's the end ... an Italian film arrives in theaters without restrictions, without cuts, without manipulation in dubbing (you can be sure that they do and do not realize it). Good thing Mel Gibson has had the brilliant idea of \u200b\u200bmaking his film Apocalypto in ancient Mayan language! For me, the shocking thing is this, not that it was not prohibited. Because there was no reason to ban it. Let go of the usual hypocritical and unnecessary controversy, in the period in which we do see Saddam Hussein hanged on television or on the Internet.
film.
The story is based on the period of decadence of the great Maya empire, just before the English conquest. Already this is a great anachronism, because the decline has come much earlier, when the empire was absorbed by the Aztecs.
A young inhabitant of the forest is kidnapped along with the inhabitants of his village, and conducted in the capital, where they are conducting human sacrifices. But he must go home at all costs ...
The film is actually convey some messages that are dear to Gibson: the importance of family, fear loss of faith, the victory of life over death. All important messages and positive .. the problem is that you can see that underlying moral, not just Catholic. Young Mayan comportnao as the first martyrs. Another anachronism ... But there may also be.
What is bad (and this is where the deception) is that Maya is not a film over the empire ... We could have set the story at any time, at any location. It is not a historical film. It 'a moral film, disguised as a action movie. The problem is that Gibson is not good at moral film, because you lose in places, resulting in delays that sometimes makes the movie boring. If I want to look for short messages Catholic or Christian, I am not for sure by Gibson, but I feel pretty The Profession of Arms by Ermanno Olmi, or all of Abel Ferrara. I would not go to a doctrine of Gibson, in fact.
The film has many violent scenes ... ... A strike like Mel blood you could see it already in Braveheart and The Passion . More than the violent definrei realistic. But the controversy over the fall of human sacrifice is absurd. The scene strikes, is strong (headless corpses ... or better headless puppets, it is best to specify, you never know) ... but you do not see anything! I confess, in my mind is much more impressed the scene of the sacrifice of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom . Now, that was scary!
must admit that the movie is saved as it is shot. The best scenes are those of action, fighting and chasing. The scenes of flight and hunting are shot digitally, and the yield is excellent. Gibson can project the action in the middle of the forest through the trees, shooting rhythm and breathtaking scenes. The only problem then is that the protagonist turns into Rambo and you feel like saying: "No, Mel, you're out of time!"
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