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PrincessElisa said:
OKay okay........after talking to people at work and my boyfriend I realize I should have mentioned two things #1 it was nicely, epically shot (really cinematic and everything and #2 even though it was violent it was still semi good.

I still think it was too violent but whatevers!

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PrincessElisa said:

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PrincessElisa said:
The violence in passion was tasteful violence

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Okay......that was "THE PASSION" this was the Apocalypto. Maybe I'm being too harsh.......I mean ya know you go from Christ to a pagan culture so its gonna be shocking but dang....

Its like Gibson was thinking, 'I'm going to give the critics what they really want. They think Passion was horrific, they should just wait for my next movie. bwahahahah!"

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You've been warned people! No bellyaching, elisa sucks threads, or other such nonsense allowed beyond this point.

DYING to see the new movie, accompanied by my ever so charming boyfriend going to see it this past weekend on the epically huge movie screen. The movie started out well enough with a hunting scene followed by a funny tribal hunting moment. Typical life of a happy hunter tribe UNTIL *bum ba bum bum* some other indian guys show up looking all fearful seeking, "a new beginning." This makes the Jaguar Paw guy (yeah his real name) antsy. He has a nightmare about the tribal guy warning him something bad was gonna happen and he wakes up to find the barking dog becoming still and quiet like it was killed. Urging his pregnant wife and child up, then throws them into a convenient pit/cave/well hoping he has enough time while other tough looking indian dudes ravage the village capturing the men and women.

The main character, tribal leader's son Jaguar (I'll call him Jaggys), fights back against them and sadly is captured (obviously or there's no story) and watches as his father's throat is slit open *EWWWWWWW* SO did not have to show that. Then they go walking through the villages all tied on the little poles to a place where "The blood drains down the earth" or something like that.

Then they get to the Mayan city and it shows the filth, the girls getting auctioned off, and the people are freakishly thirsty for blood. The guys are bathed in blue paint, shoved through an opening where paintings/wall drawings show human sacrifice, taken to the top of the temple while they watch as a couple of guys get sacrificed, the heart ripped out of them, the head chopped off as it tumbled down the stairs and then mountained on a pole, and YES they showed it freakin' all! The ray of hope was that Jaggys *dum da dum* decides to fight back as was prophesied by a random little chick in the movie to the bad guys. Throwing him on the altar, an epic eclipse happens and they decide not to sacrifice anymore but it gets worse.....

The prisoners get led to this open field where they are told to run for their lives while the guard guys throw spears and stuff at them. They make it then they are free to go (yeah right!) And yes.........it shows them pierce their bodies, blood ooze out, etc. Then Jaggy steps up and is going to fight to get back to his wife and kiddo gets glazed by an arrow, rips it out and runs for his life through a cornfield after killing the main guard's son until he stumbled and fell into a huge pit full of decaying bodies (NASTY!), where he continues to run being chased by both men and wild animals. In the midst of the jaguar chasing him, a guard jumps out in front of him, and his throat is torn and all the nastiness is shown (nothing left to the imagination), where they have to beat and tear the panther or jaguar off of the guard guy. GROSSINESS!!!!! The chase continues and we fast forward to Jaggys diving off into this epic waterfall that he miraculously survives and yells back at the guys, "Know your role. This was my grandaddys forest, my daddys forest and heck yeah its my forest so come and get it." (paraphrased of course ;P ) To which they all dive, a guy gets his head bashed into a rock, and the other guys chase after him again. This time, Jaggy sets up a trap to catch the head guard guy who gets this huge piercing trap coming down through him where once again it shows his body dangling off of it, but one of the worst scenes came from when Jaggy fought the guard who killed his dad. They dive at each other and Jags takes the ax and drives it into the guards head. It shows his head splitting open, blood draining out.....NASTINESS!

But hey........the chase continues until Jags collapses on the beach and two guard guys are left behind him, but when they are going to kill him they look out to the ocean where they see the conquistadors coming to shore. Jaggys gathers himself up, saves his wife who had arleady had their baby in an epic rainstorm that literally almost drowned her, her little boy, and had her baby in water which they showed!

The ending shows a now fully restored and patched up Jags, wife, kids, all making their way to the forest peaking back at the conquistators and wisely deciding not to deal with them but go deep into the forest and start over, the only remaining villagers.

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Too much blood, violence, and I thought the plot kinda sucked! I wanted more of a plot darn it! After the movie, you just wanted to surround yourself with happy things and pray your dreams didn't mirror the horrific violence the movie showed.

Spare yourself the horror, the violence, and go see something happy!

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