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Title: Luther Post by: sincereheart on December 03, 2004, 07:25:19 AM Did anyone see it? Any thoughts on it? :)
Title: Re:Luther Post by: 2nd Timothy on December 06, 2004, 05:41:35 AM Havent even heard of it...whats it about?
Title: Re:Luther Post by: sincereheart on December 06, 2004, 07:00:33 AM Quote Plot: The story begins in the year 1505 showing a young Martin Luther in a rain storm when a bolt of lightening lands close to him and prompts him to hang up his study of law and apply for acceptance the following day in an Augustinian monastery. The film then narrates Luther's pilgrimage to Rome in 1510 and shows people all over the steps of the church buying indulgences for relatives – a practice that makes the church wealthy and fools the poor. Luther rebels against the church and writes an essay of 95 theses which he nails on the church door. He is then hunted by the church which forces him to defend himself. Luther's life as an outlaw – excommunicated and banned by the Pope as well as the emperor – is depicted in the film, as well as his "exile" in the tower of the Wartburg castle, where he translated the entire New Testament into German within 11 weeks. The story shows how Luther’s deep faith and convictions made this German reformer both a rebel and a leader of his day. Review: http://www.crosswalk.com/fun/movies/1222106.html (http://www.crosswalk.com/fun/movies/1222106.html) Official site: http://lutherthemovie.com/ (http://lutherthemovie.com/) Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/luther/ (http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/luther/) Title: Re:Luther Post by: sincereheart on December 08, 2004, 07:50:56 AM No one saw it? Or no one wants to admit it? :-X
Title: Re:Luther Post by: ollie on December 11, 2004, 08:37:49 AM Yes I have seen it. Been awhile. Do not remember if it is historically accurate or fluffed up a bit as Hollywood usually does.
Luther was a major player in the break from the church at Rome. He urged his followers to identify with Christ and not himself. Well we know how that turned out. Not as he said. A very good book is "Here I Stand, Martin Luther" if interested in the life of Luther and history about him and his raising the sword, of what he thought was truth, (much was), against the adulteration, heresy, and pollution of truth, of the church at Rome. ollie Title: Re:Luther Post by: sincereheart on December 14, 2004, 08:20:41 AM I wonder if there's more than one out? This one just came out on DVD and was done in 2003, I think. :-\
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