I just watched the trailer for Mel's new movie Apocalypto. The movie is set in Mayan times and from what I can gather, has several storylines. One storyline follows a group of Mayans who are competing in a tournament of a Mayan game that is a cross between soccer and basketball. From watching the trailer I believe that the bigger storyline is the fall of the Mayan empire, or at least the fall of a certain group from power within the Mayan empire. It looks to me as if the movie will be awesome. If you like Mel's typical genre of movies, then this will definately be a must see. I think Mel is making a commentary on modern times with this film. There is a caption during the trailer that reads "A great civilization is not conquered from without, until it has destroyed itself from within". This is a Will Durant quote. My mind races as I plug in all the current situations which this quote indicts. Christiandom and the splintering of her children in to competing factions. Western society with it's gangreous limbs and diseased heart swallowing all manner of poison in the disorded desire to consume all that presents itself as nourishment. American liberals and conservatives and their reinterpretation of the founding documents, and the intent of the document's writers, in a misguuided desire to lend historicity and authority to the current philosophical errors of modernism.
On whatever level you decide to view the film, it should be an enjoyable exerience.
Pyro
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I had heard about the film, but have not yet seen a trailer. And, from what you've written, it sounds like a commentary on the U.S. and the Western world in general. We don't have to look far to see the results of once strong nations slowly imploding as they continue to make governmental decisions that backpedal away from what is good and right, to what is easiest. The path of least resistance.
Let's see if this film creates further soul-searching in our nation. If Gibson follows the same road as he had in the past, epiphanies will be experienced, seeds sown and more *Rice's will have a complete change of heart, soul and spirit.
*of the Anne sort
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