Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History

I'm sure there are more reliable sources on this topic.

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.

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.

I wish they had mentioned that basically none of the storys presented in this series is in any way proven. For example the quote that "on this rock i will build my church..." was probably never said by the historical jesus (whose existence is a whole other story). The man believed that the end is near, so he had no reason to build a church that would last for millennia. In 3 out of 4 gospels this sentence is not included. After 10 minutes I was out of this show. This is missing all of the actually interesting historical questions. They should have talked to some scholars who are not as affiliated with church as those featured or at least the better informed ones within church. What this series presents as the beginning of christianity is just a world of make-believe.

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.