Product: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Region 2) (1999)
Rating: 5.0
Very good movie
Many people are hot or cold on this movie. Some say it is not accurate, others say it is accurate. Some say the lead is wrong, (Jovovich,) others say she is perfect. Here is what I think.I know little about French history. Even in my Western Civ class in college, the Hundred Years War was a bit lacking in material, so I cannot claim to be well versed in Joan of Arc. However, what I do know about her meshes into the film. What exactly was she? Who knows. Crazy? Maybe. A faithful servant of her God? She thought so. Are there erreors in the movie? Most movies do. Are they a detriment to the film? I really don't know.The film is well produced. The actors play their roles well, the battle scenes are fantastic, the atmosphere is outstanding. I think the movie is the best movie Besson has made, over Leon and La Femme Nikita both. If Joan was a homely girl, or if some sequence in the battle wasn't quite historically accurate, I don't think it matters. After all, look at Pearl Harbor. Loads of people think that movie is the greatest thing since buttered toast, and errors abound. not that that is an excuse, just there is a difference between openly making something politically correct a historical error. Nothing I saw in The Messenger was a blaring error.