Movies to get in the mood

[Luciano15]

I don't know if there are subtitles for this one, but Isabel is a great series, its in Spanish. About the life of isabel la catolica, how she got to queen and her marriage to fernando.
It is a great way to get the feeling of how they lived in that age, in the middle of the age of discoveries, next season will be out soon and its all about the conquest of granada and the new world.

 

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I don't know if there are subtitles for this one, but Isabel is a great series, its in Spanish. About the life of isabel la catolica, how she got to queen and her marriage to fernando.
It is a great way to get the feeling of how they lived in that age, in the middle of the age of discoveries, next season will be out soon and its all about the conquest of granada and the new world.

English subtitles: http://subscene.com/subtitles/isabel-first-season/english/710474

 

[cristofolmc]

I don't know if there are subtitles for this one, but Isabel is a great series, its in Spanish. About the life of isabel la catolica, how she got to queen and her marriage to fernando.
It is a great way to get the feeling of how they lived in that age, in the middle of the age of discoveries, next season will be out soon and its all about the conquest of granada and the new world.

Do you really think it is a great serie? It is a sh**, like all spanish historical series nowadays.

 

[h0tSteel]

I just watched "Emerging Empires Collide" more a documentary than a movie, but it does set the mood for EU4!
just wish I could see the rest of part 1

It was posted here http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?705195-Emerging-Empires-Collide-(documentary)

 

[Luciano15]

Do you really think it is a great serie? It is a sh**, like all spanish historical series nowadays.

I really do, i love history, and i read a lot, but its really hard for me to get the feeling of being there, in all these places cause i live in south america and there is no medieval castle or anything to help you understand how the lived back then. I know it is not 100% accurate, but it works

 

[Viperswhip]

Didn't read the whole thread, but the Sharpe movies are all pretty cool.

 

[alexthelol]

Braveheart. FREEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Warning: You might feel the urgent need to play Scotland afterwards.

 

[Misha Brianski]

40 Borgias and no single Ivan the Terrible

Here he goes...

Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible / Иван Грозный (1944) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037824/
Tsar / Царь (2009) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424431
1612 / 1612: Хроники Смутного времени (2007) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139085

 

[Danny-Dynamita]

I approve.

Also, one of my favorites that I highly recommend is Muhteşem Yüzyıl, based on the life of Suleiman the Magnificent and his Ruthenian slave wife's gradual rise to power. It is available in a variety of languages, not English though.

Oh no, plz... All the women of my family see that show and it's driving all us men crazy! All the time, everywhere, and don't even try to disrupt their "Suleiman time" or you're done.

Braveheart. FREEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Warning: You might feel the urgent need to play Scotland afterwards.

Already going for the pocorn... =D

 

[Diablosrouge]

Deliciate yourselves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgHS56qMqfk and get ready to colonize the world.

 

[MaximusII]

Haven't seen them myself but the Arn series? And Kingdom of Heaven? But that's maybe more CK-mood.^^

Or the Russian movie Poltava? Haven't seen it myself though.

One I have seen is the Swedish "Black Adder" inspired "Nisse Hults Historiska Snedsteg" ("Nisse Hult's Historical Sidesteps") which pokes fun of (in quite realistic and historical correct ways) different parts of Swedish history, like Gustav Vasa's reign, Queen Christina, the burning of the Royal Castle and Bellmann. If you can find it with english subtitles I really recommend it! For those scandinavians who don't know about, it's from the same guy who made the "Kenny Starfighter"-series!

Otherwise, you can listen to Sabaton's latest studioalbum "Carolus Rex", escpielly if you want to get in the mood for Sweden:

http://open.spotify.com/album/1CoGg40NBclT9PN5lik95n

 

[Danny-Dynamita]

Deliciate yourselves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgHS56qMqfk and get ready to colonize the world.

Mmmmm... I think I would rather don't let the Americas to be colonized by those filthy Europeans! I will kill them all with my sneaky native-american assassins!!!

 

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Mmmmm... I think I would rather don't let the Americas to be colonized by those filthy Europeans! I will kill them all with my sneaky native-american assassins!!!

It's ok. My Japanese fleet will be right behind them.

 

[smeggy]

Amadeus (1984) - An exceptional movie about the life of Amadeus Mozart as seen through the eyes of Antonio Salieri.

I like those movies bout artists of the time, especially the composers. Are there any more to recommend, bout Hayden or Bach, or my favorite Purcell?

* Edit *
Girl with a Pearl Earring, bout Vermeer, a 17th century painter: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335119/

 

[spinoza013]

Braveheart. FREEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Warning: You might feel the urgent need to play Scotland afterwards.

Except it's 400 years in the past ( in CKII timescale) and historically a load of mince. Apart from that some cool Battle scenes in Ireland.

 

[Danny-Dynamita]

It's ok. My Japanese fleet will be right behind them.

:O Don't worry, I was just joking because... I'm also a future Japanese/Korean/Han/Mongol conqueror/explorer/colonist. Japan might be my first game if not Ming.

 

[mightypirate]

Not a movie, but the Showtime series The Tudors is amazing.

I really enjoyed the Tudors as well. It's funny, they decided not to have Henry gain a bunch of weight in his later years but they gave good ole Charles V (a very minor character in the show) the Hapsburg Jaw.

I think I'm going to start watching Borgia on Netflix tonight...you know...to get in the mood.

 

[SirWallyWombat]

I just finished what was available of 'Borgia' on Netflix as well as reached 'With Fire And Sword'. I feel it is my duty now to unite all of Italy, or rebuild the great hordes.

 

[MercutioUK]

I would definitely add on top of your suggestions the films "A Man for All Seasons" (life of Thomas More), the Agony and the Ecstasy (Michelangelo, the Pope and the Sistine Chapel) and "The Last Valley" (One of the few movies about the Thirty Years War).

On TV, I would suggest The Tudors as well. Like many, I thought it would be a lot of sex and Henry VIII being the Renaissance Keith Richards, but it is accurate. Shame that you won't see him as fat as he was supposed to be. I still think BBC's "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" is still the best, the scene of Henry in armour being lifted by a crane to mount his own horse is just a classic.