Review of The Message (1976) by Jasenko P — 14 Mar 2010

THE BEGINNING OF AN ENDLESS JOURNEY!

Without a doubt The best movie ever made! And my favourite movie of all time!

A ture Masterpiece! Brilliant Musical score, beautiful cinematography, a wonderful script, and terrific acting.

Based on a true story!

This film is about how Islam began from the beginning until its establishment. It shows the true meaning of Islam, its roots, its basic beliefs, and much more...

When I first saw this film, it left me in tears and speechless for quite some time after.When I watch it today, it still does! I don't believe anyone can watch this film and not become moved or even shaken by what he or she sees and hears!

Note: This was a risky movie to make, considering they didn't show the prophet Muhammeds face neither his voice yet the film was based on him, and yet Moustapha Akkad managed to make such a brilliant film.

For a while before Akkad decided to make this movie about the life of Prophet Mohammed and the beginnings of Islam, many never even dared talking about making this movie. In Islam, it is prohibited to impersonate any of the prophets, but Akkad found a way around it.

With soft sad music, and powerful camera work, we felt the presence of Prophet Mohammed without having to see him or hear him.

And just think about this for a sec!

This film took almost 7 YEARS to shoot and 9 YEARS to prepare. WOW.

Anthony Quinn is no doubt one of the greatest actors of all time and he is one of my favourite actores.

And again I must say the music in this movie is one of the best film scores in the film history!

I'd recommend this movie to all movie lovers out there and to all those seeking to know the truth and history of Islam as it is a true portrayal of the struggle of prophet Muhammed to deliver the message of Allah (God) to the world and a display of the principals and standards of Islam.

Watching this movie will probably not make you go out to become a muslim (although I have read that most of the cast/crew involved did so.).

This movie is very powerful and uplifting. With todays views on Islam being bad due to extremists who are doing sin against Islam yet claim to be Muslims, this movie honestly tells the truth, it is a must watch to get a real view on the religion and not the view that the media has been feeding us which is sooo far from the truth and full of lies.

What I was wondering was. Why did they ban this great film in USA and EUROPE from 1976 to 2001 ???

I GUARANTEE you this movie will be a life changing experience that will add something to your soul it maybe never had.

And a salute to Moustapha Akkad, a legend of his time.

A MUST SEE MOVIE!!!