myspace blog entry: apocalypto

this film is a must-see...if you think this is just your run-of-the-mill National Geographic-ESQUE native Indian culture study or ancient Mayan civilisation documentary then you could never be more wrong. The movie is a culinary experience if you devour movies for their content, storylines and moral and aesthetic values. It is about the plight of a tribe as well as a young father and his inner struggles when the clan he belongs to find themselves ransacked by violent, bloodthirsty natives who belong to a neighboring tribal clan where human sacrifice was both a religious practice and a sporting event....His tribe was chosen to feed the thirst of a population which believed that their gods needed blood and flesh to be appeased.

Although the movie's violence and graphic displays of blood and gore rankled me a bit it seemed to add perversely to the movie's appeal. Many scenes and stills in the movies were pure art in their magnificence and in the effect they had on me. The sea of dead bodies, the whole populace watching heads roll along the stairs of the Mayan temple, our hero looking like a being of half-human, half-animal origin when he was swimming in the bog....the movie is one big canvass and the scenes like collages in various areas of the canvass....it is superb and fantastic...a celebration of the existence of color and human culture at its basest form...it is a must see I must tell you....

(Note: Credits to thecia.com.au/reviews/a/apocalypto.shtml for these lovely pictures)