Apocalypto - A movie to see if you can stand the violence

[Dave Schwartz]

And, boy, do I mean "violence."

[DJofSD]

Give me a standard to compare it too w/o ruining it too much.

[bigmack]

Trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/apocalypto/theatrical_large.html

[Dave Schwartz]

DJ,

How about this...

Imagine a human sacrifice with a priest holding a still-beating heart in his hand with the owner of that heart looking on.

Yep. That ought to do it.

Dave

[DJofSD]

Sounds gross enough -- worse than "Red Dragon"?

[Dave Schwartz]

Red Dragon was not even in the same league. However, in all fairness, Red Dragon was "finctionalized terror" and Apocalypto is... historic fiction.


Dave

[chickenhead]

is it just spectacle, or is there a decent theme that makes it compelling?

[Tom]

DJ,

How about this...

Imagine a human sacrifice with a priest holding a still-beating heart in his hand with the owner of that heart looking on.

Yep. That ought to do it.

Dave

Oh, my HMO! :eek::eek:

[Dave Schwartz]

is it just spectacle, or is there a decent theme that makes it compelling?



Most extremely violent movies - like the Halloween stuff - holds no interest for me.

This violence really was part of the story. I actually enjoyed the movie.


Dave

[chickenhead]

finally saw Apocalypto yesterday -- and glad I did. A very original interesting movie.

Not so much a history lesson as a great "snapshot" of an ancient time. Great acting by this (apparently) entirely indiginous cast. I can't imagine how one goes about even making a movie like this.