Product: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Region 2) (1999)
Rating: 3.0
an honest approach
I find that as I view this film over and over again that their just a mixture of feelings towards the film. At first I tend to focus on all the wrong like most people do. The movie completely transforms and warps Joan's childhood. There was no attack on her village and she never witnessed her sister getting raped that part is clear. As for the giant spinning propellers,although they might make for an awesome scene, are completely false to the times of which the period is placed.The las and most important falsehood given in the film is the way we view Joan herself. In the movie we witness her as the extremely hot headed border line luney bin character. Where as it is reported many times in history that she was calm and actually quite most of the time. By the director changing Joan's childhood it makes it seem as if most of the reason Joan is doing this is for hidden revenge. Although all these are pretty heavy crimes against history they do manage to add some historical accurate details into the film. The use of muder holes and other siege weapons (trebuchet, siege ladders, siege towers) all of these are well displayed within the movie. So if your going to buy this film it comes down to what you want in this movie. If your an action packed awesome fight scenes kind of person you'll love the movie for what it is. Which I do have to admit is a beautiful piece of work, completely wrong in many ways, yet beautiful. However, if you are a history buff who likes his movies to follow the time period. well you may be disappointed. Thats why i rated it a 3.