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It took me 30 years to discover this movie's masterpiece. Just because is Spanish, not american. But thanks for your analyze.

With respect to the film, its narrative and jumps, people tend to forget that the movie is a compressed picture of 6 novels written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte.

5 years and I still hope for there to be a new video I know it won't happen, but I hope nonetheless

I really appreciate that you leave out the super dark side story of Alatriste's love interest. That was really heartbreaking.

A Yankee , an Anglo , being mad that a movie shows a Patriotic scene about how a Hispanic nation is awesome , what a big shocker .Totally not an inherent hatred towards an ethnicity there . You do not see me bitching and moaning about how scenes in Band of Brothers where the characters are being heroic are bad , even if I hate their country .

Americans shouldn’t be allowed to watch movies.

The 1600's was the most warlike century in human history.

As a person who read the seven books of Alatriste (Because the movie is an adaptation) i have to say some things: First, Alatriste never was a captain, he is just nicknamed that way because of his military experience. second, the battle of Rocroi isn't propaganda, it's just one of the best infantery units of the world fighting to their death, as it happened in the real battle. Third, Breda, if i remember correctly, wasn't sacked since after the siege, only the catholic people there remained. Fourth, Why is the guy under alatriste's command trying to steal the gold, a metaphor? fifth,the noble Alatriste had fought with, was the count of Guadalmedina, and, in the books, he is not attacked for attacking him, but because Gualterio Malatesta (Someone very important in the booka YOU ignore for no reason) was hired, alongside other guys to kill Alatriste. fifth, about the catholic critique you seemed to see, i think you just made that up. six, dude, just read the books, they are not very big, just 300 pages each, it's not that hard, because you obviously didn't read the books.

9:10. Keep in mind, that this is set in Catholic Spain, where religion was best left to the clergy. Even if a man like Alatriste had an opinion on religious matters, he would be wise to keep his mouth shut or he could be charged with heresy, which was bad for your health. In any case, Catholicism allows for people to just go through with the formalities of religion without giving it much thought. As long as he goes to confession once in a while, he doesn't need to think about theology at all.

“Even though this ending wasnt my PB&J……” sorry it didnt end with flowers and butterflies, you fairy😂😂

Still thinking about you Sharkie. I miss you

Good realism and story but cgi can be a bit offputting at times

I liked the final battle of Rocroi. It's really about the spirit of the elite tercios, and really shows the swagger, despite being poorly led. The final 2 tercios were offered terms, the first surrendered, the 2nd (Albaqueuque's) did not intially, but took another charge before accepting. Alatriste dies in the vanguard but Inigo survives in the rearguard to write down the tale. Like many scenes, it's also a painting, el ultimo tercio by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau.

I just watched it in its entirety on youtube and was really blown away.

Hi! I've never saw an analysis of this movie outside of Spain. Yes, the movie is quite patriotic but also represents how the average peasant live inside the empire as a normal "siervo". You got my like!

18? its 16-17 you morron

It's good to take any "Anglo" analysis of Spain or Spanish culture with a grain of salt. Oh by the way the Battle of Rocroi was included because **SPOILER ALERT** he dies there, it's in the books, and it's not because of Spanish gov imposition. Really an idiotic take.

I'm Cuban. I read Pérez-Reverte's novels, the ones the movie's based on, and they are fascinating. Loved the review. Also love finding small channels that do smart, modest things like these reviews. Best of luck!

BASTARD!

Great analysis. I loved this movie. Do Point Breal 1991 next!

0:33. Well, if it lasted for that many years while being completelly outnumbered and mixing with other major conflicts such as the 30 years war and the Portuguese restoration war so I would say It went pretty well

Spaniards patiently waiting for a movie about their country that doesn’t unfairly portray them as the most backwards and cruel people in europe.

sadly this CZcamsr passed away in Nov 2019. Thank you for all the memories as a friend. Its great to hear your voice and analytical thinking in these videos. RIP DLE

I think the final battle is mostly used to showcase that despite the corruption, despite the religious zeal and fear, despite all the troubles Spain is going through, there are still Men out there. Real Men, who are brave, loyal, discreet, and trustworthy. Especially the moment right after the negotiations, when Alatriste says his goodbyes. They will keep going. Far beyond what ordinary men will tolerate. If they can't speak, someone else will speak fór them. If they can't walk, they will lean on the man next to them. And only when the body shouts:"NO MORE!", do they shut down, but never give up. The snazzyness of the battle is but a pathway to the emotional delivery that comes after.

sacking of breda? please show evidence for this

So it's only ok to sneak a patriotic scene in your movie when you're American? The Spanish Empire dominated more land and sea at the time than any other empire in history.

