“Avatar” has taken the world by storm, grossing over $1 billion in just four weeks on the big screen.
The movie takes place on a planet called Pandora in the year 2154, where humans have started a mining colony that is environmentally UN-friendly.
Still, the Roman Catholic Church is not a fan. The Vatican has said that the film is bland and overly-sentimental in reviews issued this week.
“Avatar” will be released in Italy later this week. Vatican Radio called discounted the film as pedestrian, but did add it was “rather harmless.” It has also gotten less-than-favorable reviews from the Holy See’s official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.
“It has a great deal of enchanting, stunning technology, but few genuine or human emotions,” L’Osservatore Romano wrote of the spectacle. “Its significance is in its visual impact rather than in the story, and in its messages, despite the fact that they are hardly new.”
“Cameron, concentrating on the creation of the fantasy world of Pandora, chooses a bland approach. He tells the story without any profound exploration.” L’Osservatore Romano added.
Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said that while the movie reviews are just that – film criticism, with no theological weight – they do reflect Pope Benedict XVI‘s views on the dangers of turning nature into a ‘new divinity.’”
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