Apocalypto (1 Viewer)

[Ferox13]

Just saw it last night with a few cans of druid.

It was good fun - way trashier than i thought.

I liked the bit when it turned in First Blood at the end - need a 'shoe box' monologue though...

Just shows u how a big budget and subtitles can get a violent film like this a 15s.

 

[classic seanc]

I recommend this film

 

[Beanstalk]

Tullamore cinema had a little written notice cellotaped to the ticket booth warning punters that this had subtitles...

...which was a bit sneaky considering no-one in Offaly can read.

 

[Pram Stroker]

This film reminded me of Home Alone the way the main character played all those tricks on the bad fellas invading his home turf.

 

[JenFast]

i thought it was pure excellence ....cant wait for it to come out on dvd.... and yeah the point of view from the victims was very convincing when the heads got hacked off, i felt their fear

also now a big fan of the bum bearing hero himself *yummers*

not so much in real life

 

[skrellp]

This film reminded me of Home Alone the way the main character played all those tricks on the bad fellas invading his home turf.

(*Spoilers*)

I thought it was kinda like The Passion ..., same basic story (guy gets tortured, unbelievably gets out of an incredibly difficult situation, gets superpowers), but much better film. Which isn't saying much. Still enjoyed it, though.

Gibson's a fucking loon, though. Seriously into the whole torture and stuff.

What I did think was weird though, was Gibson's depiction of the arrival of the white man. Now, Gibson's a religious nut-job, right? Surely for him, the salvation of the natives comes only with the arrival of the white man and his jesus? And yet, at the end, with the Europeans coming, even the guys in the Jesus ship look sinister. Sure, all the natives apart from the main guy (and his wife, to a lesser extent) are all one-dimensional stools, and live in that happy idyllic childlike state that patronising directors (used to) portray them in, but still... odd...

 

[#10-7]

***SPOILER***

yeah, the arrival of the foreigners to wreck their buzz is a rare moment of mel going - "religion isn't completely great". he spared us the christians hacking everything to shit though, surprisingly.

yeah, i might go and see this again. i've only done that once before, for "mean girls" though obviously.