The Pope Movies

For what it's worth, here's my review of the recent movies about JP2, as posted on Amy Welborn's Open Book.

"The ABC version was trite, overromanticized, and took considerable liberty with biographical details. The CBS version was more gritty, more authentic, more accurately captured Karol's closeness to certain female friends (although still a little over the top), and the liturgical scenes were more authentic. (Okay, the Nova Huta scene was a bit hokey, but they got it down singing that Litany of the Saints at his ordination.)

"By the way, when Karol learned he was made a bishop, he was on a camping trip. They had to comb the wilderness to bring him the news."

I just love throwing in little fun facts, don't you?