Product: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Region 2) (1999)
Rating: 5.0
Excellent Movie!
For all of you who complain that Joan of Arc was portrayed as an insane, manical character, I beg to remind you- she was. There is ground to argue both sides, but I personally believe that she was insane (yes, I am a Christian). We picked this movie up to watch at a friend's house, and I was surprise how much I liked it. I was particularly surprise by how much it changed my mind about Joan of Arc.In the Messenger, Joan is a poor French peasent girl who, after witnessing her sister's murder and rape, holds a hatred for the English which she quenches in battle after she recieves a "vision from God" and becomes His Messenger. She faces hardships and trouble as she tries to win back France from the English, but her faith keeps her going, even when he King takes back the army he gave her.I was particulalry happy with the battle scenes. Not with the blood and death during the battle, but the fact that they did what I believe to be an excellent interperatation of Joan's reaction to the aftermath.I'm not sure how historically accurate this movie is because I never studied Joan of Arc all that carefully, but I found this to be an entertaining, enjoyable movie.