Well...
This movie was very... interesting. To start off, the gore was amazingly done, it wasn't exaggerated like blood splashing every where when an arm gets cut off. For example, a man gets a part of his head chipped off and the brain is somewhat visible, small amounts of blood would spurt out over time and pus came out, it was sick yet nicely done. Also, the fight sequences are awesome, you get the feel of the hatred from the characters when they are consumed by revenge in their confrontation. This is by far, the greatest cinematography I've ever seen, in my opinion of course.
The way they portray the Mayans is pretty sick, they would enslave the people in the small villages around their capital or whatever. However, the way they are treated and shown is just too much but it does a good job at showing the brutality historically, however, my logic may be flawed as my history memory is kinda blurry. In addition, the way they show the Mayans making the pyramids is a bit flawed, because from my knowledge from history, no one knew how they built the pyramids, they show it by the Aztecs using the slaves. Keep in mind, this is from what I learned in history classes, so my logic may be utterly or kind of flawed
The way the Mayans are portrayed figure-wise is really spectacular, the make up, costumes, piercings, etc. are breath-taking, scary, intimidating, and awesome.
Also, it is sad in many ways. The ways the Mayans treat the "neutral" Mayans is quite sad, after they are done pillaging and fighting them they eventually make the neutral Mayans submit and tie them down, to enslave the women and men. They leave behind the dying and children (from all of the neutral villages), but allow the children to follow from a distance, only to bring them to an area where they can no longer, a river with a strong and deep current, you just see the children crying and say they will take care of each other while the good Mayans look behind in tears. Additionally, while the good Mayans are escorted by the bad Mayans to their "capital" you see what the enslaved people go through, from dying, diseases, coughing up blood, abnormalities, begging, and even the sacrifices.
Though, historically flawed, this is a definite favorite of mine, Mel Gibson really did a good job in my opinion. This may save is career
Also, I'm looking forward for Pathfinder, Children of Men, and 300. I also, saw a poster for TMNT, just a poster, no preview.
