on a less depressed note...

[winterbadger]

One of the several trailers I saw before Casino Royale was one for Mel Gibson's new movie, 'Apocalypto'. Now, I am truly torn; this looks like a fascinating film--an adventure story, yes, and probably with the same failings that most 'historical' movies have--but still, when was the last time that someone made a film about one of the pre-Columbian Central American civilisations? There aren't even that many English-language novels that I'm familiar that are set in either the Mayan or Aztec cultures, and if you cut out ones that feature the Spanish conquest, even fewer.

If this is really badly done (like Braveheart or The Patriot), it would be a shame. And I hate to gove any money to a project undertaken by Mr Gibson.

But it looks like a *really* good movie...

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_hedgewytch_/]

Hmmm I share your concerns from reading this post.
Perhaps we wait til other people we know and trust have seen it and see what they say before we make a decision.

Will look out for it - have not seen anything about it yet.
thanks it sounds intriguing x

[winterbadger]

Perhaps we wait til other people we know and trust have seen it and see what they say before we make a decision.

I think that's a sound idea!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_hedgewytch_/]

*grins*