The king is dead, long live the king. The King on Netflix is a movie of a span of 2 hours and 20 minutes. It’s an adaptation of various William Shakespeare plays about King Henry V. It’s about young Henry V and his journey of finding death and treachery as being the new King of England.

First off let’s get something off of everyone’s mind, being the accurate haircut that took the world by storm which is the bowl haircut of Timothée Chalamet about one of the only historically accurate part. Now for those who aren’t aware of the beautiful actor that has everyone infatuated, then you probably didn’t watch it for the actors but rather the plotline. In essence, it lacks historical accuracy since it’s based on Shakespeare ,which most of his plays if you don’t know, are loosely based

on reality. In the film, Henry is portrayed as everything his father would dislike in a son yet the real Henry is not like this at all or at least there is no historical evidence that he is. The real Henry was heavily involved in political affairs with his father. The real Henry did indeed invade France but it was his own political desires of powers not how its portrayed in the film by his advisors. Robert Pattinson’s french accent is not accurate and his acting is portrayed as very weird. The actor lets a little bit of insanity shine through the character which wasn’t really necessary. In truth, the Dauphin really wasn’t anywhere near the battle but Netflix just added him to give a little bit of comedy to the film. In truth with Netflix, its either a hit or miss but this film was both.

In a recent interview with Danyelle Gomez a junior, she was asked what the main reason was for watching the film, to which she said,”I watched it because I wanted to see if Timothée Chalamet and Robert Pattinson would work well together.” And it seems like a valid response since many who watched it had somewhat of the same response. For example Gabrielle Leon a senior said,” I watched it because I love watching these kinds of films involving royalty and all that.” I asked both of them whether they thought it was historically accurate and Danyelle said,” Yeah I feel like it was historically accurate.” To which I informed her that it actually wasn’t and she was surprised. While Gabrielle said,” No because I research the historical event before I watch something and certain aspects of the film didn’t happen.” She was correct certain aspects didn’t happen in real life but some did. If you haven’t watched it make sure you do to get an opinion of your own.