Comments on: Recommendation and Review: “Apocalypto”

By: Togenberg

Togenberg — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:50:09 +0000

I haven’t read criticisms of the movie vis-a-vis a Mayan perspective but I was very impressed with how Gibson created great sympathy for the villagers and in within the first minutes of the film. I had sort of expected Gibson to put some sort of positive spin on Conquest–bringing of the faith, or something like that–but he did not do that. (One imagines that his father would have.) Instead he tells a gripping story.

By: One_SalientOversight

One_SalientOversight — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:58:49 +0000

I liked V for Vendetta. As far as I am concerned it was a good political movie – but then I’m a tree hugging, UN loving chardonnay sipping liberal!

By: Michael Spencer

Michael Spencer — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:49:09 +0000

Took me a minute to get your point about an evangelical reading of the last scene.

I took it to mean one corrupt empire going, another one arriving.

By: sjs

sjs — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:47:24 +0000

I thought it was pretty powerful but actually for some reason the Son of God coming to earth in “The Nativity” hit me deeper.

For a movie that has sub-titles… I can’t believe how it held my attention. Worth seeing on the big screen.

If anything I think the movie is good at reminding us about things we take for granted and that there is true evil that can fester in whole cultures and that there are individuals that have to bear the consequences. I kept thinking, “what would I do? How could I live through that?”, knowing that there have been countless people who have and still do.

The last scene though could be used by a lot of evangelicals as a way to justify their political activity. I liked that part and it was powerful. But I think some evanglical leaders could see them on the boat coming in. But I may be cynical.