duckythemutant Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 omfg It's been a while since I've actually seen a really, REALLY good movie (as a matter of fact, I think the last one was Airforce One with Harrison Ford on cable TV). But this movie makes you want to jump up on your seat and do backflips, and then pretend no one saw you make them. Besides the cultural and historical aspects of the film, it's very tight action/adventure. I HIGHLY suggest you all go see it...unless, like, you hate gore and National Geographic titties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 I know my opinion doesn't matter, but here is the Koray review: This is the most drawn out, historically inaccurate piece of garbage I have seen in a long while. And the fact that it was created by that drunken anti-Semite doesn't make it much better. The movie is 2 and a half hours of boredom. The only thing that makes it worthwhile is seeing someone's brain get chopped in half, hearts ripped out of the chest, and heads on a pike.. and ____ like that. But regardless.. want to know HOW boring? We get to watch this ____ing guy get chased through a jungle for like 45 minutes. Like.. how can anyone actually get into a movie of a guy running through a jungle.. looking at his ____ing face running. Not to mention the ____ing christian undertones in this. Gibson portrays the mayan culture as savage barbarians who spend all their time killing each other in the most horrific ways possible. And then, at the end, well I won't spoil it for you but suffice it to say "god saves the day". Let's totally disregard the fact that the Mayans were amazing astronomers and scientists, during the SAME time that christians were killing anyone who claimed the earth was round or that the earth wasn't the middle of the ____ing universe. Garbage, garbage, garbage. If you have some trainwreck like fascination and need to see this movie, either sneak in or wait for the DVD. Because it isn't worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shadix Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Well, we all know Gibson is a holy man. ;P I think the worst film I've seen with christian overtones was Narnia. They tried so hard to pull off a setting with war and violence without actually having violence because of it's desperate attempt to maintain it's G rating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckythemutant Posted December 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Well Koray, I totally respect your viewpoint. I just found it totally exciting, ESPECIALLY the jungle-run sequence. We really don't know how savage the Mayan civilization was. I mean, we can read in books that say "Oh btw, they chopped off peoples heads randomly when temples were made," but actually seeing it done made it seem more gruesome. Oh and also... I don't know, but when the ships came at the end, that gave me the hint that the mayans and everyone else are about to get slained like mofos while Jaguar Paw goes and lives peacefully in the jungle. In other words, I felt a bad vibe coming from them rather than God saving the day. So all in all, I guess I should restate that... you'll either love it or you'll loathe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shadix Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 The mayans themselves weren't the ones that sacrificed themselves, the reason Mayans near Chichen Itza and some other places are believed to have been savage is because of the Aztec influence that came in later in their history. The Aztecs were the ones that sacrificed people to and fro and to them it was an honor to be sacrificed. At least, this is what I learned on my tours of Mayan Ruins in Mexico. Of course, we all no nothing is certain. For all we know the Egyptians (random example) may have been life loving hippies, not rich freaks crazy for their own demise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckythemutant Posted December 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice_in_Aztec_culture yeah it seems like it was more of an aztec thing, but mayans practiced it as well. Except it wasn't as much as a bloodshed as the aztecs made it, rofl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shadix Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 This movie should've been a sermon agains't incest, the force believed to have killed off the Mayans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron C-T Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Not going to see it. Doesn't interest me. Trailers simply look like crap, imo. Now Catch a Fire is something I'll definitely have to look into. Spiderman 3. Possibly Eragon assuming they don't feck it up. Not this. Even the name sounds idiotic. This is the type of name I'd expect a newcomer to give to a fangame. Sonic: Apocalypto! Not a movie. Second: "The precursors to a civilization that’s going under are the same, time and time again... What’s human sacrifice if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason?" Use of the Iraq war to publicize a movie? Loss of points. Some guy who's saying that there's something wrong with the war, and yet he walks around insulting Jews? Loss of more points. Some guy who honestly believes that Richards (of Kramer fame) is a Jew simply because he "thinks he's Jewish." Loss of even more. I'm sorry but his bullcrap pisses me off. Don't try and lie to me. Either this is a pretty accurate depiction or it's not. Don't tell me this is going to be a movie about aliens, and then I go to theater and it's a porno. Don't randomly change things around to tell a story that very possibly is not there. And for the love of god, it's awesome that you can find all these people who can speak different languages- more power to you- but I don't care for reading through an entire movie. And yes, he is indeed lying. To go through so much trouble to write the scrip in another language to make it an "authentic" experience and then turn around and end the movie with something that never would have happened is the most idiotic thing I've ever possibly heard. This isn't steampunk. That and, like I said, the trailers are crappy. It's like "Oooh, they're in a jungle. Something about every 1,000 yrs a civilization dies. Look, they're in the jungle with weapons. Look, it's titled a really 'now'-sounding word." "Besides the cultural and historical aspects of the film," Eew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckythemutant Posted December 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Well I can't say anything to change your decision unless you watch the movie itself. I seriously didn't know ANYTHING about it (I didn't even read the Mel Gibson comment about Iraq before I saw it), I just thought it was going to be a boring half-assed Gladiator-like film with Mayans speaking in English accents. I even brought a blanket with me. Then after watching the film, I officially claimed it to be one of my most favorite action/adventure films of all time. Now I can see why you would not like it Scatta, for I checked summaries/trailers for the film after I saw it, and all I can say is... if you guys EVER watch the movie, I promise it'll be atleast alittle bit better than you would expect it to be. Like I said... I can't express it in words, it's just the kind of thing you have to see. It still didn't change my opinion of Mel Gibson's doucheness though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serephim Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 I love my religion and all, but i sware to god, every WEEK the idea of religion gets stupider and stupider to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eraysor Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 I can't see a film better than Gladiator appearing anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1LT Worm Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Ahem. Snakes on a Plane. You lose, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serephim Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Pirates of the Carrabean 2 kicked every movie's ass in the last 6 years. (aside from Spiderman 2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ila Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Yeah you know... if long winded chase scenes are your type of movie. I personally think that Cars was the best this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckythemutant Posted December 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Oh dude Cars kicked ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eraysor Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Well Snake son a Plane was awesome too, I should have specified I was thinking of historically-based action movies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 http://www.austin360.com/movies/content/shared/movies/stories/2006/12/history.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosol Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 controversy for the win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 I could care less about culture or controversy. The only real question is whether or not its entertaining, and Ducky seems to think so. I will give it a download at least. If I like it, an eventual rental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shadix Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Borat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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