Product: Luther [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ]
Rating: 3.0
Good movie...if you know the background
As a Lutheran and a historian, I really enjoyed this movie. I cannot find any major faults with the acting, the script, or the setting. It really does look like 16th century Germany probably should. The movie is, in my opinion, also a very true portayal of the real Martin Luther.Again, I enjoyed this as a Lutheran and a historian. However, I imagine that this is not a movie well suited to general viewership. It delves into heavy theological questions, and challenges the viewer to keep up. I imagine that a person with little or now knowledge of the late middle ages and its theology will have major problems with this film. It sort of hurls historical figures at you without ever really introducting them. We see princes, cardinals, popes, monks, associates of Luther, etc. They just kind of show up, as if the film makers assume we know who they are and expect them. That's all well and good if you do have some historical and theological background, but if you don't, I'd either do some reading before going or pass on this movie.