The official newspaper of the Vatican, L’Osservatore Romano, seems to think that “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” fails at the “representation of evil.” Honestly, I didn’t think the Vatican would even take the time to review any movies.
In his scathing review though, critic Emilio Ranzato not only takes shots at creator George Lucas, but he also criticizes director J.J. Abrams and the new evil characters in the film. The fact that a newspaper, which is supposed to be a voice for the Catholic Church and the Pope, is even criticizing a fictional space movie, seems even more unbelievable than a fictional space movie.
As CNET reports though, Ranzato was not impressed with the amount of evil the new characters brought to the movie by quoting him as saying:
“The new director’s set-up fails most spectacularly in its representation of evil, meaning the negative characters. Darth Vader and, above all, the Emperor Palpatine were two of the most efficient villains in that genre of American cinema.”
As Ranzato’s review goes, he is evidently not impressed with actor Adam Driver and his portrayal of villain Kylo Ren either, writing:
“The counterpart of Darth Vader, Kylo Ren, wears a mask merely to emulate his predecessor, while the character who needs to substitute the emperor Palpatine as the incarnation of supreme evil represents the most serious defect of the film. Without revealing anything about the character, all we will say is that it is the clumsiest and tackiest result you can obtain from computer graphics.”
Imagine that, the Vatican unimpressed with a fictional character. If it was up to them I’m sure they would change the script as well. Also, I would love to know if the Pope watched it in a secret private theater he has in the Vatican.
Lastly, maybe Mr. Ranzato could write a piece on real evil, such as children being abused at the hands of trusted adults.
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