What an absolutely excellent video. You are so eloquent and it's a real joy listening to you wax history, particularly in response to what I thought was an excellent movie all around. Thank you!

“You put Adam Driver in a black suit bad things happen” no truer words.

I'm glad I saw it in the theatre. The sound and visuals of the duel at the end of the film in IMAX was worth the price of the ticket alone.

Check out "Rashomon", Kurasawa's film from the 50s (?) Same plot. A woman is raped and we get 4 versions... hers, hubby's, rapist's, and a witness I believe. The witness's recollection of the fight scene is hilarious.

Jodie Comer does such a great job as Marguerite in this film.

Surprised yet glad to see you review this movie! Saw this with my friends and we all loved every second. From the historical accuracy, the gritiness, to the gripping shift of perspectives through the narrative, I was sitting on the edge of my seat. I hope this movie gets more attention, its sad that the "controversy" caused people to look down on it because of it's subject matter. An amazing journey from start to finish.

Thanks again! I know this takes a lot of work to put together each week and I (we) REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!!

So glad to have found your channel . I love history and being a young man in today’s society I sadly had to learn much about history from my interest in it ( did not learn much at all in middle/high school ) thanks for taking the time for making these videos. It means a ton to me that others share a passion of history as well . Have a great day brother !

17:08 the guy who gets the fire arrow in the head, also played the Germanic king in the beginning battle scene of Gladiator (; I believe he has been in some more Ridley Scott historical films as well.

Great video as always! How about "Black Hawk Down", also by Ridley Scott, next?

Loved watching this movie with you! Thanks for all of the quality content.

You did a good job on this. Really enjoyed your analysis and commentary. Just saw the movie last night and I thought it was really amazing too.

Happy to see this review. Usually don’t watch before I see the film but love the analysis. In keeping with the Ridley Scott theme, would love to see a video on Kingdom of Heaven.

I love this channel. Great work 👏

Jered, I broke a rule of mine that I would wait to watch your review until I'd seen the movie. I had heard about the rape scenes and felt it was something I could do without, but weighing that with the historical accuracy was a struggle. Two things you said convenced me that I need to watch this movie. First, that when we watch a historical film it should cause us to examine our own culture and views, and second, that there should be no penalty for speaking the truth. Thanks for this video. As always, I'm impressed.

I will have to watch this movie. I missed it in theaters and your last recommendation of The Forgotten Battle was fantastic.

i get the feeling this film will be remembered better than it was reviewed; sorta like an earlier ridley scott film - bladerunner, which i consider the best film ever made. it was sorta hard for me to process because it was such an intensely personal story unlike his previous historical epics which were about world shaking events. but with the clarity of time and space i can say that the importance and timeliness of the subject matter cannot be overstated - it's literally changing our world before our eyes. when the dust settles i think it will be remembered as a part of the movement that made the world a better place, and a fantastic film in its own right.

I too wanted to see this in theaters but I missed it due to work but was such a great film none the less

I really like this reaction style!

Excellent, as usual. Mahalo

You're the best man!!!

Great explanations and reaction! You should react to OUTLAW KING! A pretty accurate depiction of the early scottish rebellion :)

Great job. Always improving, not that it is needed. Love your analysis. Only point of contention I am have is the notion in of batting .100. I think you meant thousand, which would be perfect. 100 conotates 1 for 10...which is not good. Lol. I'm only kidding around as I meant the props earlier. Maybe some more historical sports reviews? 42 was a very good review Keep up the great work.

Excellent review

love the intro man, it's like I'm 7 years old again hehe

So contrary to many films of this time period, civilians (called serfs) were rarely killed, especially in this time period because they were so valuable. They were slaves by another name. The lord with the most serfs, was the most powerful. Even enemy soldiers were taken captive if possible, because they were even more valuable. Nobles were captured and ransomed. There were battles and raids that were the exception to this, but generally killing was kept to a limit. The big exception were when the crown itself was up for grabs, battles between vassals were usually an opportunity to grab serfs and bring them back to your land. Its interesting that even today Putin is doing the same thing. Not sure if it quite works the same in the modern world, but it's an ancient strategy; Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms of China period was a master at it.

