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re: Apocalypto is an amazing movie.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 12:51 pm to Honest Tune
Posted on 7/26/23 at 12:51 pm to Honest Tune
I was a little hesitant to start watching that movie when it first came on cable but certainly glad I did.
I watched it without subtitles and really didn't feel like I missed anything important. It was that easy of a movie to follow and the brutality of that time and culture captured my interest to watch it from beginning to end.
I watched it without subtitles and really didn't feel like I missed anything important. It was that easy of a movie to follow and the brutality of that time and culture captured my interest to watch it from beginning to end.
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Posted on 7/26/23 at 12:56 pm to gumbo2176
There were specific dialogue instances that played key roles, imo.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 1:31 pm to Honest Tune
Maybe up there with the most immersive movies ever made.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 1:35 pm to bricksandstones
Hard to find one to top it.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 1:52 pm to Honest Tune
Yeah the sacrifice scene is bruuuutal.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 2:02 pm to CocomoLSU
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I had always heard it was not too good. I bought it when it first came out on DVD but then started hearing all kinds of bad things about it so I never got around to watching it.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 2:30 pm to Honest Tune
It's Gibson's best film by far. The amount of effort he put into creating the Mayan world and bringing it to life was well done.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 2:31 pm to Honest Tune
Don't forget that leftist media outlets hated it because it actually showed the reality of living in Mesoamerica. It didn't portray Native Americans as this super peaceful group of people like the liberals wanted it
Posted on 7/26/23 at 2:35 pm to JasonDBlaha
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Don't forget that leftist media outlets hated it because it actually showed the reality of living in Mesoamerica.
Pretty sure they hated it for his drunken rant about Jews.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 2:59 pm to LSUPERMAN
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Don't forget that leftist media outlets hated it because it actually showed the reality of living in Mesoamerica.
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Pretty sure they hated it for his drunken rant about Jews.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 3:05 pm to chryso
I’m sure it got downplayed big time in the media with Mel’s name attached to it, and the fact that it didn’t show the entire culture being Love, Peace and Pig Grease with each other.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 5:01 pm to Honest Tune
I always put it off because of the subtitles. I came close a few times and always ended up saying frick it.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 5:17 pm to Honest Tune
First time I saw it, the village raid, I was just take aback.
I was just like “oh right. That’s how it happened. I would 100% be captured and hopefully enslaved if that was me. Just like everyone else.”
I was just like “oh right. That’s how it happened. I would 100% be captured and hopefully enslaved if that was me. Just like everyone else.”
Posted on 7/26/23 at 6:39 pm to SelaTiger
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always put it off because of the subtitles. I came close a few times and always ended up saying frick it.
Do it, baw, it puts you in the jungle with them. I’m glad they didn’t speak English.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 6:39 pm to ned nederlander
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oh right. That’s how it happened. I would 100% be captured and hopefully enslaved if that was me. Just like everyone else.”
Quite literally living hand to mouth and fighting for your very existence.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 6:50 pm to SelaTiger
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I always put it off because of the subtitles. I came close a few times and always ended up saying frick it.
then how would you understand what they're saying without subtitles? they didn't speak english back then
Posted on 7/27/23 at 12:32 am to Honest Tune
Incredible movie and an instant favorite.
…now can we just get the sequel that picks up when the Spanish arrive?
…now can we just get the sequel that picks up when the Spanish arrive?
Posted on 7/27/23 at 1:27 am to TigrrrDad
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…now can we just get the sequel that picks up when the Spanish arrive?
Well Jaguar Paw would have to travel 1,000 years into the future considering the Mayan period Apocalypto is actually set in.
But he puts smallpox and Spanish ships in there which makes no sense as it didn't happen until long after the downfall.
Posted on 7/27/23 at 6:43 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Well Jaguar Paw would have to travel 1,000 years into the future considering the Mayan period Apocalypto is actually set in.
Apocalypto is clearly set in the late Mayan period, which is when they interacted with the Spanish. By that point, the decline of the Mayan civilizations and the influence of the Aztecs had taken full hold.
I know there is a relatively famous Youtuber who made himself look like an idiot trying to sound smart about this point, and I already destroyed it years ago when discussing the movie.
Is there movie magic? Yes. It's never claimed to be a documentary.
ETA: Also, 1,000 years? Seriously?
This post was edited on 7/27/23 at 6:44 am
Posted on 7/27/23 at 6:44 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Let me introduce you to my friend, I call him “willing suspension of disbelief”, and he’s happy to help you enjoy my other friend I call “fiction”.
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