Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel (do not challenge me on this) Prometheus received a fairly lukewarm response across the board, and now the film can add one more displeased viewer to the list: God.
The Vatican’s official newspaper has officially attacked the film, cementing its place among other damned films like The Da Vinci Code and Avatar. The paper’s criticism is summed up as “[it's] a bad idea to defy the gods,” (wait, gods?) the general opinion being that the film irresponsibly plays with questions that we as human beings ought not ask.
The science fiction thriller — starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, and Charlize Theron — tells a story about a team of explorers seeking to understand the origins of mankind on earth after discovering a series of clues left behind by ancient civilizations.
L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s official newspaper, said that Prometheus “mishandles the delicate questions raised by … the battle eternal between good and evil in yet another attempt to steak the secret of immortality.” The holy rag also opines that “the journey of Prometheus should instead symbolize the search for the supernatural,” instead of opting for a scientific explanation that upsets most world religions.
The Vatican paper doesn’t hate all films though. It was quite taken with Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments, Jesus of Nazareth from Franco Zeffirelli, Mel Gibson’s The Passion of The Christ, Victor Flemming’s Joan of Arc and It’s a Wonderful Life from Frank Capra. Do I need to tell you what they all have in common?
Other Prometheus-related news: We reported last week that the film is available ahead of its hard-copy release through digital retailers, so go get it if you want it! That is all.
who gives a shit what the dried up old Dead and forgot vatican even cares about.. some days the relgions you all so hold dear will be brought out for the Fraud that it really is.. a ponsy control scheme to control the mass's by fear of Buring in hell for all time if you even think of sin…
I for one will never believe in a god who says we have free will but then Knows ALL things before they happen which completely bash's free will in the face.. WE have NO free will if some Floating cosmic Zombie knows weather we are going to hell or heaven before we are even born..
who gives a shit what the dried up old Dead and forgot vatican even cares about.. some days the relgions you all so hold dear will be brought out for the Fraud that it really is.. a ponsy control scheme to control the mass's by fear of Buring in hell for all time if you even think of sin…
I for one will never believe in a god who says we have free will but then Knows ALL things before they happen which completely bash's free will in the face.. WE have NO free will if some Floating cosmic Zombie knows weather we are going to hell or heaven before we are even born..
I don't know about the whole organized religion thing or what the Vatican says but sin isn't the issue. Free will comes in when we choose to accept Jesus. If we do-heaven. I'd we don't-hell. Sorry, just wanted to clear that up lol
I don't know about the whole organized religion thing or what the Vatican says but sin isn't the issue. Free will comes in when we choose to accept Jesus. If we do-heaven. I'd we don't-hell. Sorry, just wanted to clear that up lol
How can it be free will when God knows before you do .. that totaly wipes free will of the slate.. . thats like me puting a Rat in a maze with only 1 exit .. tech the rat has free will to go where ever he wish's in the maze but I know there is only 1 way out and i know the rat will take it.. so there for the rat does not have free will …its predatirmend
The only question here is why they didn't actually make a good movie.