Apocalypto

dougy
dougy Posts: 182
edited July 2009 in Music & Movies
I just saw this on Encore HD. I don't remember too much about the reviews when it came out (mixed?), but I thought it was very good. A bit Hollywoodish towards the ending, but still very good.

The guy who played the lead role of Jaguars Paw was especially good. I can't remember his name, but I believe it was a native American sounding name.

The music was good, too, and the video quality was outstanding.

If ya missed it like me, catch it on Encore.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2009
    The bluray is OUTSTANDING! A must own in my book.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,131
    edited May 2009
    I need to watch this one...Netflix rules! I'll put it in my cue.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited May 2009
    Good movie-Great Sound:D
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited May 2009
    Great movie.
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  • superjunior
    superjunior Posts: 1,632
    edited July 2009
    I saw the trailer in bb when looking at tvs so I bought the bluray. Picture and sound quality were amazing. Not a big fan of reading subtitles the whole time, but it added to the realism of the movie. Excellent flick !
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited July 2009
    Average film, at best. A love story with a film that was very Hollywood'ish feeling. No where near the quality of Passion of the Christ.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited July 2009
    Excellent movie.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • bklynNupe
    bklynNupe Posts: 728
    edited July 2009
    "I am Flint Sky. I have hunted this forest from the day I came of age. My father hunted this forest with me, and before me. Jaguar Paw, my son. He hunts this forest with me. He will hunt it with his son, after I am gone."
    :cool:

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited July 2009
    The movie summed up in 20 minutes.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Fh5mDYMb4

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yIXIAvmi9Y
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited July 2009
    You guys are hard to please.. this was a fantastic film... :D Great plot, high paced, killer sound and graphics... what more do you want (Besides English? :D)
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  • superjunior
    superjunior Posts: 1,632
    edited July 2009
    Face wrote: »
    The movie summed up in 20 minutes.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Fh5mDYMb4

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yIXIAvmi9Y

    that was definatly worth watching. the TOOL soundtrack was icing on the cake. Cool stuff Face.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited July 2009
    One of Mel Gibson's finest in my mind. Every bit as entertaining as Braveheart.
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  • ToXSiC
    ToXSiC Posts: 31
    edited July 2009
    awesome movie
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