I didn't want to say this yesterday but I gotta tell you, you know, I screened "Apocalypto" which opens tonight in over 2500 screens across the country, Mel Gibson's movie. It's fascinating to read the reviews in the liberal papers. My gosh, folks, you would think I produced this movie. These reviews are of what a sicko Gibson must be. They do give the film plaudits for the cinematography. It is gorgeous. It's digital photography, it's a stunning thing to see but it's got its blood, guts and gore. No question about it. Three of the women walked out first 30 minutes, and it wasn't because it was too gory. When I talked to them later when we were having dinner, "Nah, I just don't like all this macho stuff." It was an ancient culture of men who ran the show. But they were loving and protecting of their women as the movie depicts. So macho is bad. Men being men. That's not good, except secretly it really is because that's what women really want. But even they're afraid to let it be known en masse. All right. I know this stuff, folks, but I know many of you do not like somebody sounding so certain, so sure of himself and so right, that bothers a lot of people. "Nobody is that sure of themselves." So I've said what I have to say about it.
The mean mother-in-law of Jaquar Paw's brother was too old to bring a buyer...so they just let her go free to walk among the Mayans.
She walked along and touched her son-in-law in sadness...as Mary did with Jesus.
Now if Mel Gibson were truly into gratuitous violence, she would have been dispatched instead of let go.
I heard that on Rush too, interesting commentary by him. I have to admit because of that commentary my interest was piqued. I still am not sure if I will be seeing it or not.
Apparently Mel does gruesome even better than Tarantino and the other splatter directors, and Hollywood expires from resentful envy.
But I sure like how the "Variety" establishment types get rocked back on their arrogant heels by Mel and his antics. Squeal, whine, squawk. I love it. A subtitled movie about ancient Mayan civilization, no stars (! no pretentious political lectures by Hollywood airhead actresses! ) and it's beating the competition.