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Originally Posted by dzfan
so did anyone see it? I am goign to see it tomorrow. It got number one in the box office -- way to go Mel
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I'm a little late to this discussion, but whatever. I saw this movie today with a friend, and I must say that It was "ok."
I had REALLY REALLY wanted to see this, so I kinda had high expectations for this movie, and it really didn't live up to all my expectations.
Historical wise--its pretty accurate. Mel Gibson is really good about trying to keep things as accurate as he can with dress, language, makeup, etc.
Personally, IMO, I would have liked him to be a little bit more accurate with the Mayan "physique." I mean I would have liked them to have a little bit more of a flattened/sloped head which was very distinctive of the Mayans.
Plot wise--there really was none. (Without giving too much) there really isn't a lot of background. I really was riveted to see what would happen to the characters, but at the end of the movie I was left a little clueless. I felt like there was something missing, something that needed to tie the whole movie together....hence me saying there was no plot.
If I was to rate it on a scale of 1 to 10, i'd would really give it around a 6. Its not bad, but I would have liked it have more of a substantial plot than what it had.
Since there was always a question as to how the Mayan civilization really did "vanish" and fall, I think this movie would have been better if Gibson had tried to answer that question. Setting the time period after the Spaniards had already arrived....i think that would have given it enough of a plot to make it go to a 10 or 11 on my scale! lol.
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