And then there is Apocalypto

[question everything]

From the WSJ reviewer:

Every movie is a journey for the audience as much as for the hero: "Apocalypto" turns out to be a bloody tough slog for all concerned. After the first few impalements, amputations, rapes, eviscerations and beheadings, I thought Mel Gibson's Yucatec-language action adventure, set in the waning days of the Maya civilization, might well be the most obsessively, graphically violent film I had ever seen. By the end I felt sure it was the most obsessively, graphically violent film I'd ever seen, but equally sure that "Apocalypto" is a visionary work with its own wild integrity. And absolutely, positively convinced that seeing it once is enough for one lifetime.

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It's a moral fable about the primacy of the family, and other things as well: strong fathers; overcoming fear; standing up to corrupt authority (Mad Max careering even farther off-road); the need for new beginnings, the sanctity of the land and, again not surprisingly, given the radical fundamentalism of Mel Gibson's religious beliefs, a tacit rejection of the Christianity that arrives by Spanish galleon on the Yucatán shore. As one whose Yucatec-language skills are wanting, I can't pass judgment on the quality of the dialogue, or on the accuracy of the subtitles, which include the memorable phrase "We must not let this man make feet from us." I will tell you, though, that by the time Jaguar Paw's journey was over, I could not wait to make feet from the theater.

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I think that I'll skip this one

[gulfcoastliberal]

1. LOL

I'll skip it, too.

[BoneDaddy]

2. i plan on seeing it

seems interesting

[noahmijo]

4. Me too

Regardless of Mel's personal issues "The Man Without a Face" and "Braveheart" were FANTASTIC movies. Say your snobby assed it's only a good movie if it features Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson having tea together mentality, some of us enjoy a wide variety of flicks. Myself I can appreciate the direction that a film like "Remains Of The Day" took but I can also dig a movie that shows a very realistic portrayal of the brutality of a certain era and Apocalypto appears as though it does just that.

Of course unlike certain self proclaimed champions of good taste I'll actually give the film a chance before I judge it with full assertion.

[Writer]

3. Kablaaah!

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. I will pass just because of the name

Mel Gibson.

He may be a good movie maker, but I will NOT, under any circumstances, watch any of his movies anymore

[OneBlueSky]

6. I have no desire to see another Gibson snuff flick . . .

I sat through about ten minutes of Passion, and that's all I could take . . . don't plan to waste another ten on this tripe . . .

[robcon]

7. I may see it.

Depends on what else is playing this Saturday. It sounds like an interesting flick.