[ingeborg]

Gibson's film is a pastiche of other films, with Last of the Mohicans being its chief source of inspiration. I am surprised no critics have seen this. Apocalypse Now is also riffed and Dances with Wolves and a host of action films (think Predator). Apocalypto is more confected from test-audience elements than any other film I have seen in recent memory.

[macamadamia]

Gibson's film is a pastiche of other films


A very interesting observation. There's much in Gibson's movies that is derivative. Braveheart's battle scenes are clearly influenced by Kurosawa's...and not nearly as great as Kurosawa's. Gibson's use of slow motion in Braveheart and The Passion comes across to me as an anemic imitation of Scorcese.


And just a side note, The Patriot and We Were Soldiers were not directed by Gibson. I've noticed a lot of Freepers, not you, make this mistake. The Patriot was directed by Roland Emmerich. We Were Soldiers...Randall Wallace.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Gibson's film is a pastiche of other films, with Last of the Mohicans being its chief source of inspiration.

When I read the synopsis, my first thought was that he's remade "The Naked Prey."