I think you really misinterpreted the message behind this movie as some pro-spanish propaganda when it's quite literally the opposite

Thanks for the review 🙂. For what it's worth, I didn't think the battle (battles) tried to glorify the Spanish Empire, rather I saw it as another indictment: how society takes men like Alatriste (men who are strong, brave and honorable - the exact men you need if you want to have a functional society) and uses them up until they're no longer convenient and discards them, all in the name of power games played by other men who are inferior in every way 🫤

This was good, I hope one day, you get back into this.

Amazing film but very boring at times.Great review thanks.

Ooohhh boooiii !!! You really messed up here. No hate or hard feelings but either you went by straight CZcams subtitles or you had 0 Hispanic assistance in your analysis. I will just point out some of your bigger mistakes but no sir no Spanish speaker will believe your analysis. 1 The movie is not a glorification of the Spanish Empire is rather a movie film trying to depict the reality of it in its worst and the best the opulent reality they livid in with gold coming from all the empire their military might at the time their development of arts etc and wars, the disparity the bad nobility the treatment of the veterans such as Capitán Alatriste who complains about it the whole movie but in a very depicted way complains with loyalty. Alatriste is a loyal man and the movie does great effort in emphasizing that. Since you pointed out that the movie was about glorification why didn’t you put the real intro? That was the most glorification moment of the whole movie. The ambush scene was totally misunderstood or you wanted to misinterpret it, The whole point of that scene was depicting the quality and loyalty of the man at the time also depicted in their devotions for rules and respect throughout whole film. The gold belonged to the king who didn’t report it and wanted it all to himself. The main mission was to recover it and you totally twisted the scene of the bodega Alatriste said before the scene “ and nobody absolutely nobody will go down to the bodega” because they knew what was inside it. When told about the hit they told them didn’t you see that part? About Iñigo that’s another one you got incredibly wrong, you absolutely again ignored the conflict for the actress who was Alatristes lover and was taken from him by the king which basically started the animosity between them and eventually the punishment. Forgot the love aspect , the Cold War aspect between Spain and everyone else. The interpretation of the inquisition being a hard order but with the best interest of Spain at mind which is why most characters involved question alatristes decision of not killing the British men, etc 0 para ti muchacho which if you are in America means F big F player watch again. Pay attention and. Do a 2nd video to redeem yourself.

This film is sadly underappreciated, probably due to the fact it isn't widely available on the international market. But it's still one of the best period pieces I've seen in years and I always enjoy going back and giving it a watch.

Although Viggo sounds like he's drunk in this role haha the film is pretty good and with beautiful cinematography, to be fair Viggo sounds like he's drunk in most films and languages. Not to mention the soundtrack is phenomenal!!

Man, this is a brilliant analysis. l agree. I only feel a bit put out by the slang and the langauge you use. It really does not suit the film and its analysis. It is the best one I have seen so far, though.

Harakiri is my favorite film (tied with Whiplash) and it's one of the only films that I can call a 10/10 film with no flaws. MASTERPIECE.

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feudal apanese tragedy is so gutwrenching and vicerally emotional. "grimdark" doesnt begin to describe it.

