It's so amazing how such simple things can be distorted and perverted. Such instances are notable in the life time of Martin Luther, a German monk trying to figure out his life in Wittenberg, and he has purchased an indulgence from the church to spare a soul from decades of life in purgatory. Something is just out of place to Luther. Why do we have to pay extra for the pardoning of sin? Why do we think that relics pose supernatural capabilities in what is supposedly perceived as a people under God?
Luther's epiphanies are shown in his acts of writing his ninety-five theses. Everything seemed wrong in the sense of pieces of paper save, instead of pure belief in God and the salvation that lies in accepting and believing the act of His son, Jesus Christ; so with his now renowned ideas, Martin Luther has started a revolt with his own pieces of paper. Sadly, the church would not allow these acts to go unpunished, and they strongly and undoubtedly thought that Luther was committing heresy and must repent or recant for this sin. Luther, steadfast at this time, would not recant for his actions for the fact that none of what the Roman Catholic Church preaches is justified by the scriptures; for this reason, he will be placed on trial.
The trial was a soothing success for Luther because he refused to recant unless his works were disproved only by scripture. The people, however, would corrupt Luther's works and thousands upon thousands would lose their lives, even within the church. He would later transcribe the New Testament into the German language which was a final straw for the church, but it would pass and that would be a turning point in Christendom.
Luther was very well done. It pained me to see how Christ was being replaced by paper for salvation, and how those who agreed with that corrupted the plans to avoid that. It portrayed in great detail how one man could change the views of the world, but it did seem possible to work and not be something that was conjured up by a writer. On the negative side, there seemed to be a small decline in flow of the storyline as it neared the conclusion. Also, other than with the production, it seemed as if Martin Luther vanished in the storyline toward the revolt of the people.
On the positive side, it was amazing how they decided to stick with an accurate depiction of the actual historical events. The character relationships were believable in the sense that Luther cared for the situations of the common man rather than an actor convincing a spectator that he truly cares. I recommend this movie to anyone interested in, or even never heard of, Martin Luther and his Ninety-five\ Theses. I enjoyed it and liked how it became a visual aid in retrospect of history. I give Luther a four out of five.