Thanks guys, really great reaction to a film by one of my favourite directors. The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) was a series of wars best summed up by comedian and Oxford History graduate Al Murray, as a war we were enjoying so much that we spun it out for as long as possible! It's useful to practice against the French in case we need to fight a real war against someone a bit more difficult, like the Germans. For historical context, the story of Joan of Arc (1412-1431) fits into the later period of those wars as the French recovered more territories occupied by England, and Luc Besson's film The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc (1999) is one of my favourite directors and films as well. Jared's worst pronunciation was, of course, "British", when it should have sounded more like "English". The Act of Union was 1707, and during these conflicts Scotland was often allied to France - and often still is, it seems! The film shows Charles VI as being on the throne and making decisions. That may be a bit of simplification for the sake of the audience because the reality was more complex. Charles was only 18 in 1386 and France was actually ruled by a regency of his uncles, the Dukes of Burgundy, Anjou, Berry, and Bourbon. Charles would emancipate himself two years later at the age of 20, and he was known initially as Charles the Beloved, but later (as Jared alluded) Charles the Mad ('mad' in the English sense of mentally ill). Just a note about Jodie Comer, who plays Marguerite, I don't know how well known she might be in the US, but in her native England (born in Liverpool) and the UK, she is very well known for her breakout role as sociopathic assassin Villenelle in the BBC TV drama Killing Eve. The production stars Canadian-American actress Sandra Oh as Eve, best known for Grey's Anatomy, and Danish actor Kim Bodnia as Villenelle's Russian handler, best known for the original Danish-Swedish co-production of Bron/Broen (The Bridge). In defence of subtitles, many people in the UK enjoy foreign language productions like The Bridge, The Killing, and Borgen, which to put into perspective, are Danish productions breaking into a foreign market in the UK that is 13 times the size of it's domestic market in Denmark, in a foreign language, while The Beatles or Downton Abbey's conquest of the USA is breaking into a market only 5 times the size of its domestic market in the UK, and in the same language. I cannot think of anything so sad as seeing these European productions from Denmark, Sweden and other countries, finding their way into the American market only through licensing agreements to remake the shows in Hollywood. My favourite, The Bridge, was remade in America on the US/Mexican border at El Paso and Juárez, and by all accounts (I have not seen it myself) is an inferior production to the original, and all because American audiences are deemed to be incapable of watching, reading, and munching popcorn all at the same time. I don't know if that's a fair characterisation of our American cousins, but Jared seems to agree with it!

The comments of a history professor about a commercial film are as valid as anyone else's....

Jared I think you should watch an HBO documentary from 1987. It's called "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam". It has actual Vietnam footage and the letters from US military personnel while in Vietnam. My Father served in Vietnam from October '65 to October '66. My Great-uncle Major William Earl McDonald USAF was KIA In November 17, 1967. William Earl was just eight years older than my Father. My Great-uncle Leonard McDonald was KIA December 9, 1944 and was the oldest of two sons and four daughters. William Earl volunteered to go to Vietnam and didn't have to go. The loss of these two sons is still felt today in our family. You can find a copy here on KZfaq but there is some nudity and real violence, so beware.

Have you watched Cross of Iron? A good insight on the german military and the prussian officer corps

really awsome video and film in general. one small note is that they didnt ride at each other with lances in real life

Finally saw it today. Ironically after watching the game of thrones episode the mountain and the viper.

Loved this movie!

Watch the revenant next really looking foward for u to watch it

I loved this movie!

Not quite sure why they choose that armor. Armor in 1380 looked quite beautiful and intimidating. I’m sad not to see the Bascinet more often as that was a very popular and expensive piece. I get you need to have the main actors face showing, which could have been done with a raised Bascinet.

Fire arrows: real or not? Before I google it I'm going to guess no. Why would you set fire to and potentially damage your projectile weapon? If it hits you in the eye you're gone, fire or not :)

If the commentator can't even pronounce any of the French names correctly, why should we trust any of his other notions about Medieval France? He isn't even listening to the pronunciations as they are (correctly) spoken in the movie itself.

GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!!!!! LOL

I have to say for me it's hard to find a well done medieval film and this is a great!

The hundred years war was fought between the English and the French. Scotland was allied to the French thus there were no ""British "people fighting.

Just FYI (44:22), it's "batting a thousand." Batting one hundred is bad. 😅 Came here for the Band of Brothers, staying for all the other great analysis, though. 🔥

'Karooj' would be the more modern French prnounciation of Damon's character name. Old French would have been somewhat different, but I doubt it would have been 'carojay'. In the movie itself they took pains in giving the name the French flavour.

This movie is more a testament to when it was made than what happened. All we have are court records. We still don't know if much of the things in this movie happened the way they're portrayed.

32:30 now thats all gotto say about thruth ...if thats any .. notice narratives sligty smlie ..

Great review.........PS. Rashomon.

At one point in the middle of a sentence you say "this is terrible". What where you referencing there?

The book turned it into an entertaining n dark story but history apparently stated that Le Gris raped her while his servant pinned her down, he also threatened her kill her if she told. The true act of faith was appealing to her husband to find justice for herself. A perfect storm of occurrences for some creep to get what he wanted. Just like one of Joan of Arc's homie who became a murdering sadist after her death

‘Batting 1000” is the term I think you meant to say. Not 100. 😉

Ridley Scott's Robin Hood

Very similar to Rashomon

You should have said batting a thousand.

38:22 '' can this man do nothing but evil to me ''... yeah she remember him very differant than he does ... yeah narrativor here is right ps: search ''mitocondria mother'' ...

Honestly, this movie bored me to tears. You get the same story 3 times before you finally get to dual, which was awesome. The first two are about as different as coke and pepsi in a blind taste test and the third was made up out of "whole cloth." Those are Ben Aflack's words, not mine. As such, I think it's pretty unfair to judge Carrouge based the opion the writers wished his wife had of him. Her account of the rape is fair game as it was taken directly from her testimony at the trial, but we have no idea what their relationship was actually like. The idea that he treated her like livestock is a complete fabrication based on nothing. It didn't need to be like this. They could have shown diffences in interpretation between characters in one telling of the story. And if you want to promote feminist talking points, you've got plenty to work with in 14th century France without steamrolling a man's grave with propaganda. This seems like a huge missed opportunity to tell a compelling and true story. Disappointing.

Im actually eating a ham & cheese croissant right now

38:05 narrator here gasps , suprised as nowhere near earth a lady , a mother , female could say anything but truth..god forbid if any female would do such with audacity ... we will be in ruins...

Cathing up on your content. I still think Spielberg is overrated. And you drop a Kurosawa which should demonstrate I am correct on Spielberg.

Don’t understand why you keep pronouncing Carrouges Carrougé.. while they pronounce it correctly in the movie.. talking about historical accuracy.

I know this is a rather small nitpick in the grand scheme of things but jeez the half-masked helmets piss me off so much

Plandemic history teacher and man made, don't cower to the powers that be...... @9:50

Paid to rent this super boring and lame movie on a Sunday night. Less then 2 days later it was added to HBO. I was enraged. That’s my memory of this film.

Why do you keep mispronouncing duel?

I agree with you Professor to a certain extent but how do you teach your students? If a man is a Castellan, then why accept the Captaincy argument? Would you teach your students in such a manner and if so what does that say about the level of education they are receiving, heavens forbid our children should learn the truth.

I like historical, time period movie's. This movie looked great but the plot is political manipulation, to put current groups at odds with each other for current year votes. Their goal is to paint men as evil, for their political benefit, and at the determent to the underclass's relationships and family structure. They do the same with race. Elitists are just absolutely destroying families and the dynamic between men and women, for power. It's sick, and that's all I could take away from this movie after watching it.

I understand that alot of context and history but way to much proffesor and not enough movie 3 second clips followed by 5 minute context flow was horrible

Your reaction is terrible man. First enjoy the film after then you can baffle.

ok...right off the bat......you talk to much. you stop the film every 30 seconds ...that's really annoying.