Review: WE'VE ALL SEEN THE MOVIES
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2013
Remarkably, much of what's seen in MOST movies is correct.Young Joan was born into a peasant household and was pious, saying the Rosary each morning and kneeling to pray when her church bells rang at 9. I saw one movie that might have stretched the truth a bit, maybe. This movie portrayed Joan running back and forth to confession all day as she remembered sins she had committed. The local priest chided her and told her she could wait till the next morning.Joan feared she would die overnight.Movies!!Joan's mother taught her to do those things a wife and mother would need to know, but Joan was helpful to young mothers in the community, too.And then Joan was visited, and I don't mean by neighbors. She was told (by THAT St.) to keep the visits to herself at first. Her visitors increased, and the reason was revealed: Joan would fight England for France!The last movie I saw seems to have been the most accurate. When she went to visit the Dauphin, he was in a crowded room with no crown. Only divine intervention led Joan to the correct person.The same movie showed Joan take an arrow in the neck, but it missed all major arteries. She was bandaged and sent back in action.I won't rehash all the action.Part of her life reminds me of Peter's life. Peter had been in prison in Rome, but friends helped him escape. On his way out of Rome, as the story goes, he met Jesus Christ going into Rome. Peter asked his teacher where He was going."I'm going to Rome to be crucified again."Peter turned around and walked back to Rome. Sometimes a sacrifice is needed.Joan knew when she was walking into danger, too; her voices had told her. She didn't back down.It's easy to be courageous when you know you're going to win. Joan of Arc showed great courage when she knew she wouldn't.This book details every cheap trick that was played on her, and what it eventually cost the trickster.Maybe someday, someone will make an accurate movie. Until then, this is a great book.