We do not mourn for Our Savior and lament the stripes we placed upon His back, but we feel disgust for a depraved culture. Human sacrifice is depicted with little left to the imagination, but without the spiritual message of the Passion, the viewer is left feeling empty.
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Like “The Passion of the Christ,” “Apocalypto” is a graphic depiction of a brutal and cruel series of events. In “Apocalypto,” I at least feel something for Jaguar Paw and his fellow tribesman.Ĭomparison’s to “The Passion of the Christ” In too many films, I am left to wonder why I care. The characters feel like real people, and, unlike many Hollywood films, we actually care whether they live or die. Having said that, the script is by no means a failure.
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A better script could have developed a far better movie with deeper meaning. The plot is best suited to an action movie, and it is in that manner which Gibson attempts to frame most of the movie, but in so doing it misses many opportunities to rise above the violent culture it criticizes. He seeks to reunite himself with his wife and escape the barbaric empire which pursues him. Eventually, Jaguar escapes and is pursued through the jungle. Jaguar’s pregnant wife is stranded in a cave, while Jaguar Paw is dragged off to the Mayan capital. Jaguar Paw is a man who lives in a simple tribal village with his family, but his life is disrupted when invaders from the Mayan Empire enter and destroy his village, seeking victims for sacrifice. The best place to start is, of course, with the film itself. I will, therefore, subdivide this review so the reader may read or omit whatever he so desires. I am also aware that many readers struggle through long reviews seeking key pieces of information that are often hidden beneath a barrage of rhetoric. I, therefore, came into this movie without any biases for or against the movie.
Indeed, I still believe that Gibson’s “Braveheart” is vastly overrated and exaggerated piece of fiction. That usually makes me a harsh critic of historical films. I like my historical movies to be historically accurate. And, like the Passion, it says something that liberals do not want to hear.įirst, let me say that I am a published historian. Like the Passion it is filmed entirely in a “dead” language. Like the Passion, it is extremely realistic in its depiction of the violence of the culture. Now Gibson returns to the movie scene with another controversial movie comparable to “The Passion of the Christ” in several ways. Gibson’s attempt to make the movie as realistic as possible even included dialogue spoken in the “dead” languages of Latin and Aramaic. The far left hit the movie with all manner of slander and venomous attacks, making “The Passion of the Christ” one of the most controversial movies of all time. He will go on taking and taking, until one day the World will say, 'I am no more and I have nothing left to give.In 2004 Mel Gibson shocked the Hollywood elite by self-funding “The Passion of the Christ” which went on to become the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time. It is what makes him sad and what makes him want. I saw a hole in the Man, deep like a hunger he will never fill. Now his sadness will stop." But the owl replied, "No. Suddenly I am afraid." The deer said, "The Man has all that he needs. Then the owl said to the other animals, "Now the Man knows much, he'll be able to do many things. And when the Man had all the gifts that they could give, he left. Ask us for whatever you wish and you shall have it." The Man said, "I want to have good sight." The vulture replied, "You shall have mine." The Man said, "I want to be strong." The jaguar said, "You shall be strong like me." Then the Man said, "I long to know the secrets of the earth." The serpent replied, "I will show them to you." And so it went with all the animals. And all the animals drew near to him and said, "We do not like to see you so sad. And a Man sat alone, drenched deep in sadness.
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