I thought this was very good indeed and although it owed a fair bit to parts of "Last of the Mohicans" in the chase I thought it was a solid, violent and brave work to take into a multi-plex arena.
And I fail to see what the racist jibes i've seen hauled at Gibson in the press.
There is nothing racist about known, proven, documented historical facts. And the city dwelling Mayans did hack off heads, feet and hands as sacrifice. And they did it a lot.
And lets not forget that the sacrifices seen in the film are so frequent because they think the Gods are angry because the land is poisoned. They simply don't know it's the pollution from their ming going into the water and thus into the soil.
Quite frankly what is this 21st century garbage where it's okay to show white westerners and their cultures as scum but other cultures are defended as never having done anything bad or icky and all they used to do was dance around meadows of flowers, showering each other with stardust!
NOPE! Even they hacked off heads, and this 21st century PC attitude that just loves to re-write history to please can't change that.
The film looks great on DVD too (recently purchased a 40" Sony LCD Bravia TV and an upscaling DVD player...GOODIES!!) so it's a must buy imho.
Originally posted by WrathfulDwarf
I just saw it on Cable last week.Rather so-so with this film. Can we just have movie based on the Mayans.....
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without the damn Europeans conquistadors.Aside from that...the film was okay. Does make you think about slavery as part of every culture.
Well yeah, I see what you're saying Dwarf, but
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they only showed the Europeans for like, 2 minutes, which was at the very ending...
Incredible movie. This film exudes authenticity. The atmosphere and environments are realized through brilliant cinematography and directing.The Mayan culture and traditions are only made apparent through focused observation. The story is reinforced by subtle cultural references and not overwhelmed by them. Research into this movie was obviously very thorough. Everything from the type of jewelry, body paint to the language spoken is genuine.