Angela Carter

Mel Gibson's Apocalypto



Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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Coastal Health Information Services

I loved this movie, but that could be because ever since I first heard about their lost cities being excavated, when I was 10, I have loved the Mayan culture.

This movie is centered around the son of a Mayan chieftain, Jaguar Paw and how he escaped the fate of being sacrificed to the Mayan Gods. His love for his wife, son and unborn child is the driving force that keeps him alive when his captures set out to hunt and kill him.

I did research to find out just how accurate Mel Gibsons portrayal of the Mayan people and the cities and to see if his events lined up with the events of history. He was right on the money.

I have read many reviews of this movie and was disappointed with them. Many said that the violence was to much. Well, if you know anything about the Mayans, Inca, and the Aztec, they were violent people but this movie wasn't any more violent then what we see on the news or in other movies. The weapons aren't that much different than what we have today, ours are just more efficant at the killing.

This is truly a must see movie.

Angela Carter is a 55 year old disabled women. Living in Savannah, GA and is the owner of Coastal Health Information Services, a health information gathering service. http://www.coastalhealthinfoservicedotcom.wordpress.com and http://chisarthritisinfo.blogspot.com

Angela Carter has been disabled since 1999 after surgery on her knee and diagnosed with Osteoarthritis, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatique, Restleg Syndrome, IBS, and HepC. She had total knee replacement in 2007 after the arthritis in her knee went unchecked for 10 years. In 2010 she was diagnosed with Sjogren's (show-grin's) syndrome and gout. She has never given in or quit living because of her disabilities, she has just had to reevaluate her activities.

Her articles have been published on EZine.com, Self-Growth.com, Article Base and her article "Resilience: Do You Have What It Takes To Bounce Back" was mentioned in The World Federation for Mental Health report on Oct. 10, 2010.

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