tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post116658942592518514..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: Apocalypto's racismNoel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-69133152440327652642013-11-17T21:24:41.073-05:002013-11-17T21:24:41.073-05:00Uh--read the article. Gibson's view of the Azt...Uh--read the article. Gibson's view of the Aztecs is about as accurate as Springtime for Hitler. Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-67420701175921329752013-11-17T06:16:39.786-05:002013-11-17T06:16:39.786-05:00How the fuck is it racist??
It's a film that p...How the fuck is it racist??<br />It's a film that protrays an oppresive regime comes in all race and creeds. That's historical FACT.<br />If Apocalypto is racist for showing a sobering fact of one's culture then so is Schindler's List for protraying all Germans as brutes.<br />Every race and religion (including atheism) has a brutal history. To show it is NOT racist!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03040554108788068869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-5202851585799620132011-09-12T23:06:20.762-04:002011-09-12T23:06:20.762-04:00What? Not going far enough. I think Hostel's t...What? Not going far enough. I think Hostel's terrible because it resembles Apocalypto, only with less racism.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-74743863477614694762011-09-10T23:09:35.950-04:002011-09-10T23:09:35.950-04:00After reading your post, I think you just hate him...After reading your post, I think you just hate him.<br />Comparing Apocalypto with Hostel it's just too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-80521637807560509242011-04-02T01:48:56.954-04:002011-04-02T01:48:56.954-04:00Really? Apocalypto wasn't racist? Get a clue, ...Really? Apocalypto wasn't racist? Get a clue, peewee...Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-54891979918806516402011-04-01T01:59:58.593-04:002011-04-01T01:59:58.593-04:00The movie was great, excellently directed and scri...The movie was great, excellently directed and scripted. Stop with the bullshit and try to have an open mind..Really? Apocalypto was racist? Get a life people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-81116992722815056852008-08-09T01:05:00.000-04:002008-08-09T01:05:00.000-04:00Wow, a Mel Gibson fan. Never thought they were sti...Wow, a Mel Gibson fan. Never thought they were still around.<BR/><BR/>Actually, Hostel 2's not that bad--it has at least one fascinating image, that blood shower over Monica Malakova, and it does push the first movie's idea to its logical conclusion. Whereas Apocalypto wallows in Gibson's obsessions so thoroughly it doesn't even know when its head's up its ass. There's bad, and then there's terrible.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-5051623887206560812008-08-08T19:31:00.000-04:002008-08-08T19:31:00.000-04:00Actually, you've said very little about the film h...Actually, you've said very little about the film here, just ranted about Mel Gibson.<BR/><BR/>And then let your extremism prompt you to make the rediculous claim of not seeing a difference between Apocalypto and Hostel?????????? You really can't see a difference in drama, story, creativity, talent, etc. between Hostel and Apocalypto.<BR/><BR/>There's plenty of critics who while saying they dislike things that Gibson has said and done were "MAN" enough - decent as human beings and professional as critics - to not let it affect their ability to see good things in Apocalypto and prevent idiotic remarks like yours.<BR/><BR/>I see ... not anti-semite, don't disagree with homosexuality - just pure asshole. nice job, "professional."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-1167288449791445502006-12-28T01:47:00.000-05:002006-12-28T01:47:00.000-05:00Hi, okenheim, thanks. I can't seem to find your Ap...Hi, okenheim, thanks. I can't seem to find your Apocalypto piece, tho. Is there a direct link?Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-1167275023396657072006-12-27T22:03:00.000-05:002006-12-27T22:03:00.000-05:00very neat post. i agree about mel gibson, check ou...very neat post. i agree about mel gibson, check out my blog at sophomorecritic.blogspot.comsophomorecritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14320637485303592977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-1167117148953322782006-12-26T02:12:00.000-05:002006-12-26T02:12:00.000-05:00Two things bothered me about 8mm: first, it's so h...Two things bothered me about 8mm: first, it's so hysterical--it presents the luridness of snuff films without trying to make the case that they realy exist (they don't); second, it makes a totally unnecessary swipe at the Philippines--we never had the rep for making snuff films, I don't think our sexuality ever went in that direction (the closest it did was in Peque Gallaga's Scorpio Nights--worth getting if you can, even without subtitles).<BR/><BR/>Oh, and third, it's low rent Tony Scott (and I despise Scott).<BR/><BR/>If I go to slasher flicks, it's usually for the mechanical aspect of it (the deconstructing, if you like, of the human body), and how the filmmaker might subvert the genre. In Gibson's case I don't see any subversion; hell I don't see any intellect developed enough to imagine the desire to subvert. It's just one long wankfest, to the tune of thudding blows and tearing flesh.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-1166701523040535862006-12-21T06:45:00.000-05:002006-12-21T06:45:00.000-05:00Cinema is an art form that (when it works) totally...Cinema is an art form that (when it works) totally absorbs me emotionally. The scene in <I>Pan's Labrynth</I> just freaked me out too much. Yet I was fine in the even more violent scene/s in Gaspar Noe's <I>Irreversible</I> because it seemed appropriate. I think it's a combination of things - context, originality, entertainment, artfulness - that make violence work for me. But when it's excessive, nasty and unnecessary (gratuitous), I have a problem with it. <I>8mm</I> is another film that disgusted me with its gratuitous violence. It may not surprise you to know that I don't go to slasher flicks.Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-1166688417837203232006-12-21T03:06:00.000-05:002006-12-21T03:06:00.000-05:00Gotcha, Paul. That's a good position to take, in m...Gotcha, Paul. That's a good position to take, in my opine.<BR/><BR/>My situation's different, though. I <I>love</I> excessive violence; mouth cutting is basically an acceptable form of entertainment for me (De Palma with The Black Dahlia comes to mind). What I object to is what I consider mediocre, unimaginative violence, directed at dubious ends (slandering the Mayan civilization, for one; Jews, for another). My position is, if you're going to provoke intense feelings in an audience, shouldn't you be careful to do so in a more innovative, less racist way?Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-1166676892345271632006-12-20T23:54:00.000-05:002006-12-20T23:54:00.000-05:00I personally liked Man Without A Face and Bravehea...I personally liked <I>Man Without A Face</I> and <I>Braveheart</I>, though my taste in cinema has certainly matured in the several years since these films were made. <BR/><BR/>I confess to not seeing <I>Passion of the Christ</I>, for a number of reasons I won't go into at this point. <I>Apocalypto</I> has not been released in Australia yet. I had a media invite to it today, but decided I'd rather go to my work's Xmas lunch. I don't think I will see it at all. <BR/><BR/>I don't have a problem with violence in cinema <I>per se</I> (I love David Lynch's and David Cronenberg's depictions of violence, for example). However gratuitous or excessive violence disturbs me. So many critics have slammed this film for exactly this that I don't think I want to subject myself to it. Unless someone can convince me otherwise.<BR/><BR/>And <I>Pan's Labrynth</I> is another recent film that comes to mind that was otherwise very appealing. The unnecessary excessive and graphic violence greatly detracted from the film for me (especially the mouth-cutting scene).Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.com