (or read it in a single go) because as you read or watch you're brain gets more use to the language and you can focus more on what the heck is going on rather than just trying to understand what the hell is being said.
The way Shakespeare is done in schools kinda kills it I feel... it's SO much better to just watch it
@obiwanobiwan13 That's "Harry, England and Saint George". He's being familiar with his men by using one of his nicknames Harry, like today's Prince Harry. Of course I always think of Henry V as Prince Hal from the great play Henry IV...
There's no point bashing either the French or the English because both countries decend from German tribes, there's no such thing as a 'true' english or french person.
Utter nonsense, Germany didn't become a country until the 19c if you mean Germanic that would include a large part of Europe and every country in it would be affected, but England less than all the rest, DNA tells us if your grandfather was born in England you have a 75-80% chance of being descended from hunter-gatherers who came here just after the last ice-age.
Yeah, both France and England decended from Germanic tribes thats what i mean. And my point is that its stupid arguing over weather the Normans and the Plantagnets were French because:
a) The Normans weren't just French they were also Scandinavian
b) The Plantagnets decend from both the Normans and the Saxons
Even though they had French blood (aswell as Scandinavian and Germanic blood) in them they never considered themselves to be French. They fought, killed and died for England
@MultiAngryguy Well, Henry V, and all English monarchs till George I claimed the french throne, the fact is the countries had, and have extremly similar cultures (Even if both hate to admit it).
@GuyLyddonable It was actually until George III, Napoleon at the Treaty of Amiens (1802) forced George III to renounce his claim on the throne of France and to remove the Fleur-de-Lis from the Arms of Great Britain.
@MultiAngryguy Not too close. The Plantagenets actually did consider themselves French and spent much time in France, and spoke virtually only French until the reign of Henry V. The Normans took England to use its resources to fight in France. Long before the Hundred Years War the House of Anjou was fighting the French Kings. As for France being descended from German Tribes, not really. The Franks only superficially imposed themselves, the culture of France remained solidly Romantic.
@MultiAngryguy Which is why Roman Law was used throughout France for a long time, whereas Germanic Law ruled throughout England, and why the French Language is based on Latin and not on Frankish (a Germanic Language). The French are much closer to Rome and the culture of Southern Europe, the English are Northern Europeans by culture.
@hetrodoxly Germany didn't exist but Germans have been a strong influence in European history since the Romans made the mistake of annoying them. The Holy Roman Empire, the Knights Teutonic, and the Kingdom of Prussia were for the most part disctincly German. Saxons carry genetic heritage and namesake from the Germanic region of Saxony. In fact it's a fair bet all European traits are interwoven to a point.
To all you people bashing the French. I hope you're aware that the House of Plantagenet was French, and was Francophone until the 15th century, though Henry V was the first to write in English, he almost certainly spoke France much more than English.
The great deal of animosity that the english people hold for the french is born mainly of the constant strife that there has been with France over the centuries. It's funny to note though that the main source of strife was in fact the English monarchs constant claims on the French kingdom.
I love the part when Bardolph, Nym and Pistol hang back behinnd the others cheering, then try to sneak off, but find Llewellyn waiting for them brandishing his sword! I love those little details in Branagh movies,
All France shakes as Henry to glory march His men at his back, stiffened to bloody gore With fired fury the land of greenery parch And all who against them go, are no more Still in Agincourt's well watered mud Where Knights stuck fast, and so fast struck down They water more, with noble French blood And to Henry win the beleaguered crown Of old France, now England's ornament is And such a terrible blow to Fleur-de-lis That to the heavens about their losses quiz But no answer, mere silence be
Besides the obvious ethical questions it raises about war waged purely over a matter of land and a personal slight, it's one of the best pieces of literature about the art of leadership ever written and very nuanced politically for its time. Definitely one of Shakespeare's more under-appreciated works...
That was a tough Oscar year. Tom Cruise also did a great job in "Born on the Fourth of July" if I recall. But yeah, Day-Lewis did deserve that Oscar.. Branagh's bad luck I suppose...
lol I can see this being quoted on many an aircraft carrier in the coming years! Great version by Branagh, makes Olivier sound like the park attendant
I believe these words echoed throughout the centuries, particularly when Britain found herself in some disadvantegeous/desperate situations but managed to get the upper hand.
