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Old 09-09-2007, 05:13 PM   #2867
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Originally Posted by Not A Speck Of Cereal View Post
I'm going to have to watch The Andromeda Strain again--I haven't seen it since it was first released in the early 70s.

Seen: Apocalypto: I liked it, it was fairly well done, though I feel no urge to see it again.

I feel that while it somewhat represented the culture and religion of their civilization, that was really a side thread to the macro-study of the tribulations of a single tribe, and perhaps even a single family. We were given only a glimpse of the ultimate leadership and their rites. Perhaps I was simply mislead by the title of this work, but I expected more on the subject of Mayan cultural demise.

I guess the film assumes of the audience that the human sacrifices were an attempt to curb the decline of their civilization.
I think Apocalypto is one of the best new films I've seen in a very long time. The fact that we see the whole thing through the eyes of a few people outside of the Maya civilization is making it even more powerful according to me.
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