Quote from Tsing Tao:
That movie was horrible.
that was the point, that was the beauty of the presentation of the message. It was a sign of mel Gibsons brilliance.
he made a horrible movie, about the horrors of pre or non western culture
1. he did it to get people to see what those cultures might be like.
I remember right after the end, I said wtf... how could a guy who made such a thought provoking movie about Jesus then turn around and make this... is he off his rocker...
I wondered why he would do it.
2. Then I realized he was giving a big message to all those that were putting down his judeo christian culture and his choices.
In short, you love the natives, you say it is so sad western culture (mels judeo christian culture) came in, well this is what you are aggrandizing. Pick your continent... you want the natives or what the west has brought you.
That is mels message and it was delivered in a very powerful way... and it was delivered without preaching.
I therefore think mels movie manifests artistic brilliance. I wish I had the power the money and the skill to deliver messages through film like that.
I put it up there with with Swift's modest proposal for art that really hit me by surprise...out of the blue.
I read a modest proposal in english class as an assignment out of big readers. I had no idea what I was reading at first. It was pretty cool.
I felt the same way with apocalypto.