My, my. This reviewer has a bloody axe to grind, eh?
So portraying a bunch of heart-eating savages as ... well, a bunch of heart-eating savages is wrong? Do these same "critics" condemn "Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part MMCCCXXIIV" or "Saw?" Or is gore only wrong when it serves a conservative filmmaker?
After a pair of flawed Oscar-hunting epics, Martin Scorsese has returned to the gritty, violent mob drama that has always been his strong suit, and the result - "The Departed" - is his best film since 1990's "Goodfellas."
With young stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon finally fulfilling their promise, and wily veteran Jack Nicholson adding another indelible character to his rich gallery, "The Departed" gets off to a ripping start and doesn't let up until its third or fourth twist ending.
One can quibble about too many endings, and about a love triangle that belongs in another story. But no one can complain about not getting their money's worth. "The Departed" is a movie-movie of the first rank.
Would I want to live next door to people who would buy tickets to see Apocalypto and afterwards report that they enjoyed the movie?
Wouldn't Mayans have been able to accurately predict when eclipses would occur? We are supposed to believe that all of a sudden one happens without them knowing and surprises them enough to alter their ritual practices. Is there any historical evidence for this or is it all from the mind of Mel?
Why does the author of the review assume that this is NOT an accurate historical portrayal of the Mayan culture?
THAT WAS THE CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE OF CENTRAL AMERICAN before the "evil white man arrived." It was not pretty. The "native american" cultures were brutal. tyrannical and stone-aged...
This movie is probably a real good depiction of how savage these people were.
Newly published research shows that Indian hunters in California decimated bird populations and ate some species into extinction.
In a report certain to cause California hippy heads to explode, archaeologist Jack M. Broughton wrote that from 2,600 to at least 700 years ago, native people hunted some species to local extinction, and wildlife returned to "fabulous abundances" only after European diseases decimated Indian populations starting in the 1500s.
Broughton combed through an ancient Indian garbage dump on the shores of San Francisco Bay over a seven year period and found significant bird population declines.
Broughton, from the University of Utah, says his study challenges “a common perception about ancient Native Americans as healthy, happy people living in harmony with the environment. That clearly was not always the case. Depending on when and where you look back in time, native peoples were either living in harmony with nature or eating their way through a vast array of large-sized, attractive prey species.”
Wonder if the person who wrote this is Pro-Choice?
I plan to see it and make up my own mind.
If the barbarity of Communism could be captured it would make this movie pale.. And the barbarity of Islam is untold also.. Islam first makes a conquered people grovel before it savages them on many levels.. Ask the Maronites in Lebanon and the Copts in Egypt.. and the Armenian..
Maybe thats Mel's intention.. throwing a glass of cold water in peoples faces.. i.e. "get real folks"..
"...throats being slit...decapitated heads..."
Hmmm, sounds like the Daily Muslim News.
Offensive in a movie, but not in real life,eh?
Once again, its ok to be offended and outraged by
PAST atrocities, but not by the ones happening NOW.
Mayans aren't threatening us. A combination of
Islam and our own cowardice is.
Can't blame Mel for THAT bloodthirst, now can we?
Bunch of hypocrites.
Mel Gibson is clearly a madman. At least he's channeling his madness into movies, instead of more harmful activities.
Mel is building a case for Jesus through a series of movies . And yes, he is that smart.
If anyone really feels the need to see throats cut up close just google some of the Chechen atrocities for the real thing. If after that you haven't had enough then by all means give Mad Mel your money.