I don't get to tell this story often and I cannot pass this opportunity. One evening in the mid-1980s, while living in Chicago, I was attending a rare complete showing of the Kurasowa masterpiece "Ran" (Japanese for chaos). It's retelling of Shakespeare's King Lear, set in medieval Japan and through the culture and mores of that time. By complete I mean it was in wide screen CinemaScope, in one the few houses equipped with that technology based on knitting together he simultaneously three projectors on an appropriately wide and deeply curved screen, and with high fidelity sound. It was, as I recall, more than 4-hours long, so it had a 15 or 20 minute intermission. Some attendees headed to the lobby to pick up more popcorn. I was late in joining the long, slowly line. It was managed by an usher as a pair of lines ran parallel and then divided at the counter to separate ordering stations. I recognized the voice of the man who had joined the line directly behind me. It was Roger Ebert. He was asking people around him to share their opinions and insights of what we were seeing. I was uncharacteristically shy to turn and join in, even though the person in the line next to me had been talking. After a while, Ebert tapped me on the shoulder and asked my opinion. My comments were about the uncharacteristic fluid movements, the relentless energy of the battle scenes during the storming of the castle, somewhat different from the other Japanese films I'd seen. He asked what I meant? What films was I speaking about? I mentioned a few, but especially Hari Kiri which used frequent, almost unbearably long frozen moments that exploded into action, then stopped again, stayed frozen and then exploded again. I found it an amazing technique. After we got our popcorn, he asked me where I had seen Hari Kiri? I explained that maybe 5 or 6 years ago, the Chicago PBS station had run run Hari Kiri every night after Midnight. Until then, I had never seen a Japanese movie. I was fascinated by how followed the same lone-hero against evil men theme that every American western used as a plot structure, but did it differently. Ebert was interested. He said, "Please meet me here in the lobby after the show. I have a question for you." When we met we talked some more about both Ran and Hari Kiri. Then he asked "Are you aware that I teach a class for the Chicago extension of University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana?" "One of my courses in on film, which is how I got this movies review job on television. There's a private office building on the near north that contains 6 or 7 theaters, some with seats for 5 or 6 people. Some as many as 30. They are used mostly by ad agencies to show commercials to advertisers. Sometimes promoters will show a feature film to operators of the major movie theaters. I use one of them to teach a U-of-I Liberal Arts Credit Course every Tuesday night. "Every semester I teach a different film genre. First, I explain what I know about the movie and where it fits in the genre. I discuss what might be different about it. Then we watch the movie. Following that we have an open discussion, maybe 15 or 20 students. Opinions are encouraged as long as you can defend them. It's very casual. Because it starts at 6, some students bring a brown bag. I have only one rule. At no time will I hear a single wrapper or package. If I do, you leave. "Semester starting next week is on Japanese film and the first movie is . . . Hari Kiri . . . it is important for the reasons you explained. But I am not really qualified to give the opening remarks because I have never seen Hari Kiri, I only have some obscure reviews and none of them say the things you explained. I believe that you know what you are talking about. "Will you come to next Tuesday's class and take my place in explaining what they are going to see? " I told him I was much to busy for that. I said I was annoyed he would even ask. NOT I showed up. He introduced me and explained why I was there. I gave my 10-minutes of comments. I was asked some challenging questions. Then we watched the movie. I was mentioned in post-film discussion for having recognized the things I had that they also found while viewing it. After the class, Ebert invited me to monitor the class for the rest of semester, without charge, as we studied other Japanese classics. I was encouraged to participate in the post-showing discussions. At the end of that semester, he invited me to repeated my attendance for his famous Film Noir series. I did that too. I would have continued in other semesters but I moved to the Dominican Republic to be the editor of an English-language weekly newspaper there.

narrator, if you are going speak that fast and without inflection, you would be much easier to understand if you would take some diction lessons and learn to ar-tic-u-late. Like most of us, you are so accustomed to your own speech you are not aware of what others hear - and do not hear.

Ey Sharkie. Hope you're still doing okay.

that was great thank you!

These reviews are so damn good.

Great job man, your love and understanding for the film really shows.

Thank you for saving me from actually suffering through this movie! This review was really funny! Love the insights.

I'd like to see a compare and contrast of this film and 2012 _Dredd_ . We have the "what went wrong" and "what could be done better" with this film, but I'd love to see where _Dredd_ fails and if _Judge Dredd_ does those things better, along with things that are vise versa but not obviously noticed.

Great review! I love Niccu's art, but your presentation style and editing was pretty great here :3 I'll recommend that you review There Will Be Blood or if you wanted to stick with the 90s movies, how about Spawn?

"LAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWr" gg very fun review

Hello! Great work gamer!

great work, gamer! keep it up!