To All Intelligent Cine-Goers 1.0
Movie :: The Messenger- The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Cast :: Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway & Dustin Hoffman.
Milla Jovavich, no arguments about her great physique or how good of an actor she is. She completely over-shadows all her performances till date.
John Malkovich, hmm, he delivers a nice performance, in fact, he acts so well that people can actually relate how power can change a persons behavior.
Faye Dunaway, again, nice performance. One can see a glimpse of a typical sasu-maa even though she is not playing one...
Dustin Hoffman, as usual. I wonder if this guy has ever done what I would like to call over-acting in any of his movies. He, without doubts does complete justice to his role in the film.
The movie gives a glimpse of Joan’s childhood, how innocent she is and what sort of thoughts cross her mind. Movie proceeds with a rash incident in Joan’s life, which changes her outlook, her behavior & her thinking totally.
Now, Joan is firm on her belief that she is a messenger of God, who is sent to protect the French empire from the Britons. Hmm, the movie is an excellent example of how a belief can change every thing. Every Thing... (of course the movie is inspired by the real life story)
I would like to put up a dialogue from the movie.
The plot shows a jury of high priests is in the process of verifying if Joan is really a messenger of God, thus, they (priests) ask her to perform some trick/magic or produce any sign which will confirm the same, hearing this, Joan replies with some arguments before mentioning the following:
"Give me an army.
Take me to Orléans.
And there you will see the sign that I was sent to make."
Then the movie shows what majority of the mortals call glore. I would not like to disclose what happens towards the climax, of course all of us know its not going to be pretty.
The movie is extremely inspiring. When ever I watch it, I have this feeling, which makes every thing seem so simple. It is just a matter of belief.
Mi signing off with one more short line by Joan, the maiden of France:
"All you have to do is what you're told.
What could be simpler than that?"
~ El Goldman
Cast :: Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway & Dustin Hoffman.
Milla Jovavich, no arguments about her great physique or how good of an actor she is. She completely over-shadows all her performances till date.
John Malkovich, hmm, he delivers a nice performance, in fact, he acts so well that people can actually relate how power can change a persons behavior.
Faye Dunaway, again, nice performance. One can see a glimpse of a typical sasu-maa even though she is not playing one...
Dustin Hoffman, as usual. I wonder if this guy has ever done what I would like to call over-acting in any of his movies. He, without doubts does complete justice to his role in the film.
The movie gives a glimpse of Joan’s childhood, how innocent she is and what sort of thoughts cross her mind. Movie proceeds with a rash incident in Joan’s life, which changes her outlook, her behavior & her thinking totally.
Now, Joan is firm on her belief that she is a messenger of God, who is sent to protect the French empire from the Britons. Hmm, the movie is an excellent example of how a belief can change every thing. Every Thing... (of course the movie is inspired by the real life story)
I would like to put up a dialogue from the movie.
The plot shows a jury of high priests is in the process of verifying if Joan is really a messenger of God, thus, they (priests) ask her to perform some trick/magic or produce any sign which will confirm the same, hearing this, Joan replies with some arguments before mentioning the following:
"Give me an army.
Take me to Orléans.
And there you will see the sign that I was sent to make."
Then the movie shows what majority of the mortals call glore. I would not like to disclose what happens towards the climax, of course all of us know its not going to be pretty.
The movie is extremely inspiring. When ever I watch it, I have this feeling, which makes every thing seem so simple. It is just a matter of belief.
Mi signing off with one more short line by Joan, the maiden of France:
"All you have to do is what you're told.
What could be simpler than that?"
~ El Goldman
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