Great movies aren't just action packed wrestling matches.Real art contains a message. In this movie,a Super power (The Maya empire) is bullying weaker communities (nations) in the name of God (Mayan Gods) and righteousness, and in order to maintain its way of life(maintain enough human sacrifices for the gods). The media in this super power(The blood priest) lies deliberately and sells fear and false dreams to the people to glorify the government(the Mayan king and queen). The bullied communities keep resisting, causing unexpected losses to the super power and keeps it busy and weakened until the time other foreign powers enter the arena(Europeans landing with their ships at the end of the movie)??
Could it be Maya=USA, Iraq=The Indian ravaged village, The Spaniards =China and Russia?
If not, then why that ominous quotation from the great historian Will Durant at the beginning of the movie about great civilizations conquered from within before getting conquered from without?
2006-12-17 23:09:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I think you're overreaching and trying to read waaaaaay too much into it.
I think it's a great idea to inform people of the fact that the native Americans were even more bloody, barbaric, vain, evil and greedy than the Conquistadores or the European settlers that displaced them.
Because the concept of the Maya as the US doesn't hold up. We don't kill and sacrifice others and steal their possessions. Especially in Iraq. Right there, it all falls apart. Facts kill the analogy, which is way too much like liberal delusion.
2006-12-18 00:10:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mel Gibson isn't really an artist, he's a performer of other people's ideas, and a master at combining different elements which resonate with us in this culture at this time; not all of his work is received with acclamation or critical approval. I'm not sure that any message from any of his movies is particularly profound, but since he started making movies which actually have story lines, he does seem to be making almost the same movie over and over again; the strong over the poor; power corrupted; it's a Celtic theme for many thousands of years now, since Rome tried to crush the Celts in Europe and then in what is now France and Britain. Gibson is very much a Celt; a storyteller concerned with justice
2006-12-18 07:20:26 · answer #2 · answered by soobee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ancient Mayans were very mysterious and much speculation has been made over the Mayan calendar and their temples. I think what Mel is trying to get across is that like the Mayans and supposedly the Atlanteans they became such superpowers they ended up destroying themselves. They became too technologically advanced for the rest of the world and yes it does seem to fit todays society. Did the Mayans know in advance that 2012 would be the end of our society?
2006-12-18 07:22:45 · answer #3 · answered by Enigma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good Movie....a warning....probably not....but there is no need to recall history to bring up the mistakes our civilizations have made, humans are destine to destroy each other, for greed, envy, power, you name it, somehow the stronger will kill the weaker...it is a viscious circle..Mel Gibson a movie Producer...he wants to make money...I do not see him donating 1/2 of his fortune to save the world...you get my idea...
2006-12-18 10:48:20 · answer #4 · answered by EC2talk2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe. But the best thing would be to ask Gibson himself.
2006-12-18 07:14:51 · answer #5 · answered by Avner Eliyahu R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting analoggy. Maybe so.
2006-12-18 07:48:54 · answer #6 · answered by planksheer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe is means that Jews own everything.
2006-12-18 07:22:56 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
your talking about the guy who is an antisemite and who got drunk as hell..he's no prophet messenger...
2006-12-18 07:12:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes , and the Blood Priest = Israel
2006-12-18 07:19:10 · answer #9 · answered by taco 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