@JDev82 I pondered on why everyone finds the French loathsome and then of course I realised that they put so much effort into being obnoxious, therefore it is their due.
i see you stand like greyhounds in the slips straining upon the start, the game's afoot follow your spirit and upon this charge cry god for harry england and saint george!!!!!!
i had to do a Shakespeare project for english classs , but didn't know it was due today and i had nothing to present :P , lol, so i did this monolologue that i did in theatre class a long time ago, and i did pretty damn good XD A+ for meee :)
hey, well i was speaking to Shakers the other day and he said he didnt give a shit about da battles and so on, he was just, lyk, interested in making lyk sum wider points about Elizabethan rule an shit. But i guess that bro is crazy.
This is Henry V the play, not the documentary. It's Elizabethan England's idea of drama. Back then you didn't just challenge someone with your weaponry, you battled others with your wit. You tried to outperform your rivals by showing how smart you were. Part of that is how impressive your speech was. It was all apart of being the best person you could be physically and mentally.
Unlike present times when the morons seem to be running the show.
I believe these words echoed throughout the centuries, particularly when Britain found herself in some disadvantegeous/desperate situations but managed to get the upper hand. For a British, standards were always high...
Such homework is usually a test if you can use your mind to come up with the answer yourself. It is *not* usually a test of how well you can sift through the internet to tap on other people's minds.
To the anti british welshman below every one in the uk Is british i think its the english you have a problem with. I bet you cant speak or write in your own language .
This is a truly inspiring piece of literature, I love this (even as a Scotsman) and as a former soldier I appreciate the strength of inspiration during times of danger.
lol as an englishman i get chills when i hear william wallaces speech,we are brothers now anyway,the english,scots and welsh,let any enemy come try us
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Great video! Too bad the Brits castrated themselves.
They were once the most peaceful society (because everyone, even the women, carried guns, and Britain Ruled when it came to personal defence weapons), but, well, I'll leave that for further comments for others to discuss.
P.S. I still enjoy hunting with my BSA Number 4 Sporting Rifle.
P.S.S. I am a Welshman, and am still looking forward to kicking the Bloody Brits out of my country.
Sir...sir....as an American who knows his history what with Britain using our colony for resource draining and basically using our society to their advantage...
it was such a LONG time ago, and the Brits, as rulers, wernt a bad lot compared to the Russians, Spaniards or any other culture. Theyre a civilized people with a devotion to organization and law. How else could they MAINTAIN an empire so vast for so long? Look, Wales is a great country that I want to visit one day but...Y so mad?
It is a shame the Tudors denigrated our monarchies pius warrior-spirit. Kings used to lead men into battle, until humanism turned them into effeminate figurines to dress up and look good in portraits like dolls. I love the Plantagenets; Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, Edward I, Edward III, Henry V and Edward IV.
ENGLAND This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this ngland. William Shakespeare BEAT THAT!
This is truly the greatest speach ever written, as an Englishmen i Felt compelled to charge the nearest french castle, but as there were none I just had to scream god for harry, England and saint George.!!!!!!!
That depends on what you define as a great speech.
The St. Crispian's Day Speech was great in that, at the moment of true despair, it was able to get the men ready to stand tall and proud against overwhelming odds.
This speech was great in that it was able to take the fire of war, already burning hard in Harry's men, and turn it into a raging inferno in their chests. I know I felt it.
@Istojataachatearme What does he have to watch out for, a sniper? Seriously way to miss the entire point of Shakespeare. Shakespeare's world is a world where everyone says what they would normally hold in.
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Not at all, he talks way too much and with too many silly details. At that point in the battle his men would be too tired and beaten to even get the drift of so many quickly spoken words and understand the underlying message.
All in all, this speech doesn't really instil the warrior mindset (the bookworm mindset perhaps). I find it strange that some of you don't see this obvious flaw.
@bodunchar I'll rephrase it. One can logically assume that with the all battle going on his men wouldn't have the presence of mind to take all that chatter.
@Istojataachatearme hey, well i was speaking to Shakers the other day and he said he didnt give a shit about da battles and so on, he was just, lyk, interested in making lyk sum wider points about Elizabethan rule an shit. But i guess that bro is crazy.
@mightystanislav hey, well i was speaking to Shakers the other day and he said he didnt give a shit about da battles and so on, he was just, lyk, interested in making lyk sum wider points about Elizabethan rule an shit. But i guess that bro is crazy.
@Istojataachatearme hey, well i was speaking to Shakers the other day and he said he didnt give a shit about da battles and so on, he was just, lyk, interested in making lyk sum wider points about Elizabethan rule an shit. But i guess that bro is crazy.
@mightystanislav hey, well i was speaking to Shakers the other day and he said he didnt give a shit about da battles and so on, he was just, lyk, interested in making lyk sum wider points about Elizabethan rule an shit. But i guess that bro is crazy.
