Apocalypto: Is there an Oskar for Anthropology?

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If you get your nut on anthropology this is your anthem. Beautifully filmed and filled with enough scarring, tattooing, and piercing to sate the most hardcore freak.
Trusting the movie is well researched, we are dropped into a culture like never before. Everyday life with jokes, nagging mothers-in-law, and a world undisturbed by the dreaded "western" culture.
Our peaceful natives are brutally disrupted by a raiding party set on taking captives for slavery and (spoiler). This the raiders do by destroying the village (and a nearby also) and binding them altogether for a hike to "Emerald City". Once there the fun begins as we make our way through the corp fields, outskirts, and finally straight to the main event. Once our protagonist escapes he begins an epic flight filled with all the spills and chills of a good car chase.
Note: this is not "Patriot" gone native. This is really pretty good.
There was a lot of care used to put this together but my main gripes keep it from becoming a classic for three cheesy reasons:
1) There was not enough time spent in "Emerald City" exploring the decadent culture.
2) Jaguar Paw had just too much energy and speed to have been wounded twice after his escape.
3) The beach scene had a maximum cheese "event" that could have been left out.
Unfortunately this is not a monocle and Dom deal. But I do give it a large Diet Coke and Barrel of Popcorn.

Grits: "Rewarding, very, very, VERY REWARDING!"

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Topic - Apocalypto: Is there an Oskar for Anthropology? - mr grits 17:52:24 12/09/06 (4)

I think this one is cursed by Mel Gibson's baggage - Analog Scott 13:40:55 12/10/06 (3)

Actually, I went expecting to see a gross-out fest. I think most people feel that's what it is. I'm hyping it. * - mr grits 15:40:24 12/10/06 (2)

Just saw it myself - Analog Scott 19:03:00 12/10/06 (1)

That's why I mused Oscar for Anthropology . . . - mr grits 19:13:42 12/10/06 (0)

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