Posted on 12/08/2006 1:21:21 PM PST by Lorianne
I just saw the film. Definitely not for children, and I looked away a couple of times. But overall mesmerizing with not a single dull moment.
He should have made it a musical........Apocalypso......
I really want to see it, but I can't, in all good conscience, pay money for a movie whose inspiration and message is "evil America". Just can't do it.
Funny thing, in the same theatre I was in were plenty of students from groups like MECHA. Yes, I'm Hispanic, but MECHA is just crazy...sadly they think they represent all of us. In the closing moments of the film, all you hear are boo's and moans from these people (you remember what happens). So I ask the guy next to me, "Why didn't you moan when you saw a savage ripping out some guy's heart?"
His answer? They weren't as dangerous. Funny stuff, huh?
I'm curious. What happens at the end? Cortez lands and kills everybody?........FReepmail me so you don't reveal the ending to everyone.......I probably won't see it anyway.....
That's the message?
Maybe this reporter would have given the movie "Two thumbs up" if the Mayan priests were abortion center doctors sucking babies brains out in a nice sanitary office room.
He's said several times that the fear-mongering and sacrafice of young men of the Mayans is a lot like the current Administration and the WOT. Makes me sick.
You're so bad...
Just can't do it.
I thought it was about how Christianity saved the evil heathens from themselves?
Down to the last two Mayans, all three of them come to a dead stop...noticing something off camera.
The camera pans around to see three Santa Maria-type ships anchored with a couple of small boats coming to shore filled with conquistadors and priests.
The two Mayans go to meet them and Jaquar Paw gets his family out of the well where they were hiding since the beginning of the movie and they disappear into the 'forest' to start their new beginning.
It was a wonderful film.
Even the goriest scenes were not gratuitous and actually too hollywoodish IMO.
For example, the Mayan Priest holds a disconnected human heart still beating in his hands, while the victim is still alive and cognizant looking up at him.
Now, I've heard a chicken can run around for seconds with no head, but I've never heard of a human blinking in amazement at somebody holding his DISCONNECTED HEART in his hands.
It's a great film.
I'm glad, because I really like Mel Gibson films. But he almost seemed to go out of his way to link this movie to criticism of the current Admin. and it ruined it for me personally. But I do hope it does well!
That is NOT the message.
The Message is that Our Lord Christ (I Kiss The Hem Of His Garment) Suffered for Our Sins in a Brutal Manner, But He Forgave.
Yea, it sounds like the Mayans were doing great until the "bad" people came:). I rarely go to theaters, but I told my daughter today I might not wait for this one to come out on home release. Last theater visit was The Passion.
"He went through a lot of effort so that the movie wouldn't be racist."
Wow! How many times did Michael Richards say sorry before his apology was accepted? He wasn't even drunk. But! He was heckled!
I blame the hecklers before condemning those who are pushed off balance because of the attacks of envy. Being a victim of envy is a terrible pressure. Imagine our our image upon all the gossip tabloids and daily barrage of accusations! How would we react?
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