@Istojataachatearme Are you talking about this interpretation of the speech or the speech itself as it was written?
If you mean the speech, I don't think realism was Shakespeare's primary aim, I think he was presenting Hal as a great orator and the model king he essentially is. Also, to an Elizabethan audience, the patriotism of the speech would have really got them going, so I don't think it could be classed as 'chatter' lol.
@Tahkaullus01 I do appreciate the historical accurate aspects of this film. And then there comes this guy and starts dumping a bunch of compressed bulshit at the audience. That's Why I was ranting, that's all.
Holy hell guys, come on. This video is about Henry V, not WWII. Fighting over who did what in the second world war makes no sense. If anything it should be a frenchman and englishmen arguing about the hundered years war. At least stay on topic! :P
Or a better idea would be to listen to duffusdog and shut up and enjoy the proformance.
"Britain won the air war before the US joined the war. "
Britain stalemated the air war before the US joined the war. = Fixed (Which is quite the accomplishment in its own right).
"We declared war on Germany when America's 'Time' magazine declared him as man of the year 1938."
Time's Person of the Year is the person who had the greatest impact, not always the best person. Would you contest their choice after the Anschluss and the Munich Agreement?
OK Britain didn't win the airwar before the US JOINED but the US did nothing towards it after they had joined so it really doesn't matter, my point was during the Battle of Britain we retained air superiority with the help from various pilots and not the US, look up the Battle of Britain and you will see it was a DECISIVE victory, Hitler and Goering couldn't risk losing ANY more planes.
The US joined before the battle of Britain was over but it contributed no more towards the Battle of Britain then they had done before they joined, your trying to make it sound like the US joining WW2 had something to do with the BoB victory which is wrong.
I'm not making any such statement, re-read my post again if you must. I simply stated that Britain stalemated the air war, you are claiming that they won it. The Air war does not equal the Battle of Britain.
Also, Americans did participate in the Battle of Britain, but of course not under the sanction of the government, since the Americans were neutral until themselves attacked.
7 Americans out of 2500+ pilots... all of which had to pretend to be Canadian. And the battle of Britain wasn't a stalemate it was a decisive British victory, the Luftwaffe switched targets - from airfields too cities and that was their downfall, the British won decisively because of it. How can the air-war be a stalemate if the British kept air superiority?...
I just love it when he says, "and YOU, good Yeoman," and the guy unsheathes his sword as if to say, "yeah, he knows my occupation".
eastwing329 2 days ago
I thumbed this down because we are doing it in English and it is as boring as hell.
jojorobmum 1 week ago
@jojorobmum It helps to read it all at a go, I think. If you read it disjointedly, as many classroom settings do, it rather kills the storytelling.
Assassinus2 1 week ago
@jojorobmum I feel like English classes really REALLY kill the show. It really helps to watch the show in a single go (or read it in a single go) because as you read or watch you're brain gets more use to the language and you can focus more on what the heck is going on rather than just trying to understand what the hell is being said.
The way Shakespeare is done in schools kinda kills it I feel... it's SO much better to just watch it
voiceofbooks 1 day ago
Fantastic! Kenneth Branagh keeps the works of Shakespeare alive.
1815ish 2 weeks ago
Hey you guys see the man chasing the three deserters back? Captain Fluellen?
Yeah, that's Bilbo XD
TheTrollosaur 2 months ago
@TheTrollosaur Bilbo effing Baggins? Where the hell is Gandalf?
chocoman45 1 month ago
@chocoman45 Who do you think made the wall of fire in the beginning :P
TheTrollosaur 1 month ago
@TheTrollosaur Ohh.. now it all make sense. Tolkien is Shakespeare's super secret apprentice.
chocoman45 1 month ago
One of the best most courage-provoking speeches I've ever heard! Onward!!
voivodvlad1 2 months ago 2
"England! And Saint George!!!"
I saw everyone else saying it... but I could only hear Brian Blessed.
connorleclerc 2 months ago
Damn now I wanna go fight for England, Good fucking speech and great performance!!
TheMusiclover222 3 months ago
over the hill with the swords of a thousand men!!!!
thenorthcountryboy 3 months ago
You KNOW the speech is good when you're an American and you find yourself calling out--
"FOR HENRY, ENGLAND, AND SAINT GEORGE!"
