Unexpected great survival movie

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If yall have not seen Apocalypto, check it out. I really was not expecting much from this movie but watched it this weekend and loved it. Talk about survival situations the main character and his wife were both survivors. Great movie.:thumbup: :thumbup:
 
yep. I saw it with my mother and step-father last weekend and was pleasantly surprised. I'd already written it off as a movie that I wasn't going to like.
 
Thanks I'll check it out, I usually steer clear of anything associated with mel gibson, but I'll give it a shot, Thanks.
 
I think it was rubbish. I mean, was there a story?
Mel Gibson really sucks as a director :thumbdn:
 
huugh, this is pretty much a true story, with cortez landing at the end of the movie.
 
Quite an incredible and well told story. I'm not sure what all the neg-vibe on Gibson is, unless it's tabloid burnout. Other than that, he's given us some fair to very good entertainment. Apocalypto being the apex. The only thing I liked more about the movie, is the "making of". Lot's of info on the how to of that culture.
 
In the broad sense, it is entirely a true story. I think its just the personal stories and struggles that are fictional. And these personal struggles are less important in the telling than is the broader struggle.

My feelings about Mel Gibson are pretty much 100% negative but, if you read the opening lines of this movie and watch it with them in mind, what the story is really telling starts to make sense.

Besides, all the survival and hunting techniques shown are correct to their culture. All the weapons, the one that I noticed anyway, were correct as well. There was even an atlatl in a scene that allowed me to impress my step-father with my knowledge of information that is little needed! :D
 
The problem is that experts on the Maya say he made up the story and misrepresented the culture. It's live comic book action, total fiction with the name of a real people and historical epoch attached for advertising purposes only.
 
I have the DVD for a couple of weeks now. Still haven't watched it. I am always surprised how many "new movie" DVD's I have that I have never watched. One of these days I'll give it a watch.
 
Doesn't sound like Gibson to go off half-cocked and "make up" a story about the Mayans. It also goes against the written history of that incredibly violent civilization - of which nobody seemed to have a problem with until a movie comes out depicting some of its violence. Funny how, in today's society, if we don;t see "pictures" (think picture-show media) we just can;t grasp a concept or idea.

Where these "experts" have a problem with the story, I'd like to know. It's about a small piece of the Mayan culture. Maybe they, like any other people with a skeleton or two in the closet, would really rather re-write their history so the slavery and sacrificial violence is muted. I know the Germans would love to re-write 1937 and on. Americans would kindly like to re-write 1830 and on. The Russians would love to blot out how they removed the Czar and maybe how they disposed of dissidents under Stalin. The Chinese would probably like to re-write how they deal with "dissident" students and Christians. And on we go.......
 
Here's another thought about how "experts" would be unhappy about history and ready to scream "Rubbish!" at the first opportunity: WHen Gibson directed the Passion of the Christ, what said the Jews? "Rubbish!"

The fact is, what written history that's available to us teaches us that Jewish Rabbi influenced the sacrifice. The movie gave no reasonable person (save those with guilt on their conscience) any reason to believe that Jews, Hebrews, Caananites, or Isrealis were anything but a great people. But!...Show them how terrible the treatment of Jesus was up to the time of his death and who, ultimately, bore a great responsibility in influencing the Romans, and we have nearly a riot on our hands. History is what it is. Either we live with it and, in fact, embrace it, or we toss our character to the wind and become nothing.

The Mayans in the movie Apocolypto were capturing (I believe) other Mayans to use in building te,ples, stadiums, and other infrastructure. They also used them for sacrifice.... of which archeological history teaches us they were very fond of engaging in. The movie doesn;t tell the day-to-day life of the Mayan showing peaceful co-existence with neighboring Mayans....it doesn't have time for that.

Ask these "experts" what their motives are.... historical research? or vanity?
 
StretchNM said:
Doesn't sound like Gibson to go off half-cocked and "make up" a story about the Mayans. It also goes against the written history of that incredibly violent civilization - of which nobody seemed to have a problem with until a movie comes out depicting some of its violence. Funny how, in today's society, if we don;t see "pictures" (think picture-show media) we just can;t grasp a concept or idea.

Where these "experts" have a problem with the story, I'd like to know. It's about a small piece of the Mayan culture. Maybe they, like any other people with a skeleton or two in the closet, would really rather re-write their history so the slavery and sacrificial violence is muted. I know the Germans would love to re-write 1937 and on. Americans would kindly like to re-write 1830 and on. The Russians would love to blot out how they removed the Czar and maybe how they disposed of dissidents under Stalin. The Chinese would probably like to re-write how they deal with "dissident" students and Christians. And on we go.......
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Yup, my sentiments exactly. You can always find a segment of the population in each of those countries to say that what transpired, never really happened, but it doesn't matter how many people tell the same lie of denial, the truth is still the truth.
 
I enjoyed the movie. I can't tell you how historically accurate it was, but I thought it was good. The main character is definitely a survivor.
 
i rented it and have it here at my house... i still have yet to watch it... i've heard nothing but good things about it......:thumbup: can't watch it with out the misses, and she get home tommorow morning.....:rolleyes:
 
WHOA, I wasn't aware that the movie was touted as a realistic, factual documentary. I just thought it was supposed to be an entertaining fantasy about Mayans. I didn't even know that movie producers could get into a time machine, follow and document the lives of characters that lived 400 years ago, my respect for archeoligists and movie producers just went up a notch.

I am certainly no expert on the lives of South American aboriginal peoples but the movie seemed realistic enough to keep me happy. Chris
 
StretchNM said:
The movie doesn;t tell the day-to-day life of the Mayan showing peaceful co-existence with neighboring Mayans....it doesn't have time for that.
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Yeah, who cares about that, it's the blood what the media is about nowadays.
 
I see many of you are somewhat confused. This movie, be it historically acurate or pure fantasy, was rubbish. You can't shoot a movie without a real story written by experienced storywriter. Just like aforementioned The Passion of the Christ is another example of a movie where storywriter weren't present. If you try you end up with something like these. :barf:

Do not judge what is not present in the movie, judge the movie :p
 
huugh said:
I see many of you are somewhat confused. This movie, be it historically acurate or pure fantasy, was rubbish. You can't shoot a movie without a real story written by experienced storywriter. Just like aforementioned The Passion of the Christ is another example of a movie where storywriter weren't present. If you try you end up with something like these. :barf:

Do not judge what is not present in the movie, judge the movie :p
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I loved the story:confused: as did my wife, my son, and everyone that watched it with me at work.

Huugh, tell me a truly good movie written by a experienced storywriter so I can educate myself. Chris
 
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