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Summary: this movie should be 0 star
Review: This movie is terrible, Milla Jovovich cannot act and the scenes of this film are horrible!!! Don't waist your money or your time on this poop! If you want to know the story of Joan of Arc just read a book!
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Summary: Why isn't there a 0 stars?
Review: This is quite possibly one of the worst films ever conceived. Not just made, but conceived. Milla Jovovich can't act her way out of a wet paper bag. I thought The Fifth Element illustrated that. The following people wasted their time and talent on this project: Dustin Hoffman, John Malcovich, Tchéky Karyo, Faye Dunaway. The insane in your face cinematography and the disturbing screaming and gestures of Jovovich's are just awful. Why does Bravo: The Film and Arts Network include this in their 5-Star Cinema series? It's fertilizer.
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Summary: The Messenger
Review: I watch a lot of history movies, and I seen many complaints about the accuracy of a book to a movie. Exspecially with this movie. Yes, it was too Hollywood. But without Hollywood a person would not get the deep down war camera views. I totally loved it, and it basically pretty fair on the true story of Joan of Arc.
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Summary: Is Jeanne a Heroine or Not?
Review: Is the director French? Is Joan not a French heroine? If the answer is yes to both questions, then I have a hard time understanding why Besson makes her "confess" that all her great deeds were a mistake. It doesn't bother me to interpret Joan of Arc as a lunatic - for all I know she may have been schizophrenic indeed! (What else makes you hear voices?) What I don't like is the notion that Joan herself lost faith in her own cause, questioned her own motives and regretted what she did, as apparently Besson makes her do at the end. That's not my idea of a heroine or hero.
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Summary: Model to Actress... Excellent Job
Review: All I have to say is that this movie is great. It keeps you captivated and curious. Anyone thinking about buying it etc. should definitely do so.
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Summary: Over Acting and Excessive Violence Killed this Movie
Review: Luc Besson has done some spectacular movies. This is not one of them. Milla's over-acting creates a character who is both annoying and difficult to believe. None of the central characters are easy to empathize with so one doesn't really care if they live or die. The violence seems unnecessary and gruesome. The script is choppy and the dialog is forced. Go watch The Professional instead.
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Summary: Burn this film at the stake!
Review: The first fifteen minutes of the film are mesmerizing as young Joan of Arc is explored with her leanings towards enjoying confession and how she got her calling. A fascinating openning.
The only justification for the two stars I gave it.Then unfortuneately, Mila Jovanivich takes over as the grown up Joan of Arc. A very unfortunate casting choice. She runs the gamut of acting emotions ranging from a to b. She gawks in amazement and her eyes bulge with absolutely nothing underneath. She is unconvincing and annoying in this role. To add to this, her hair color changes from scene to scene. One scene she is blonde then she is brunette. Is this to distract us from her acting? Is this a God given hair color change? Or is it a vision from Clairol?
Faye Dunaway and John Malkovich give good performances but they are not in enough of the movie to save it. By the time Dustin Hoffman shows up at the end, who even cares? Aside from the great opening, the hole mishmash shows no insight into Joan of Arc. After the fascinating opening--the ball is dropped and that is the director and lead actor's fault. Lead a nation in battle? This woman can't lead a movie. Haven't seen other versions of the Joan of Arc Story but this definitely isn't the one to see.
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Summary: The Best Version of Joan of Arc
Review: This movie rates in my top ten of best movies of all time. It gives me an intense emotional kick every time that I see it. Milla Jovovich's performance was great and it is a real tragedy that this movie and her performance has been lambasted by the critics. What do they want? Another Ingrid Bergman. Jovovich's portayal of Joan is as I imagined her to be. However, I must admit that I did want to see her in a few quiet momemts of mental clarity reflecting on her lost dreams of love and happiness. This will become a cult classic and I dearsay that it will be a long time before any better version is produced. Kudos to Besson for taking a stab at orthodoxy and religion's twisted view of history.
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Summary: My kind of history lesson
Review: Don’t be put off by the bleetings of the pseudo-intelligentsia. This is a meaty costume high-budget production. And it just gets better with each viewing. OK, so the film ends with a whimper rather than a bang, but that’s the beauty of home-watching â€" you can enjoy the good bits, in this case the first 2 hours of the movie, where a gruesome chain of events lead up to the young Jeanne taking control of the French army and kicking the grim-faced Brits out of Orleans. There’s something here for everyone â€" there’s enough action and gore to keep young boys aged 12 â€" 99 interested, the acting performances are lively bordering on cartoon characterisation, the pacing is nice and fast (except for the ending which we won’t go into), and Luc Besson spreads his magic dust over it all to provide a slab of high-quality action/drama entertainment. You might want to warn your kid sister/girlfriend/wife that there is no love interest whatsoever. But wait until AFTER you’ve purchased the movie.
Oh yeah, and if you haven’t fallen in love with Milla Jovovich by the end of the first hour you’re made of sterner stuff than me.
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Summary: A Saint???
Review: The woman in this movie was no saint. How can anybody who signs their faith over to save their own neck be a saint? And then she goes and admits that she did everything for her own revenge. Was God in this movie at all??? I doubt it. The devil was in it though and Joan surely goes straight to Hell after she is killed. I was expecting an uplifting movie about a woman of God. Instead I got a movie about some nut.
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