Political fail

Rating: 2/10 (1 May 2014)

In an all too simple storyline this film tries to blur the responsibility of religion in the slaughter of people.
This movie tries to tell you, that there is in fact a good (Jesuits) and bad church (rest of the catholic church). And if everyone would follow the good part, well, heaven on earth.
Even though not as brutal as the rest of the catholic church, the Jesuits were in some way pathfinders for the west. And they did not have, and do not have, any respect for foreign cultures and believes. In their blind religious faith they think (until today) that a non-Christian soul is lost forever. In fact losing its eternal afterlife.
And that justifies almost anything to convert heathens into Christians. They were and are in strict accordance with Rome.
A large church of course has a lot of factions, true believers and straight forward earthly politicians. So the roman catholic church never has been a pure spiritual organization and often enough sacrificed believe over power.
So in this example of its history. Big surprise, isn't it? And sure, the natives are living in a paradise and are true angels. The usual romantic stuff. So the audience feels a lot of sympathy for the natives. Classic Hollywood.
This combined with rather uninspired movie-making results in a shallow piece of irrelevance. The simplicity might make it appeal to the masses. But the film fails with all major historic issues.
Do not watch it, if you are politically interested.