;)
obiwanobiwan13 3 months ago
@obiwanobiwan13 That's "Harry, England and Saint George". He's being familiar with his men by using one of his nicknames Harry, like today's Prince Harry. Of course I always think of Henry V as Prince Hal from the great play Henry IV...
rlaycock 2 months ago
Thus french hated thy video
36Tshenanigans 3 months ago
Fantastic stuff.Thank God for William Shakespeare.
1815ish 3 months ago
I love it when he says, And you, Good Yeoman! And the guy is like, "He knows my job. Awesome."
eastwing329 4 months ago
Wanna hear a funny joke?
France
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
What a hole
Frodojo111 4 months ago
That's it, knife in teeth, I'm swimming to France, who's with me?
razorlikeblue 5 months ago 4
@razorlikeblue Aye sir
MrWLangers 4 months ago
@razorlikeblue I will jump across the pond and join you my friend.
rickyd0821 3 months ago
Cry God for Harry, England and Saint George!
kazardaimenu 6 months ago 4
There's no point bashing either the French or the English because both countries decend from German tribes, there's no such thing as a 'true' english or french person.
MultiAngryguy 7 months ago
@MultiAngryguy
Utter nonsense, Germany didn't become a country until the 19c if you mean Germanic that would include a large part of Europe and every country in it would be affected, but England less than all the rest, DNA tells us if your grandfather was born in England you have a 75-80% chance of being descended from hunter-gatherers who came here just after the last ice-age.
hetrodoxly 6 months ago
@hetrodoxly
Yeah, both France and England decended from Germanic tribes thats what i mean. And my point is that its stupid arguing over weather the Normans and the Plantagnets were French because:
a) The Normans weren't just French they were also Scandinavian
b) The Plantagnets decend from both the Normans and the Saxons
Even though they had French blood (aswell as Scandinavian and Germanic blood) in them they never considered themselves to be French. They fought, killed and died for England
MultiAngryguy 6 months ago
@MultiAngryguy Well, Henry V, and all English monarchs till George I claimed the french throne, the fact is the countries had, and have extremly similar cultures (Even if both hate to admit it).
GuyLyddonable 6 months ago
@GuyLyddonable It was actually until George III, Napoleon at the Treaty of Amiens (1802) forced George III to renounce his claim on the throne of France and to remove the Fleur-de-Lis from the Arms of Great Britain.
LordClaremorris 6 months ago 2
@LordClaremorris Right you are, i knew it was one of the Georges.
GuyLyddonable 6 months ago
@MultiAngryguy Not too close. The Plantagenets actually did consider themselves French and spent much time in France, and spoke virtually only French until the reign of Henry V. The Normans took England to use its resources to fight in France. Long before the Hundred Years War the House of Anjou was fighting the French Kings. As for France being descended from German Tribes, not really. The Franks only superficially imposed themselves, the culture of France remained solidly Romantic.
LordClaremorris 6 months ago
@MultiAngryguy Which is why Roman Law was used throughout France for a long time, whereas Germanic Law ruled throughout England, and why the French Language is based on Latin and not on Frankish (a Germanic Language). The French are much closer to Rome and the culture of Southern Europe, the English are Northern Europeans by culture.
LordClaremorris 6 months ago
@hetrodoxly Germany didn't exist but Germans have been a strong influence in European history since the Romans made the mistake of annoying them. The Holy Roman Empire, the Knights Teutonic, and the Kingdom of Prussia were for the most part disctincly German. Saxons carry genetic heritage and namesake from the Germanic region of Saxony. In fact it's a fair bet all European traits are interwoven to a point.
LiberalImperalist 2 months ago
To all you people bashing the French. I hope you're aware that the House of Plantagenet was French, and was Francophone until the 15th century, though Henry V was the first to write in English, he almost certainly spoke France much more than English.
LordClaremorris 7 months ago
The great deal of animosity that the english people hold for the french is born mainly of the constant strife that there has been with France over the centuries. It's funny to note though that the main source of strife was in fact the English monarchs constant claims on the French kingdom.
Hoekell 7 months ago
Once more friends
TheJake452 7 months ago
why can't this video be played on mobile?
mdprimer 7 months ago
@mdprimer Because it's too awesome
Southparker100000000 7 months ago
I love the part when Bardolph, Nym and Pistol hang back behinnd the others cheering, then try to sneak off, but find Llewellyn waiting for them brandishing his sword! I love those little details in Branagh movies,
medievalgirl002 8 months ago
The whole point of this scene is that Henry could be a man of mercy as well as a warlord.
medievalgirl002 8 months ago
ImaginedWriter 8 months ago
beast
GTAwesome 8 months ago
To hell and back...
twosixteen 9 months ago
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Crisavec4 9 months ago
On, on you noblest English - Oh Yesssss!
