Well, I gotta say – I was a little disappointed, but not as disappointed as I thought I would be. Good portrayal of Luther’s passions were few and far between, while his message on how God wouldn’t send people to hell and is a God of love seemed too 90’s for my taste.

Joseph Fiennes was the wrong guy to do this. Luther is a human being, which is good – just not the right human being. He’s portrayed as unsure of himself, depressed, and scared most of the time, which just doesn’t describe any Germans I know.

And the music… good Lord was it oppresive. The sound mix was just terrible, and I could barely hear the conversations in the movie.

Fortunately, they did get several things right, and did so with gusto. Unfortunately, they surrounded those few things with other things they did wrong, and I just can’t recommend this movie except to extreme fans of Luther who don’t mind him badly portrayed by the guy who nearly ruined Shakespeare for me back in 98.