Mel Gibson's Apocalypto (Widescreen Edition)
by Mel Gibson
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Actor: Carlos Emilio B?ez, Dalia Hern?ndez, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Birdyellowhead, Rudy YoungbloodDirector: Mel Gibson
Brand: APOCALYPTO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Multilingual (Original Language); Multilingual (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 138 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-22
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
DVD Reviews of Mel Gibson's Apocalypto (Widescreen Edition)
DVD Review: Just watch
Summary: 5 Stars
Mel Gibson chose a bad time to reveal his true racist colors. His anti-Semitic rant destroyed any good press his new movie Apocalypto was about to receive. Not too concerned about that (art can be nobler, grander then the person who made it. That's what makes it art), I was free to judge Apocalypto on its own merits. And it delivered. I watched the DVD on a crappy little player and still felt as if I was in the sweltering jungle. The story is really simple (Jaguar Paw's village is overrun by fanatical neighbors, he must escape back to his wife and kid who are hiding out in a well, etc.), but it just gave me more time to oogle at the cinematography. And, wow. The costumes of the characters alone must have cost a fortune, and they can convey triumph, anger, fear, etc, in a completely undecipherable language. That's skill. While Apocalypto doesn't bill itself as historical (the Mayans left no written records), it provides frightening evidence of what happens when a predatory society, on the verge of extinction, decides to cannibalize itself. Watch. And tremble. DVD Review: Excellent acting and action!
Summary: 5 Stars
I liked this film. I had waited to watch it, put off a bit by several reviews talking about how gory it was. When I finally did watch it I was surprised that it was less gratuitously violent that I'd imagined. Sure there was blood, fighting, violence, but just as to fit the story line. I actually thought "Braveheart" to be more stomach churning. I'm not going to repeat what's been said in other reviews, but if you are leery of watching it for the blood and violence may I suggest watching it with the audio commentary "on". It takes some sting out of it, as Gibson and Safinia set the stage and talk about the actors and technical details and how much they enjoyed making the film. My favorite comment was from Gibson, talking about the scene where a jaguar is chasing Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood) and Gibson points out that it really was a jaguar and he really was chasing Youngblood and there was no danger ... pause ... "well ... unless he tripped". He's was, of course, only kidding.DVD Review: Crikey, look of ever there, it's a Mayan. Isn't he beautiful. Let's go round him up.
Summary: 4 Stars
Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood) and his fellow Mayan hunters are out on the hunt and having a good time in their secluded part of the wet jungle. After making a kill, they spread out some of the body parts, and then laugh at the expense of one of the bigger hunters because of the certain part that was given to him. Just having some good manly fun. Out from the jungle though come some strangers from another tribe. They look scared and beaten. With a warning about how their village was burned and ravaged, they pass by, onto hopefully a new beginning. The next morning, Jaguar's village gets attacked. People are slaughtered and huts are burned down. Jaguar hides his wife and child and then tries to help the rest of his people, only to get captured along with a group of others. They are taken back to the village of the capturers as slaves or quite possibly for a sacrificial ceremony. As the blade is nearing closer, and hope for rain is on the horizon, Jaguar must escape to save his wife and child, who are stuck in a 100-foot pit.
Apocalypto was definitely a surprise. For one thing, I didn't know much about what I was getting into when first watching this. I thought maybe it was about why the Mayans disappeared actually (Duh...Aliens took them to outer space). But honestly it's just a story based around the Mayan timeframe. Accurate or not, I don't know. But I did like the movie. While some of the beginning is a little slow to some, I found it fun and interesting. It was nice to see them just joking around and having a good time with one another. As my fellow co-worker said, "I wonder if they really talked or had fun like that". For instance, they play a joke on one of their friends who seems to be impotent. They told him to rub some leaves on his `wing-wang', but didn't tell him they were chili leaves (I think they were at least). This had him running around frantically naked and even his wife was burning up to (but in a spot you might not expect). The whole village was in hysterics. The action scenes were done really well also. Some say the violence was to extreme, but I don't think so at all. The sacrificing scenes were a tad rough, and I wouldn't let a child watch, but it wasn't too bad. Even `Temple of Doom' had a crazy sacrificing scene and no one really complains about that beating heart... do they? There was maybe a little to much of Jaguar Paw dodging spears and arrows though like he was Neo though, because they were coming from behind and he would always move his head or dodge something without even seeing it.
With Jaguar Paws tribe, we also see how peaceful they were, to only have that ripped away from them in total bewilderment by the `evil' tribe. It was sad really and I honestly felt bad for them. Their children being hurt right in front of them, wives being raped or killed, husbands being slaughtered, and then tying up the prisoners to poles and making them trek back to the `evil' guys village. And even after that, I still thought about the bad guys. It had me thinking to myself, "Are they all bad? Do they all agree with what's going on?" Because it sure didn't feel like it sometimes. It had me wondering about the preparations before hand for them. Or maybe some of them think, "Better them than me so I'll just do whatever it takes to survive in this tribe" And when we do see the bad guys place of home, it seems just like any other type of city probably at that time, well... cept for the sacrificing and stuff. But hey, that's what they believed in. Even Abraham was going to sacrifice Isaac to his God at one time to appease him. I almost wish we got a little more on the bad guy tribe. Ah well.
In the end, I would definitely give this a shot. While it is subtitled, it's not that bad at all (it never bothers me anyways) and you honestly forget you are reading within minutes...unless of course you are eating or something. It's got a lot of good action scenes in it, and it has a great story. Jaguar Paw rocks.
