Saturday, January 27, 2007

Apocalypto

Apocalypto - a movie name that I don't know how to pronounce. Much as I thought I wun like it, I am surprised to announce that I actually think it's a gd movie. Yes, it's (very) gruesome, but the bottom line - the strength of the human spirit shines through.

I admit I wasn't enthusiastic cos the movie is directed by Mel Gibson and his reputation (good or bad) precedes his name. Furthermore, the tribes, setting and the foreign language made everything seemed scary. I thought tt I would be bored. How wrong I was!

Apart from the fact tt the scenes in which blood was shed were more than raining scenes, there were also 1. Cutting into the body, then digging out the heart from the (living) men; 2. Beheading of the men whose heart was just dug out; 3. Using the captives as targets for a shooting game; 4. Gently slitting the throats of men, whose blood will then slowly flow down their bodies like a waterfall and finally 5. Gentle spray of blood splurting out of the side forehead of a man whose head was just hit by a club. All in all, the slaying of the animal in the 1st scene was just the appetiser for the blood shed that was to follow.

However, despite the above, I still like the show! *gasp* No, I have not become blood-thirsty, but the show appeals cos the lead actor did not allow his thinking to get the better of him. Instead, he stared defiantly (and used his brains) at his enemies. With abit of Mother Luck on his side, he managed to defeat the enemies. The sheer determination, bravery and the will to live are all characteristics that I want to have.

Man only fails when we give up at the slightest sign of defeat. We should keep trying, keep going and be like a bull. If the defeat gets to us, we fail even b4 we lose in reality. It is a battle within ourselves, to convince ourselves that we can do it. Our mind is a lethal weapon that can make or break us. So why not choose make, instead of thinking failure?