You won't be disappointed!

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Sir Laurence Olivier's Henry V (1944) is very much a movie of its time. Filmed during WW II, the film is an overt example of pro-British propaganda. I don't see that as a problem, because Shakespeare wrote the play in a way that would glorify Britain and its king.So, director Olivier had no problem directing himself as a strong, warlike king, who rules a strong warlike country. More important is what Olivier didn't portray--the king's flaws and the horrific nature of war. Mud played a major role in the British victory at Agincourt. However, in this film, all we see is a brief shot of a horse prancing through a puddle. The combat scenes aren't very graphic. (If your husband or son is serving in combat, you don't want to be reminded of the horrors he is undergoing.)Olivier begins the film as if we were seeing it at the Globe theatre in London. Then he opens the film up, and we get "realistic" outdoor scenes. (For safety, the location scenes were filmed in neutral Ireland.). At the end, we return to the Globe to remind us that we are seeing a play. This is an interesting device; I thought it worked.The movie was shot in color, which looks garish today. However, even garish color is better than b/w in my opinion, because the heraldic colors meant so much within the chivalric code of the times.We saw this film on a classroom-sized large screen. Some of the pageantry will be lost on a small screen, but it will work well enough. This is an enjoyable and important movie. It's worth seeking out and viewing.

This is a good film for the over 25 crowd. It is always good to see Shakespeare come to life as it did in this movie. The old English has life and feeling and spirit in this film. The actors did a good job in making the old English work. The sets and costumes looked great. It is amazing that the armor is aluminum painted wool. The movie must have lifted the spirits of the English as they were full into WWII. The movie was made in England during the war and one would never know it. All hail to the spirit of Laurence Olivier as he inspired those to follow him into battle. It must have been a good film for British morale. Thumbs up.

This is an awful movie, really just awful. No one who has seen Kenneth Branagh's masterful Henry V (1988) can watch this turkey without cringing. For starters, the characters of Canterbury and Ely are such bumbling fools that they completely eviscerate Henry's reliance on churchly assurances that the war is just. At Harfleur, the film omits Henry's frightening "shrill-shrieking maidens, naked infants spitted upon pikes" speech. It also omits Henry's confrontation with Masham, Scroop and Gray (which Branagh does brilliantly), and turns Henry's court into a parade of fops. The French king is a weak-minded fool, and the soldiers appear to have been taken directly from a Laurel and Hardy movie. Really, it's awful. Yes, it was a propaganda film for the Brits in 1944, but still -- if you want the real Henry, bypass this and go for Branagh's masterpiece.

In the beginning of the film we are in the Globe Theatre in 1600 where the Chorus (Leslie Banks) enters and implores the audience to use their imagination to visualize the setting of the play.The play tells about King Henry V of England and it focuses on events immediately before and after The Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Year's War.William Shakespeare is believed to have written the original play in 1599.I read it the same week, which was last week, as they showed the movie.Laurence Olivier, who's known for many Shakespeare adaptations has done an excellent job making the tale of Henry the Fift into a movie.The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944) is one of the most famous Shakespeare films Olivier came up with.I don't find it quite as good as Hamlet, but pretty close.Olivier makes also a very good leading man.All the actors are very well picked.Felix Aylmer is Archbishop of Canterbury while Robert Helpmann plays the part of Archbishop of Ely.Griffith Jones plays Earl of Salisbury.George Cole is the Boy.Harcourt Williams plays King Charles VI of France.Max Audrian plays the Dauphin.Renee Asherson is beautiful and also brilliant in her part as Princess Katherine.Henry V is a very showy movie.The war part looks good, not to forget the romance.A worthy Shakespeare adaptation.