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Rented the DVD of this clinker today. Luc Besson ("Fifth Element", "La Femme Nikita") directs this story of Joan of Arc (I'd call it "The Last Temptation of Joan of Arc") with his usual visual dazzle (the DVD looks great), but the wide-angle camera work becomes an obtrusive annoyance. His wife, Milla Jovovich, is miserably lacking in the skills necessary to portray Joan, and Besson's tongue-in-cheek humor, used to decent effect in "Fifth Element", is seriously misplaced here. Even worse is the pretentious documentary on the making of the film, narrated by Jovovich in full makeup/black evening dress/fashion model mode. Msr. Besson, I plead with you, please stop making films featuring your wives or girlfriends!
The Battle scenes of the French vs. the English are decent, but "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" ruined this genre for me ("Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!").
Let me put it this way, I had a better time watching "Night of the Lepus" (the giant killer rabbit movie) on TNT this morning than I did watching "The Messenger".
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Topic - Stinky film warning: "The Messenger." - TAFKA Steve 15:45:57 04/09/00 (14)
- Being a great director... - Victor Khomenko 05:55:07 04/11/00 (8)
- "one popular HT demo film" - Joe S 09:10:02 04/19/00 (2)
- And our parking space was so good! - Stephen Hayes 11:14:21 04/19/00 (1)
- A lifetime of good parking spaces... - Joe S 15:47:31 04/19/00 (0)
- Re: Being a great director... - DA 14:59:32 04/11/00 (1)
- I know, I know - Luc should have married Jean Reno! - Victor Khomenko 16:08:53 04/11/00 (0)
- Nepotism = "incompetism" - TAFKA Steve 14:39:46 04/11/00 (0)
- Spanish Prisoner: bad cinema - Stephen Hayes 06:24:20 04/11/00 (1)
- Rebecca , stick to your guitar, please! More great Director/Actress duos? - Victor Khomenko 07:18:18 04/11/00 (0)
- Re: Stinky film warning: "The Messenger." - Tom Brennan 18:35:23 04/10/00 (0)
- Re: Stinky film warning: "The Messenger." - Ears 15:14:05 04/10/00 (3)
- Re: Stinky film warning: "The Messenger." - MiKe- 03:56:13 04/15/00 (2)
- Re: Stinky film warning: "The Messenger." - Ears 13:08:19 04/15/00 (1)
- Re: Stinky film warning: "The Messenger." - MiKe- 20:51:26 04/15/00 (0)
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