Product: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Region 2) (1999)
Rating: 5.0
Use your mind with this one...
If you are going to watch this movie and truely enjoy it, you must keep an open mind. It is graphically beautiful ( the fight scenes are well done and emotional ), the acting unmatched, and the storyline neutral. The story lets you think about what was actually going through Joan's head. Nobody can really say, and the movie doesn't try to decide for us, which is exactly why this movie is so great.It let's you use your imagination while you watch. It's not very often you get to see something on TV, or in the movies that makes you imagine, usually the director will do that for you, and put it in the movie.The Messenger doesn't leave much to the imagination only in spots where it wanted to make it's points, and show pieces of history we CAN prove to be. The fight scenes are graphic, and they show many weapons of war in that time ( trebuchet, mace, wall towers, etc. ). It stops the imagination to inform and teach.This movie disturbs people because it does a lot of things that take them out of their comfort zone. To me, that makes it a classic in itself. A must buy if you want to use your mind. If you are looking for a blockbuster movie that is nothing but excitement, watch DIE HARD. This movie is, in its own way, a masterpiece.