Comparison of Henry V as Directed by Kenneth Branagh and as Directed by Laurence Olivier

applies to movies. There are so many
             aspects of movies that have become so much the norm that there is a
             tendency to judge any film as bad if these elements are not present. For
             this reason, there is a tendency to see Olivier's version as not being as
             good as Branagh's. However, it must be noted that a major reason for this
             effect is that one is automatically judging Olivier's version based on
             today's standard in film. In Olivier's time, film was in its infancy and
             new techniques were only just being employed. Based on this, it must be
             remembered that Olivier's film was inventive for the time, where Olivier
             had to more creative in determining how to tell the story and present it as
             a film. In contrast, Branagh did not need to be as inventive and did not
             have to experiment with new techniques. In some ways, comparing the two
             versions is like comparing the first plane ever built with mass-produced
             aircraft in the modern time. In one way, it is easy to say that the mass-
             produced planes are far superior and that th
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