In Reply to: If anyone wants to read the review i had to write on the Apocalypto blu-ray... posted by Jazz Inmate on July 20, 2007 at 16:52:02:
I agree that Gibson blew a rare opportunity to explore Mayan culture. I think, though, that you're too sympathetic toward the Mayans, a society centered on institutional brutality and violence towards its own, perhaps like none the world has ever seen. Gibson didn't even scratch the surface. Their math and science dead-ended in their religion. But they did give us peppers, corn, and cocoa. Too bad Mel squandered an exceptional title on what amounted to a mediocre chase movie.
When you're circling the drain, it doesn't really matter whether you're spinning to the left or the right.
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- I agree about the film, not about the Mayans - DWPC 14:24:04 07/23/07 (1)
- fair enough - Jazz Inmate 23:02:00 07/23/07 (0)