Crisavec4 9 months ago 2
kenneth brannagh is the most overrated shakespearan actor ever
ubadoobaubadooba 9 months ago
The music's too loud. It interferes with the speech.
al1936ful 10 months ago
Once more into the curry house my friends!
Unfortunately, not many limbs made in England these days, hold St. George or God in such high esteem.
1955Brummie 10 months ago 2
It seems to be running faster than normal.
dahnjeff 10 months ago
After seeing this for the first time, I would've followed Branagh into France. Olivier? I wouldn't have followed him to the salad bar.
yvwic50 10 months ago 7
Five dislikes hold their manhood's cheap
FlyingAce1016 11 months ago 8
@FlyingAce1016 they are not worth their breeding! :D
Vindog76 10 months ago
Five Frenchmen clicked thumbs down.
cerberus144 1 year ago 62
SO many auditions, I've used this bit.
BrooklynJackBlue 1 year ago
Kenneth Branagh is so damn cool...
MattMahael 1 year ago 3
Besides the obvious ethical questions it raises about war waged purely over a matter of land and a personal slight, it's one of the best pieces of literature about the art of leadership ever written and very nuanced politically for its time. Definitely one of Shakespeare's more under-appreciated works...
mornmagol 1 year ago 4
@mornmagol Hear Hear!! This work shows Henry was much more than a mindless killer, he had a conscience, and did not want his men to kill innocents.
medievalgirl002 8 months ago
American myself, but gods if i don't have enough English blood in me to be stirred by this!
PGF59 1 year ago
Even as a Jock I love this, very inspiring
georgemcintyre92 1 year ago
Who did Branagh lose the Acting Oscar to?
Lamporre 1 year ago
@Lamporre Daniel Day-Lewis in "My Left Foot", I think.
ANDl23W 1 year ago
@ANDl23W
Oh yeah...
That was a tough Oscar year. Tom Cruise also did a great job in "Born on the Fourth of July" if I recall. But yeah, Day-Lewis did deserve that Oscar.. Branagh's bad luck I suppose...
Lamporre 1 year ago
once more unto the breach dear friends or close up the wall with our English dead!!
toby1526 1 year ago
lol I can see this being quoted on many an aircraft carrier in the coming years! Great version by Branagh, makes Olivier sound like the park attendant
fishybishbash 1 year ago 2
I believe these words echoed throughout the centuries, particularly when Britain found herself in some disadvantegeous/desperate situations but managed to get the upper hand.
For a British, standards were always high...
jadvs73 1 year ago 3
i was so moved i punched a frenchman.
JDev82 1 year ago 183
@JDev82 Me too! And I'm French!
KiCreativeStudio 1 year ago 2
@KiCreativeStudio ha!
JDev82 1 year ago
@JDev82 LMAO!!! :->
IansUToob57 7 months ago
@JDev82 I pondered on why everyone finds the French loathsome and then of course I realised that they put so much effort into being obnoxious, therefore it is their due.
verziehen 5 months ago
@JDev82
I'm still laughing at that. Ducking brilliant.
Nprobable 1 month ago
This is how to do it!
Vindog76 1 year ago
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jadvs73 1 year ago
wrong there was plenty of time for talk in ancient warfare same as today btw
deltapunk21 1 year ago
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jadvs73 1 year ago
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jadvs73 1 year ago
I'm a pacifist, and I feel compelled to follow.
darkmuse19 1 year ago
love the bit when the yeoman gets his sword out
goulty11 1 year ago
man, they sure have a lot of time to talk considering the fact that they're in the middle of a fucking battle
IFknHateUTube 1 year ago
@IFknHateUTube Maybe, but you can't just flip out "Cry God for Harry, England and Saint George!!!" without some kind of a wind-up.
manthasagittarius 1 year ago
This is almost as good as the crispians day speech.
Pawnofhearts 1 year ago
who is harry?.
matt99is 1 year ago
@matt99is henry the 5th
bigmanoooo1 1 year ago
@matt99is - Harry le Roy was the name of Henry V
the1musiclad 1 year ago
Damn i have 2 say this speach for my drama class but its not this long O.o.. he says it sooo fastt.!!!
checkpoint1234 1 year ago 3
@checkpoint1234 Yeah it is
LuckyBryonyChan 1 year ago
i see you stand like greyhounds in the slips straining upon the start, the game's afoot follow your spirit and upon this charge cry god for harry england and saint george!!!!!!
bigmanoooo1 1 year ago
branagh just looks like an actor, not a character.
trigga1uk 1 year ago
i had to do a Shakespeare project for english classs , but didn't know it was due today and i had nothing to present :P , lol, so i did this monolologue that i did in theatre class a long time ago, and i did pretty damn good XD A+ for meee :)
hoebag7994 1 year ago
I like the speech following this where Henry persuades the French to surrender a bit better.
