"Revelations": Mel Gibson leading the Mayan civilization wilderness road □ text / Vulcan discipline
There is no denying that all of this is beautiful. It has nothing to do with civilization. All of this may be more in line with our fantasy of that barbaric era. ——Vulcan Ji. Inscription.
After the conclusion of "Brave Heart" and "The Passion of the Christ", as the director, Mel Gibson is very close to the classics. I have been looking forward to this movie very much, because of the madness and touch that Mel once brought me, because this movie is chromed with the mark of Mayan culture, because of the dense undulating jungles and pyramid-like ancient buildings in the trailer. . Because all those unknown words about civilization have been attracting us, we are obsessed with searching for an answer that may not be correct. This is Mel's proposition about Mayan civilization. Meier created a beautiful and magnificent Mayan world. Those old Mayan words that no one understands and the jokes made during hunting in the jungle often make us feel that there are many languages. Even if they use a language that we don't understand at all, we can still perceive them. Excited. What is the revelation: If you want to know how you are going to die, the sacred moment is coming. Beware of the darkness of that day; beware of the man who brought the tiger, he will be reborn in the quagmire. He will be able to wipe out the sky for the people you introduce; he can also level the earth; level all of you; end your world. He is already here at the moment. The day will become the night, and the tiger will lead you to destruction. This seems to be just a curse of the weak on the vicious weak, or the foresight of a dying person before he is dying. However, Mel has the ability to turn all these ancient curses into beautiful images. A bit cruel, with a crazily morbid twisted beauty.
The story told by this movie takes place in a jungle, a primitive village. In the village where the Tiger Claw family lives and in the jungle belonging to the village, his father always said: He hunted in this jungle for a living. When he was young, his father took him to hunt in this jungle. Now he Take his son, and after his death, his son will also take his grandson to hunt in this jungle. This is their jungle. Natural disasters and plagues occurred on the territories of the people under the sun. They were superstitious in the ancient shrines to pray for God's mercy. So they hired a group of slave hunters to capture some captives. The slave hunters ruthlessly destroyed the tiger claw village, women became trafficked slaves, and men became sacrificial offerings. The peaceful and easy life was completely broken, life and death were parted. The innocent tears on the faces of the children running behind their parents have merciless accusations and helpless hatred of these invaders. However, after crossing a big river, they will never see their parents again.
From killing a wild boar to cutting the wild boar's heart to killing a slave at the shrine ceremony, gouging the heart and beheading. There is no difference between a human and a wild boar. After being killed, the heart is also beating in the palm of the human hand. Mel's movies have a somewhat tyrannical flavor. Brutality and abuse can be seen everywhere in his films. Of course, there is no need to blame these priests for their cruelty, because when the hunters are galloping in the jungle, they seem to be forgiven when they kill the wild boar, because they are just to live better. What right do we have to blame the priests, maybe they are just to make everyone live better. When the people under the sun were screaming the sun frantically, the Mayan civilization was just a distorted barbaric symbol under Meier's lens. Those bloody sacrificial shrines, those line-drawing spray paintings, rendered this movie a heavy layer of filth. To some extent, this is also a cut movie. cut, without the slightest pity. The murder game that follows confirms my view of this movie. But in that era, the law of survival seemed to be the law of survival. No matter how kind and peaceful the group of people who are weak and weak, but living, and not being strong enough to live, seems to have constituted their death crime. Strong, Power, Vengeful, Malicious; build the whole world. Poor is not painful, if you want to continue to live, you can only make yourself stronger.
This argument turned the film back to inspirational. In any case, there is always a somewhat similar weak compromise in Mel's movies. How to make yourself stronger? The tiger claws in the revelation seem to escape perfectly to tell us this. When we are not strong enough, we still have the faith in justice, the familiar terrain, and the courage not to be afraid, the firmness to fight to the end, and the wise fighting will make us invincible and invincible. The banner of Maya civilization is so clear, and the theme of inspiration is so bright. Fleeing, just to survive, for the woman and son she loves deeply. After the most successful independent film of "The Passion of the Christ", this will be another era for Mel. Because what this movie contains in addition to the hope for that wild era, it also contains a kind of light of humanity. To live, we should live, and we should live better. This propositional thinking may have been thinking about three thousand years ago. As a reflective level, film is refracted into images, and many things are equally feasible in our current era.
In addition to the beauty of cut mentioned above and the weak inspiration, this movie also contains a kind of human brilliance. Like a tiger's claw, he ran wildly, enduring the pain of the wound and ran back to his abandoned village, in order to survive and to rescue his wife and children trapped in the bottom of the cave. This kind of background makes this non-pure escape flash a touching light. Why run, because of the simple affection and tender love. Why do you live, so hard work, you must live, not because of yourself, but because of your wives and children, because they must live. The shots of giving birth in the rain are beautiful and moving. When all the enemies were killed, Tiger Claw's young son was born. Life is like this. Once you are born, you are doomed to die, and it will never cease to cycle. The death of Mayan civilization was due to other more powerful cultures. At the end of the movie is the landing of a group of sailing explorers. No one knows what will happen next, but after the Tiger Claw family walks deeper into the jungle, maybe they will live happily. Nobody knows.
This film worshipped the deceased Mayan culture in an extremely barbaric way, and worshipped the barbarism of that era in a more tender way. In my opinion, this is one of the most watchable movies at the end of 2006. After all, many times, it is necessary for us to stop and think about what kind of way we have survived in this world. And now, our survival seems to be very happy, whether rich or poor. But in the future, how should we live. This movie at least brings us a perspective shock, some perceptual impulses, and some rational thinking. The tiger claws on the run moved me to tears.
2007-01-24; Xin Chou Moon Wuwu Day of Bingxu Year.
Note: Movie information. ■Title: "Apocalypse" ■Foreign language title: "Apocalypto" ■Director: Mel Gibson ■Starring: Dalia Hernandzrudi Youngblad ■Genre: Action/Dictionary/Adventure ■ Duration: 139 minutes ■ Country: United States ■ Language: Maya ■ Release: 20th Century Fox Argentina Branch ■ Release: December 8, 2006
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