Posted on 07/25/2005 5:20:32 PM PDT by Liz
2012 baby
Filming in dead languages worked for "The Passion" because there was a built-in audience already interested in the subject, and willing to tolerate anything that would give the presentation of Jesus more authenticity.
That special kind of audience won't be there for this film. If actually made in Mayan I suspect this film will turn out to be a major bomb.
Already been done. Here at FR its known as the Clinton Administration
Oh! Oh! Heathcliffe! :o)
good one!
"2012 baby"
Oh, Brother. When did my husband start posting here? LOL! He gives me constant updates on his "End of the World" scenario, based on the Mayan Calendar...and he's a Swede!
I sure hope he's wrong; if not, I've made my peace. ;)
Yeah, just like that "Dances with Wolves" movie, where they spoke Lakota.
What is rent-a-system and P&A? Does anyone know?
This could be very interesting.
A cast "native to the region" in a "Mayan dialect" with "onscreen depiction of violent scenes." Could this be the answer both to the critics of the violence in Passion of the Christ and to the Azatlan fanatics pushing bizarre fantasies about who "owns" the northern parts of Mexico and the western parts of the United States? (FYI, Aztec and Mayan cultures never spread farther north than about 50 miles north of what is now Mexico City and did not spread coast to coast in Mexico, therefore the fantasy of Azatlan being some sort of Mexican "homeland" is offensive, particularly to nations that do have a heritage based claim to those lands, like the Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo,Western Apache,and Zuni - they killed Mayans and Aztecs for fun...)
Show the "peace loving nature loving native culture" of the Mayans and Aztecs for the bloodthirsty, brutal and grotesque thugs that they were, particularly if you can convey just how tiny their actual holdings were, and you might just reshape the landscape of multiculturism in the southwestern US.
Add to that the knee jerk reaction of most PC critics to defend or even celebrate violence committed by "indegenous peoples" as culturally protected, imune from moral judgement, and Gibson may just put his critics into an unbearable position.
And "Apocalypto" is a Greek term meaning "an unveiling" or "new beginning."
I think Mel may have been misunderestimated.
Is Mel still thinking about making a film about the Maccabean revolt? Why can't he do that instead of this obscure-sounding subject?
Nope, that was JIVE. Completely different.
Attendant: Can I get you something?
Jiveman #2: S'mo fo butter layin' to the bone. Jackin' me up. Tightly.
Attendant: I'm sorry, I don't understand.
Jiveman #1: Cutty say he can't hang.
Barbara Billingsley: Oh, stewardess, I speak jive.
Attendant: Ohhhh, good.
Barbara Billingsley: He said that he's in great pain and he wants to know if you can help him.
Attendant: Would you tell him to just relax and I'll be back as soon as I can with some medicine.
Barbara Billingsley: Jus' hang loose blooood. She goonna catch up on the`rebound a de medcide.
Jiveman #2: What it is big mamma, my mamma didn't raise no dummy, I dug her rap.
Barbara Billingsley: Cut me some slack, jack! Chump don wan no help, chump don git no help. Jive ass dude don't got no brains anyhow.
Smart move , Disney.
IMHO the only M. Night film even close to being watchable was Signs. And that one was so-so.
The rest...yawn.
Why doesn't Gibson do a 9/11 movie, for God's sake?
What a rip.
You might think that those who fell for it the last time... nahhh.
funny.. heh!
Those who love him simply call him ~eccentric~
I have to respond: "Why not?"
Honestly?
I think it reaches a point where the artist is not considering his audience.
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