MrSalamander7 1 year ago
hey, well i was speaking to Shakers the other day and he said he didnt give a shit about da battles and so on, he was just, lyk, interested in making lyk sum wider points about Elizabethan rule an shit. But i guess that bro is crazy.
mightystanislav 1 year ago
@mightystanislav we heard you the first time. your a idiot.
MagicHat88 1 year ago
This is Henry V the play, not the documentary. It's Elizabethan England's idea of drama. Back then you didn't just challenge someone with your weaponry, you battled others with your wit. You tried to outperform your rivals by showing how smart you were. Part of that is how impressive your speech was. It was all apart of being the best person you could be physically and mentally.
Unlike present times when the morons seem to be running the show.
leftcoast67 1 year ago 4
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AZproductions117 1 year ago
It's cool how, during the seige of Harfleur(yes it is that place) he just stands their, fire all around him, brandishing his sword. Good part.
TheLegolasguy 1 year ago
is that Ed Balls on the Horse?
davidzof 1 year ago
if England take Branagh to the world cup they'd be unbeatable.
filiandsela 1 year ago
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Prole13 1 year ago
good bit of acting that dont you think?
rob1970rob 1 year ago
What happened in 1415 has nothing to do with French resilience in the 20th or 21st century. Stick to the film folks and save tangents for math class.
redhotpepper37 2 years ago 4
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I believe these words echoed throughout the centuries, particularly when Britain found herself in some disadvantegeous/desperate situations but managed to get the upper hand. For a British, standards were always high...
jadvs73 2 years ago
Noch einmal die Bresche stürmt, noch einmal ! = german^^
Eobrand 2 years ago
Toll :D)
Villagejonesy 2 years ago
Generally GCSE English works better when you don't Capitalise Every Word In Your Sentences.
Alexus1138 2 years ago
what a great version!!
ejshulman 2 years ago
...A more modern interpretation could simply be "Make your momma proud" ....just felt like adding that
Elsiar 2 years ago 3
@Elsiar Quite. Think of the Jody call in Full Metal Jacket - "Pin my medals upon my chest/ Tell my mom I've done my best"
alcockell 7 months ago
I Have An English GCSE Coursework To Hand In On Monday, To Answer This Question Would Help.
TheOneTrueTime 2 years ago
What do you think it means, young student?
Waltham1892 2 years ago
Such homework is usually a test if you can use your mind to come up with the answer yourself. It is *not* usually a test of how well you can sift through the internet to tap on other people's minds.
DevSolar 2 years ago 2
@DevSolar ,
Can I quote you?
BareknuckleRealist 2 years ago
Feel free.
DevSolar 2 years ago
Could Anyone Tell Me What
'Honour Your Parents, Dishonour Not Your Mothers'
Mean?
TheOneTrueTime 2 years ago
Henry V was Welsh a son of Monmouth. England in those times meant England & Wales.
So stiffen up the sinew and summon up the blood let's take ALL of Britain back from the tyrants who now seek to subjugate us.
keenor14 2 years ago 3
To the anti british welshman below every one in the uk Is british i think its the english you have a problem with. I bet you cant speak or write in your own language .
Jaythedoors 2 years ago
Does he not forget"like so many Alexanders?"
Breedoe 2 years ago
he forgot it not,
for 'twas cut from the script,
that the theatres might screen the movie more than once a day
dougerber 2 years ago 3
dude I don't know, I kind of really wanted to punch him in the face. That was probably the most punchable I've ever seen Kenneth Branagh before.
johnblaster 2 years ago
This is a truly inspiring piece of literature, I love this (even as a Scotsman) and as a former soldier I appreciate the strength of inspiration during times of danger.
georgemcintyre92 2 years ago 34
@georgemcintyre92
lol as an englishman i get chills when i hear william wallaces speech,we are brothers now anyway,the english,scots and welsh,let any enemy come try us
VigisKane 1 year ago
@VigisKane there comming my brother in there millions under a cresent moon they come
stevenpaddybwoy 1 year ago
@stevenpaddybwoy
then in there millions they will fall,
VigisKane 1 year ago
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Great video! Too bad the Brits castrated themselves.
