Apocalypto (1 Viewer)

[biggamer3]

peice of crap?

 

[tri-man 47]

Per the Wall Street Journal review: "..the most obsessively, graphically violent film I'd ever seen."

A Mayan Braveheart, apparently.

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

Well, I liked Braveheart. I liked The Patriot. I liked We Were Soldiers. I watched The Passion. I liked all the Lethal Weapon movies. I didn't like What Women Want.

So as long as it is not about some Mayan dude that can hear the thoughts of women, I'm in.

 

[mr. furley]

gonna try to check this out tomorrow

 

[Foosball God]

I'll be staying far away from this crapfest.

 

[The_Man]

It has to be said -- what is up with Mel Gibson and horrific, over-the-top graphic violence?

I thought Braveheart was way over done. Never saw The Passion, but heard similar things.

 

[Sigmund Bloom]

It has to be said -- what is up with Mel Gibson and horrific, over-the-top graphic violence?

He's lucky. All the censors here are sex-obsessed, but violence doesn't seem to bother them in the least bit.

 

[Jayrod]

It has to be said -- what is up with Mel Gibson and horrific, over-the-top graphic violence?I thought Braveheart was way over done. Never saw The Passion, but heard similar things.

Unfortunately both were probably very accurate depictions.

 

[Jayrod]

Is anyone else surprised that Mel's name is tagged onto the Title in the promos?

With all of the backlash after his anti-Semetic rant, I'd think his PR people would tell him to back his name off of the whole thing....or maybe they are trying to cash in on it with other anti-semetics?

 

[phillzphan]

Is anyone else surprised that Mel's name is tagged onto the Title in the promos?With all of the backlash after his anti-Semetic rant, I'd think his PR people would tell him to back his name off of the whole thing....or maybe they are trying to cash in on it with other anti-semetics?

I thought the exact same thing when I first saw Gibson name all over the flick. I was

 

[Keerock]

Since it's called "Mel Gibson's Apocalypto", I'll wait for cable.

 

[WampusCat43]

Mel Gibson may be a lunatic, but he's our lunatic, and while I wouldn't wish him behind the wheel of a car after happy hour or at a B'nai Brith function anytime, behind a camera is another matter.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I'll definitely try to take in a matinee of this.

 

[Wyldfox]

I'll probably wait for a rent, but I definitely want to see it.

 

[saintfool]

if it actually gives some insight into mayan culture then i'm willing to see it. if it's just a glorified snuff film then i'm not.

 

[urbanhack]

gonna try to check this out tomorrow

really? <_<

 

[mr. furley]

gonna try to check this out tomorrow

really? <_<

oh, right! the dinner date. sorry man.. i promised wifey i'd take her to dinner and a movie for her birthday tomorrow. we'll have to re-schedule.

 

[saintfool]

gonna try to check this out tomorrow

really? <_<

oh, right! the dinner date. sorry man.. i promised wifey i'd take her to dinner and a movie for her birthday tomorrow. we'll have to re-schedule.

there was a mini cornhole in the works?:testy:

 

[urbanhack]

gonna try to check this out tomorrow

really? <_<

oh, right! the dinner date. sorry man.. i promised wifey i'd take her to dinner and a movie for her birthday tomorrow. we'll have to re-schedule.

there was a mini cornhole in the works?:testy:

No...I thought he was half jewish.

 

[Sigmund Bloom]

if it actually gives some insight into mayan culture then i'm willing to see it. if it's just a glorified snuff film then i'm not.

FYI, sounds like it doesnt:link to review

For a good hour, I tried to pretend that I had never heard of Mel Gibson: the maker of fanatical blockbusters, the spewer of hateful rants. I tried—really tried—to experience Apocalypto as an ethnographic thriller about an ancient culture. But though it may have been researched to within an inch of its life, this film is not, by any reasonable standard, ethnography. It teaches us nothing about Mayan civilization, religion, or cultural innovations. (Calendars? Hieroglyphic writing? Some of the largest pyramids on Earth?) Rather, Gibson's fascination with the Mayans seems to spring entirely from the fact (or fantasy) that they were exotic badasses who knew how to whomp the hell out of one another, old-school. You don't leave Apocalypto thinking of the decline of civilizations or the power of myth or anything much except, wow, that is one sick son of a #####.

 

[EYLive]

if it actually gives some insight into mayan culture then i'm willing to see it. if it's just a glorified snuff film then i'm not.

FYI, sounds like it doesnt:link to review

For a good hour, I tried to pretend that I had never heard of Mel Gibson: the maker of fanatical blockbusters, the spewer of hateful rants. I tried—really tried—to experience Apocalypto as an ethnographic thriller about an ancient culture. But though it may have been researched to within an inch of its life, this film is not, by any reasonable standard, ethnography. It teaches us nothing about Mayan civilization, religion, or cultural innovations. (Calendars? Hieroglyphic writing? Some of the largest pyramids on Earth?) Rather, Gibson's fascination with the Mayans seems to spring entirely from the fact (or fantasy) that they were exotic badasses who knew how to whomp the hell out of one another, old-school. You don't leave Apocalypto thinking of the decline of civilizations or the power of myth or anything much except, wow, that is one sick son of a #####.

