You know how there are some movies that just should not be made? Unfortunately, Apocalypto by Mel Gibson happens to fall into that category. Apocalypto is billed as the story of the Mayan empire at the time of the Spaniards arrival in the new world. It is filmed in the native language of the Mayan people (translation: I have to read in order to keep up) and is supposed to be an epic story of a tribe of native peoples who face extermination by the more powerful ruling Mayan tribe.
In reality, Apocalypto is a very nauseatingly boring slice of native life that the audience is forced to endure without any real plot line or story to follow. There's lots of violence, genocide, and nakedness ... much of it less than gratuitous. Our story opens in a native jungle village as we follow native life - the hunt, celebrations, and native impotence. Mayan warriors come to town to enslave the villagers who are captured and tied to bamboo rods in preparation for the long walk to the Mayan city (the walk seems to take forever). Once there they're sold into slavery and sentenced to death. One escapes and gets back to the village to save his family. Oh and at the end of the movie the Spaniards arrive. End of story, waste of my money. I did not feel any connection with the main characters or find any type of interesting plotline to peak my interest. In the end, I felt like a voyeur, spying on these people for a couple of days.
In reality, Apocalypto is a very nauseatingly boring slice of native life that the audience is forced to endure without any real plot line or story to follow. There's lots of violence, genocide, and nakedness ... much of it less than gratuitous. Our story opens in a native jungle village as we follow native life - the hunt, celebrations, and native impotence. Mayan warriors come to town to enslave the villagers who are captured and tied to bamboo rods in preparation for the long walk to the Mayan city (the walk seems to take forever). Once there they're sold into slavery and sentenced to death. One escapes and gets back to the village to save his family. Oh and at the end of the movie the Spaniards arrive. End of story, waste of my money. I did not feel any connection with the main characters or find any type of interesting plotline to peak my interest. In the end, I felt like a voyeur, spying on these people for a couple of days.
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