Black Robe

The movie that i watched was Black Robe. This movie is about a Jesuit priest and his friend were journeying on a mission with the Algonquin tribe to go to the Huron Indians to convert them to Catholicism. During this journey many different events that made him question his faith. One thing was that the Algonquins thought he was a demon and they didn't trust him at all. Then soon later they ran into the Iroquois Tribe. This was a fierce tribe that acted like animals instead of men. They keep the priest, his friend, the Algonquin leader and his daughter captive. They tortured and eliminated them and kept them over night. They escaped that night with the help of the daughter. Soon after they had escaped the Algonquin leader died because the arrowhead in his stomach from when they were fighting with the Iroquois. So it was only three of them left heading to the Huron village. The priest went alone to the Huron village and the priests friend and the daughter of the Algonquin leader went for safety. Once the priest made it to the village, he baptized the villagers and they were converted to Catholicism. Then fifteen years later, the Iroquois attacked and killed the Huron village and the priest.

There were a couple things that were touched of World History in this movie. One was how the Indians acted and how they treated everyone else. For example the Iroquois tribe was very brutal and harsh on their prisoners. They were a more powerful tribe and the other two, the Huron and Algonquin were weaker. Also how people tried spreading Catholicism to people. It was like how people get martyred today. The priest went through all that trouble to get through one tribe, he truly made a difference in a tribe.

The one thing that really reinforced my thought was how the Iroquois acted. They were so brutal to whoever came to their village. From going through a beating path to the leader to getting your finger cut off, they truly acted like animals. Also what they said what they were going to do if they didn't escaped was going to be painful. The leader said that they would die a slow death and that they were going to peel each layer of skin off when they are still alive. That to me is just sick and wrong.

I thought the movie was going to be boring for two reasons. One was that i thought it wont be good because its from the 90s. Also it just looked boring to me. It was actually a pretty good movie. I didn't really want to look away because i thought i would miss something good. It had a bit of romance and suspense. I like the movie.