Hopefully, people won't expect to be educated by this film. I don't think any of the promos for it were selling it as an ethnographic piece.

 

[saintfool]

gonna try to check this out tomorrow

really? <_<

oh, right! the dinner date. sorry man.. i promised wifey i'd take her to dinner and a movie for her birthday tomorrow. we'll have to re-schedule.

there was a mini cornhole in the works?:testy:

No...I thought he was half jewish.

thanks for clarifying, sugart*ts...

 

[mr. furley]

gonna try to check this out tomorrow

really? <_<

oh, right! the dinner date. sorry man.. i promised wifey i'd take her to dinner and a movie for her birthday tomorrow. we'll have to re-schedule.

there was a mini cornhole in the works?:testy:

No...I thought he was half jewish.

my dad look Jewish to you??

 

[saintfool]

Hopefully, people won't expect to be educated by this film. I don't think any of the promos for it were selling it as an ethnographic piece.

isn't that part of the allureof the film? people want to know what life was like for the pre-columbian mayans, right? if authenticity is proclaimed then shouldn't it be more than mere window dressing? why make the film in that culture and time, specifically, if you're not planning to honor it somehow? otherwise, it seems like the film's overarching hobbesian theme could be made anytime, anywhere...

 

[Capella]

Got a glowing review down here.

Guy may be nuts, but he's a hell of a filmmaker. Hard to believe the same guy was in four Lethal Weapon movies and Air America.

One of the scenes people are talking about:

 

[urbanhack]

gonna try to check this out tomorrow

really? <_<

oh, right! the dinner date. sorry man.. i promised wifey i'd take her to dinner and a movie for her birthday tomorrow. we'll have to re-schedule.

there was a mini cornhole in the works?:testy:

No...I thought he was half jewish.

my dad look Jewish to you??

:whoosh:

 

[saintfool]

my dad look Jewish to you??

not that i recall but, regardless, you might want to do more than take your lady to dinner and a crappy movie for her birthday.

 

[mr. furley]

gonna try to check this out tomorrow

really? <_<

oh, right! the dinner date. sorry man.. i promised wifey i'd take her to dinner and a movie for her birthday tomorrow. we'll have to re-schedule.

there was a mini cornhole in the works?:testy:

No...I thought he was half jewish.

my dad look Jewish to you??

:whoosh:

oh, right, Mel Gibson.

 

[mr. furley]

my dad look Jewish to you??

not that i recall but, regardless, you might want to do more than take your lady to dinner and a crappy movie for her birthday.

her choice.i told her we'd do whatever she wanted tomorrow. gb a low maintenance lady.

 

[urbanhack]

my dad look Jewish to you??

not that i recall but, regardless, you might want to do more than take your lady to dinner and a crappy movie for her birthday.

:greenbay:

 

[saintfool]

her choice.i told her we'd do whatever she wanted tomorrow. gb a low maintenance lady.

you should always have a plan. ladies often get frustrated at the notion of having to make all the decisions. it smacks of indifference and passitivity. always have a plan when it comes to occassions...

 

[mr. furley]

her choice.i told her we'd do whatever she wanted tomorrow. gb a low maintenance lady.

you should always have a plan. ladies often get frustrated at the notion of having to make all the decisions. it smacks of indifference and passitivity. always have a plan when it comes to occassions...

BACK OFF!i'm sick as a dog. if i were making the plans it would be "stay home and sleep".we're simple minded bumpkins. usually we just go to the mall and have Taco Bell.

 

[urbanhack]

her choice.i told her we'd do whatever she wanted tomorrow. gb a low maintenance lady.

you should always have a plan. ladies often get frustrated at the notion of having to make all the decisions. it smacks of indifference and passitivity. always have a plan when it comes to occassions...

BACK OFF!i'm sick as a dog. if i were making the plans it would be "stay home and sleep".we're simple minded bumpkins. usually we just go to the mall and have Taco Bell.

Then why don't you just drink bud light or miller lite?

 

[hotdogcollars]

No way i'll ever give that anti-semite another one of my jew dollars.

he can rot in his christian created ####

 

[_4_]

Great Review...this guy gave it 1/2 a star

 

[saintfool]

her choice.

i told her we'd do whatever she wanted tomorrow. gb a low maintenance lady.

you should always have a plan. ladies often get frustrated at the notion of having to make all the decisions. it smacks of indifference and passitivity. always have a plan when it comes to occassions...