They were once the most peaceful society (because everyone, even the women, carried guns, and Britain Ruled when it came to personal defence weapons), but, well, I'll leave that for further comments for others to discuss.
P.S. I still enjoy hunting with my BSA Number 4 Sporting Rifle.
P.S.S. I am a Welshman, and am still looking forward to kicking the Bloody Brits out of my country.
P.S.S.S. That wasn't a joke...
Enfield476 2 years ago
Sir...sir....as an American who knows his history what with Britain using our colony for resource draining and basically using our society to their advantage...
it was such a LONG time ago, and the Brits, as rulers, wernt a bad lot compared to the Russians, Spaniards or any other culture. Theyre a civilized people with a devotion to organization and law. How else could they MAINTAIN an empire so vast for so long? Look, Wales is a great country that I want to visit one day but...Y so mad?
SpartanDfnder 2 years ago 3
arr Wales..land of fortress valleys and mountains...land where the men are men...and the sheep are worried. lol
daveyRIR 2 years ago 4
haha xD
faceola 2 years ago
Enfield- the Welsh are "Brits" knobhead. Probably, the original "Brits."Why would they want to leave Wales
BTW, isn't Enfield in London(England). BSA (Birmingham,England) Can't hate the "Bloody Brits" that much.
adventussaxonum 2 years ago
It is a shame the Tudors denigrated our monarchies pius warrior-spirit. Kings used to lead men into battle, until humanism turned them into effeminate figurines to dress up and look good in portraits like dolls. I love the Plantagenets; Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, Edward I, Edward III, Henry V and Edward IV.
Counterrevolutionite 2 years ago 3
CuntsFuck 2 years ago 6
@CuntsFuck I really don't think you can!
BrotherBones1111 1 year ago
You really think your "cut" is better than Branagh's, better than Shakespeare's? Iceland dog!
europatrizia 2 years ago
This is truly the greatest speach ever written, as an Englishmen i Felt compelled to charge the nearest french castle, but as there were none I just had to scream god for harry, England and saint George.!!!!!!!
Tristanhedfuk 2 years ago 44
The greatest? What about St Crispin's day speech?
AnimaTempli101 2 years ago
That depends on what you define as a great speech.
The St. Crispian's Day Speech was great in that, at the moment of true despair, it was able to get the men ready to stand tall and proud against overwhelming odds.
This speech was great in that it was able to take the fire of war, already burning hard in Harry's men, and turn it into a raging inferno in their chests. I know I felt it.
abridgedfanboy 2 years ago 2
Okay you have a good point
AnimaTempli101 2 years ago
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too much talk, it's unrealistic
Istojataachatearme 2 years ago
Best comment yet.
solomoniadotcom 2 years ago
how do you know, were you there?
PeterII 2 years ago
Were you? Im just stating that all this talk is unrealistic.
Istojataachatearme 2 years ago
its a play.its all about the spoken word.you just have to sit back and take it in.its all good
truckie933 2 years ago 2
Yeah, I get that. But I'd still prefer an historical accurate version over this.
Istojataachatearme 2 years ago
Then read a history book and all will come direct, but this is literature, in the classic sense of the word.
Marcolopolis5 2 years ago 3
@Istojataachatearme What does he have to watch out for, a sniper? Seriously way to miss the entire point of Shakespeare. Shakespeare's world is a world where everyone says what they would normally hold in.
RequiemforDream9 1 year ago
Fine, but it's unrealistic.
Istojataachatearme 1 year ago
@Istojataachatearme
Well of course it is bloody well unrealistic. That doesn't stop it being a great speech.
oarfrost 1 year ago 4
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Not at all, he talks way too much and with too many silly details. At that point in the battle his men would be too tired and beaten to even get the drift of so many quickly spoken words and understand the underlying message.
All in all, this speech doesn't really instil the warrior mindset (the bookworm mindset perhaps). I find it strange that some of you don't see this obvious flaw.
Istojataachatearme 1 year ago
@Istojataachatearme oh really you've lead thousands of tiring and weary men to many battles have you?
Come on dude its a literature!
bodunchar 1 year ago
@bodunchar use your logic. No author should become famous due to lack of competition.
Istojataachatearme 1 year ago
@Istojataachatearme lol I deserved that, and funny comment you made thank you!
Your talking about shakespear and lack of competition?
I could argue logically about your comment on logic, but I don't think it would be logical.
bodunchar 1 year ago
@bodunchar I'll rephrase it. One can logically assume that with the all battle going on his men wouldn't have the presence of mind to take all that chatter.
