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Originally Posted by Kim G  For those who have seen it, what did you think?
I always enjoy films about history, recognizing of course that events are added/changed to fit a 2 hour film. My biggest letdown was that the movie didn't portrayed Luther's conversion when he first understood the gospel of justification by faith alone. The movie almost seemed more like a political revolution than anything else. Did I miss something? Or was I expecting too much? |
No, you didn't. I really don't like the new Luther movie very much - it was, to me, too 'prettified', and lacked much of the really interesting parts of Luther's story, that the old classic version catches (though sometimes clumsily). We own the old version - couldn't imagine buying the new one.
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