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In light of my recent birthday, Mr. Tare rounded up a couple babysitters and took me to the movies last night. We planned to see Borat, but it was ousted to provide extra showings of Rocky Balboa.

Anyway, we decided to see Apocalypto. Has anyone seen this? It about the the Maya civilization and their own cultural struggles and practices shortly preceding western occupation. I can only describe it as an extremely graphic and violent journey from order to chaos, idyllic to ravaged, joy to fear. I cried for about 40 minutes straight at the beginning. Once again I think that Mel Gibson has made a great movie but, just like TPOTC, I just wish he wouldn't take it to the absolute brink. Take it down a notch, Mel.

I would recommend that anyone see it but know this:

There's no shortage of blood and gore.
There are subtitles throughout, you big babies.
It's absolutely over-the-top-non-stop.

I can't even find ONE babysitter! Stop hogging them all!

I gave up on Mel's movies after Braveheart. Their good stuff but I can't take all the blood.

When his wife got her throat slashed by the captain guy, I thought I was going to puke. Not because of the actual act but because of the incredibly hopeless feeling that I had at that point. Just substitute your wife/spouse and place her in the position....

No Thanks. I don't like feeling incredibly hopeless to stop a situation. Kinda like watching the plane fly into the towers with all the people on board...

Edited, Dec 21st 2006 9:25am by bubspeed

The best review of that movie that I saw was "Mel Gibson is a lunatic, but he's *our* lunatic"

I think it really was a good movie. I was ok with the gore but it could have been toned down a bit.