BACK OFF!i'm sick as a dog. if i were making the plans it would be "stay home and sleep".

we're simple minded bumpkins. usually we just go to the mall and have Taco Bell.

you might want to skip taco bell, if you want to get better...

 

[mr. furley]

her choice.i told her we'd do whatever she wanted tomorrow. gb a low maintenance lady.

you should always have a plan. ladies often get frustrated at the notion of having to make all the decisions. it smacks of indifference and passitivity. always have a plan when it comes to occassions...

BACK OFF!i'm sick as a dog. if i were making the plans it would be "stay home and sleep".we're simple minded bumpkins. usually we just go to the mall and have Taco Bell.

Then why don't you just drink bud light or miller lite?

i'm a sophisticate trapped in a meathead's body?

 

[urbanhack]

her choice.i told her we'd do whatever she wanted tomorrow. gb a low maintenance lady.

you should always have a plan. ladies often get frustrated at the notion of having to make all the decisions. it smacks of indifference and passitivity. always have a plan when it comes to occassions...

BACK OFF!i'm sick as a dog. if i were making the plans it would be "stay home and sleep".we're simple minded bumpkins. usually we just go to the mall and have Taco Bell.

Then why don't you just drink bud light or miller lite?

i'm a sophisticate trapped in a meathead's body?

link?

 

[saintfool]

link?

as if there was any doubt....

 

[mr. furley]

her choice.

i told her we'd do whatever she wanted tomorrow. gb a low maintenance lady.

you should always have a plan. ladies often get frustrated at the notion of having to make all the decisions. it smacks of indifference and passitivity. always have a plan when it comes to occassions...

BACK OFF!i'm sick as a dog. if i were making the plans it would be "stay home and sleep".

we're simple minded bumpkins. usually we just go to the mall and have Taco Bell.

Then why don't you just drink bud light or miller lite?

i'm a sophisticate trapped in a meathead's body?

link?

note the bow-tiesophisticated guys wear bow-ties.

 

[mr. furley]

link?

as if there was any doubt....

 

[Darth Cheney]

I've been really looking forward to this for some time now.

 

[EYLive]

Hopefully, people won't expect to be educated by this film. I don't think any of the promos for it were selling it as an ethnographic piece.

isn't that part of the allureof the film? people want to know what life was like for the pre-columbian mayans, right? if authenticity is proclaimed then shouldn't it be more than mere window dressing? why make the film in that culture and time, specifically, if you're not planning to honor it somehow? otherwise, it seems like the film's overarching hobbesian theme could be made anytime, anywhere...

The exotic locale and civilization is definitely part of the allure. But this movie isn't posing as a national geographic show. You may be right in that all it's authenticity may merely be window dressing for a Mayan-themed remake of The Fugitive. But ,it's billed as a thriller, and to expect an in depth view of an ancient society may just result in disappointment.I want to see it.

 

[LHUCKS]

So nobody has seen it...I'm going to watch it manana.

 

[Heavy B]

It has to be said -- what is up with Mel Gibson and horrific, over-the-top graphic violence?I thought Braveheart was way over done. Never saw The Passion, but heard similar things.

The world's a violent place - particularly when armed men proficient in the use of melee weapons are trying to kill you. Think about what it would really be like to be crucified. Horrific.So if he's going for accuracy then I don't think he missed the mark. I saw Braveheart and didn't think it anything untoward. I did not see the Passion and there is no way in hell that I'll ever support any of his projects again after his recent bashing session while on the mea culpa trail.

 

[Donny Loved Bowling]

Looks like a pile of garbage to me...

...but I guess this is the kind of film that you end up making when no self-respecting Jew will work with you. What's next, an Eskimo sex romp?

 

[cosjobs]

her choice.i told her we'd do whatever she wanted tomorrow. gb a low maintenance lady.

you should always have a plan. ladies often get frustrated at the notion of having to make all the decisions. it smacks of indifference and passitivity. always have a plan when it comes to occassions...

This is some solid advice for those of you wanting to keep your wives.

 

[No. 16]

Saw it and enjoyed it from beginning to end. It's a non stop thrill in a new and exotic setting.

 

[mistersmith]

Saw it and enjoyed it from beginning to end. It's a non stop thrill in a new and exotic setting.

Great movie. Not a perfect movie by any means, but for me its one of the best movies I've seen this year. I was surprised at how quickly 2.5 hours flew by. There was one scene in there that was pretty amazing - on the other hand, there was another that solicited much laughter (and it was unintentional I'm sure.). I'm kind of surprised Hollywood made this movie in the first place, it being full of unknowns and subtitles, but I guess that's how much power Mel Gibson had before his 'incident'. The setting is fresh and interesting - there aren't too many films about the Mayans and civilization.

 

[Jobber]

I'm not going to trust any "professional" reviews. Even if Gibson could warp back in time and film Casablanca, they would give him half a star because he's Mel Gibson.

So two people on our board so far have seen it and both thought it was great. That's good enough for me.