Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History

Learn history!!! A lot of wrong facts in the first few minutes. It seems the director / writer / producer wants to tell their story, whether it's true or not. This is not a documentation, but a mockumentary. Or they were just sloppy.

This documentary is extremely boring but also weirdly made. It's a series of stock images of Medieval and Renaissance Europe flashed upon the screen alongside video game background music. I felt like I was waiting for my game to load as brief, meaningless pictures of plague-torn Italy or poor peasants begging in the streets accompanied "rock star" shots of white men in robes of fur and silk sashaying around cathedrals.

"Teenaged Pope was a Sociopath" intrigue gives way to "There Was One Pope in France and Another in Italy!" then suddenly fast forward to "Pope John Paul II almost collapsed on the throne, but Benedict scandalously is the first pope to ever step down voluntarily and is that worse?"

I feel like Liam Neeson and whomever else was involved in this doc was trying to appeal to the sort of viewers who go see stupid super hero flicks as adults.

Maybe, not the theme itself, but the manner to use it defines this portrait of the leader of Catholic Church. Commentaries, comparations, subtle explored details, characters and their facts, the way who the present is influenced, in profound sense, by the events of past. At the first sigh, nothing new, but the desire to propose a large image, for large public is not a bad thing. Sure, knowledge and understanding are purpose. And the result is more than decent.

One of the worst documentaries I've ever watched. I couldn't even finish episode one. So many historical inaccuracies, over generalizations and poor explanations. Did they even check the credentials of the "experts"? I think this should be taken down from all platforms and all copies burned or deleted. Do not waste your time watching this garbage. If I was the creator of this trash I would be so embarrassed and never produce a documentary again. My goodness, every historian should be insulted by this junk. Catholics and orthodox Christian's should be insulted by this garbage. Do not watch it. Block it from your pages.

I got 5 minutes into this piece of trash before I gave up on historical accuracy

1) It says that Christianity was illegal. No, it wasn't, in general. The Jewish authorities were threatened by it, and would cause trouble, blaming the Christians. So Christians would be blamed for civil unrest, not for their beliefs. The Neronian persecution was not throughout the empire, but in the city of Rome only, because Nero needed a scapegoat.

2) Some alleged scholar claimed that Rome was the ONLY city with an apostle. But, prior to Rome, Peter was resident in Antioch. Andrew was resident in Byzantium. John was the leader of the church in Ephesus.

A little bit of historical research could have easily corrected these errors. "Scholars" interviewed couldn't be bothered. I, therefore, can't be bothered to watch it.