Product: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Region 2) (1999)
Rating: 3.0
It was okay
Milla Jovovich no matter how people delight in demeaning her (as model turned actress) She has a gift for acting (in my opinion) she got my attention, in this film and I've began watching her other work.The fight scenes are pretty gory, but my stomach can stand that. I could've done without the rape scene...but I'm sure that's probably historically accurate....Dustin Hoffman...well at times I found him a little annoying as her "conscience".The way Jesus was portrayed was kinda interestingI remember a moment in the film, in the middle or near the end of the war when the land is drenched in blood from both sides, and Jesus "appears" to her and says "what are you doing to me, Joan?" (or something like that lol) It had become somewhat of a "holy war" Joan in the film tells the English to surrender to the King of Heaven in the beginning. One of the French soldiers says 'God's on our side" and another remarks "let's hope God never becomes neutral" sarcastically.What ever it was, "The Messenger" is just a movie, and it was a brave portrayal and made an interesting film.