P.S. - The scene with the Jaguar, although cool as it was, looked really bad. It reminded me of Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog from Conan. It really did look like a gigantic sock puppet in a few shots. How Mel Gibson approved that I'll never know. If I was Mel I would have got a real Jaguar and let him go to town on some animal carcass or something. Eh...whatever.
DVD Review: Totally Enjoyed This Film
Summary: 5 Stars
This film was excellent. Violence, love, hatred, devotion, helplessness, and every emotion known to man is in this film. If you don't like English sub-titles, you will not like this film. Beautiful scenery.
The length this man goes to to save his pregnant wife and child is an inspiration to man's capacity to love. Gives hope amongst all the death in this film. Unnecessary death.
WARNING: Ending revealed below:
The ending was profound. A man lives because of the interruption of ships landing on a beach and yet his race in history changes negatively forever.
DVD Review: Oscar Sham
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been wracking my brains to think about a movie which has made more of an impression on me other then Apocalypto in the last 10 years but I can't think of a worthy candidate (well Minority Report comes a distant 2nd) .
Apocalypto OWNS on many levels . Action , adventure, suspense , costume design, makeup , story , setting , novelty , depth of acting , screenplay and in many other aspects too long to mention here . So one would think at least a NOMINATION for the any of the Oscars for that year eh ? Nope . Not a mention
The first thing that strikes you about Apocalypto is the incredible Mayan gear , something I have never seen before in any movie , the fabulous makeup on the thousands of extras , the whole thing seemlessly blending into the Yucatan jungle . Everything effortlessly clicks . One would think then at LEAST an OSCAR NOD for the painstaking work put into the costumes and makeup not to mention the originality of the work ?
Nope
Costume design Oscar winner for that year ? Marie Antoinette .Sheesh.. How hard is it to put together a 17th century Versailles wardrobe again ? Pull out a few rags from the some recent BBC costume drama then score some 80's disco music with that. Oscar guaranteed it seems .
Makeup Oscar winner for that year ? Pan's Labyrinth. Never heard of it .
Best Picture for that year ? In fact which movie carried off about the most oscars for that year? "The Departed" . A ridiculous foul mouthed flick I switched off about half an hour before its ending. Not that I'm offended by bad language you understand but this one practically wore out the f* word . That and the fact that the plot was absurd and the acting over the top (especially DiCaprio).
OTOH half an hour before the ending of Apocalypto I was glued to my seat because I WAS IN APCALYPTO , right there with Jaguar Paw running for dear life , chased through the Jungle by the evil doers thinking about that family deep down in that pit where I left them .
That's the essence of moviemaking , that's what its all about , the moviegoer transported , overwhelmed and left wondering starry eyed after the credits roll . This kind of work should be rewarded, the moviemakers celebrated and honored by their peers . They were not . They were all snubbed because Hollywood has a beef with Mel Gibson
This is why I quit paying any attention to the Oscars years ago (well decades to be more exact) , The Oscars are a glitzy corporate circus , politicized and unworthy of their original mission which was to award extraordinary talent in the industry - bestowing credit where credit is due . The ceremonies offer a spectacle but as far as the actual awards go they are relevant only to the insiders just as the Nobel peace prize or the Queens knighthoods .
Still flipping through the channels these last few days hyped up Oscar "mania" is apparently back , could be that The Wrestler will get some recognition at these ceremonies as it is deserving but you wont catch me staying up at night to find out ...
Apocalypto ********** +
Description of Mel Gibson's Apocalypto (Widescreen Edition)
From Mel Gibson, director of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and the Academy Award?-winning BRAVEHEART (Best Director, Best Picture, 1995) comes the thrilling historical epic APOCALYPTO. This intense, nonstop action-adventure transports you to an ancient South American civilization, for an experience unlike anything you've ever known. In the twilight of the mysterious Mayan culture, young Jaguar Paw is captured and taken to the great Mayan city where he faces a harrowing end. Driven by the power of his love for his wife and son, he makes an adrenaline-soaked, heart-racing escape to rescue them and ultimately save his way of life. Filled with unrelenting action and stunning cinematography, APOCALYPTO is an enthralling and unforgettable film experience.'Forget any off-screen impressions you may have of Mel Gibson, and experience Apocalypto as the mad, bloody runaway train that it is. The story is set in the pre-Columbian Maya population: one village is brutally overrun, its residents either slaughtered or abducted, by a ruling tribe that needs slaves and human sacrifices. We focus on the capable warrior Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood), although Gibson skillfully sketches a whole population of characters--many of whom don't survive the early reels. Most of the film is set in the dense jungle, but the middle section, in a grand Mayan city, is a dazzling triumph of design, costuming, and sheer decadent terror. The movie itself is a triumph of brutality, as Gibson lets loose his well-established fascination with bodily mortification in a litany of assaults including impalement, evisceration, snakebite, and bee stings. It's a dark, disgusted vision, but Gibson doesn't forget to apply some very canny moviemaking instincts to the violence--including the creation of a tremendous pair of villains (strikingly played by Raoul Trujillo and Rodolfo Palacias). The film is in a Maya dialect, subtitled in English, and shot on digital video (which occasionally betrays itself in some blurry quick pans). Amidst all the mayhem, nothing in the film is more devastating than a final wordless exchange of looks between captured villager Blunted (Jonathan Brewer) and his wife's mother (Maria Isabel Diaz), a superb change in tone from their early relationship. Yes, this is an obsessive, crazed movie, but Gibson knows what he's doing. --Robert Horton
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