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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Watched this last night - that ending totally ruined what was an amazing film!!! We were audibly booing at our TV.

I understand that it was supposed to represent a test of faith, but it was completely beyond my ability to suspend disbelief for the purposes of artistic license. It was already a crazy stretch that they would elect such a random dude to the papacy. The film should’ve ended there. [/quote]

Well … they just elected a pope that nobody thought was in the running, so that checks out. Remember that the plot involved and event that literally shook up the deliberations to make the pope’s background more relevant.

As for the twist I thought it was eye-rolling too, but it also tickled me because it is exactly the kind of thought experiment that Catholic theologians could have a ball over. The only thing that I thought was missing was actually more delving into that aspect - they could have had the Ralph Fiennes character doing some research into it. Also the twist really added to the Ralph Fiennes character’s journey (which is what the movie is really about) - he could have tanked the elected pope and then probably have been elected himself but he did not. The twist was another piece of evidence for him that the Holy Spirit is mysterious and omnipresent. Remember that he was having a crisis of faith. [/quote]

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