Istojataachatearme 1 year ago
@Istojataachatearme hey, well i was speaking to Shakers the other day and he said he didnt give a shit about da battles and so on, he was just, lyk, interested in making lyk sum wider points about Elizabethan rule an shit. But i guess that bro is crazy.
mightystanislav 1 year ago
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@mightystanislav hey, well i was speaking to Shakers the other day and he said he didnt give a shit about da battles and so on, he was just, lyk, interested in making lyk sum wider points about Elizabethan rule an shit. But i guess that bro is crazy.
mightystanislav 1 year ago
@Istojataachatearme hey, well i was speaking to Shakers the other day and he said he didnt give a shit about da battles and so on, he was just, lyk, interested in making lyk sum wider points about Elizabethan rule an shit. But i guess that bro is crazy.
mightystanislav 1 year ago
@mightystanislav hey, well i was speaking to Shakers the other day and he said he didnt give a shit about da battles and so on, he was just, lyk, interested in making lyk sum wider points about Elizabethan rule an shit. But i guess that bro is crazy.
mightystanislav 1 year ago
@Istojataachatearme Are you talking about this interpretation of the speech or the speech itself as it was written?
If you mean the speech, I don't think realism was Shakespeare's primary aim, I think he was presenting Hal as a great orator and the model king he essentially is. Also, to an Elizabethan audience, the patriotism of the speech would have really got them going, so I don't think it could be classed as 'chatter' lol.
samcdubstep 1 year ago
@samcdubstep It's just a lot of talk, most of which is useless in the present situation. My taste is realism.
Istojataachatearme 1 year ago
@Istojataachatearme Shakspear had a fair bit of competition
ACJSIE 1 year ago
@Istojataachatearme best comment ever.
sebs42 1 year ago
@Istojataachatearme then why are you bothering? Go watch some bloody american film if you can't appreciate shakespeare
Tahkaullus01 1 year ago 3
@Tahkaullus01 I do appreciate the historical accurate aspects of this film. And then there comes this guy and starts dumping a bunch of compressed bulshit at the audience. That's Why I was ranting, that's all.
Istojataachatearme 1 year ago
@Istojataachatearme its called Theatre
ACJSIE 1 year ago
@Istojataachatearme Talking is a free action.
tanith117 1 year ago 5
Holy hell guys, come on. This video is about Henry V, not WWII. Fighting over who did what in the second world war makes no sense. If anything it should be a frenchman and englishmen arguing about the hundered years war. At least stay on topic! :P
Or a better idea would be to listen to duffusdog and shut up and enjoy the proformance.
PrimusGladius 2 years ago
Back to the breach you DOGS! Ian Holm rules!
balrog13571 2 years ago
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Flippymann 2 years ago
Cant people just enjoy one of the greatest written works the world has ever heard
duffusdog 2 years ago 5
"Britain won the air war before the US joined the war. "
Britain stalemated the air war before the US joined the war. = Fixed (Which is quite the accomplishment in its own right).
"We declared war on Germany when America's 'Time' magazine declared him as man of the year 1938."
Time's Person of the Year is the person who had the greatest impact, not always the best person. Would you contest their choice after the Anschluss and the Munich Agreement?
Lastly, the war started in '39, not '38.
jstammer 2 years ago 2
OK Britain didn't win the airwar before the US JOINED but the US did nothing towards it after they had joined so it really doesn't matter, my point was during the Battle of Britain we retained air superiority with the help from various pilots and not the US, look up the Battle of Britain and you will see it was a DECISIVE victory, Hitler and Goering couldn't risk losing ANY more planes.
StandTogetherForever 2 years ago
The US joined before the battle of Britain was over but it contributed no more towards the Battle of Britain then they had done before they joined, your trying to make it sound like the US joining WW2 had something to do with the BoB victory which is wrong.
StandTogetherForever 2 years ago
I'm not making any such statement, re-read my post again if you must. I simply stated that Britain stalemated the air war, you are claiming that they won it. The Air war does not equal the Battle of Britain.
Also, Americans did participate in the Battle of Britain, but of course not under the sanction of the government, since the Americans were neutral until themselves attacked.
jstammer 2 years ago
7 Americans out of 2500+ pilots... all of which had to pretend to be Canadian. And the battle of Britain wasn't a stalemate it was a decisive British victory, the Luftwaffe switched targets - from airfields too cities and that was their downfall, the British won decisively because of it. How can the air-war be a stalemate if the British kept air superiority?...
StandTogetherForever 2 years ago