Apocalypto - the new Mel Gibson film

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So...what's the opinion on this? I heard that Gibson had some trouble finding someone to distribute his latest dead-language film, which is no surprise, considering it's filmed entirely in some obscure Mayan dialect and starring real Natives.

Even though a lot of people say they think it looks boring/stupid/silly/whatever, I'm really looking forward to it. As much of a hispanic/mexican/south american presence as we have in the US, Hollywood really hasn't done much to attract that particular niche audience by creating historical films based around the mythology or history of those cultures. Since I've been in love with Aztec, Mayan and Inca mythology/history for years, I'm really excited about the film. I think the best and most broadly appealing way to get the history out there on the big screen would be to adapt Gary Jenning's historical novel Aztec into a film... but for now I'll be happy with Apocalypto and Antonio Banderas' current project, Conquistador.

I only wish that the name were different...it reminds me of an old Animaniacs joke talking about a remake of Apocalypse Now! called Apocalypso >__>...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah, they do. It's kind of like the whole 'no foreign-language music' thing... my dad is a good example of it. He refuses to see movies with subtitles and really doesn't like when I put on music in other languages around him (although he just has to deal with it).

At least my mom is more open-minded about it. But I'm really excited about it being filmed in the dialect as well; at one point I wanted to learn Nahual, so this is really intriguing for me.

There's nowhere I can't reach.