In ancient Egyptian mythology, a dead person's soul would be weighed against the feather of truth in a ritual called a psychostasy. If their soul was lighter than the feather, it would ascend into the afterlife. Heavy souls were devoured by Maat, eater of the dead. Good films go to hard drive heaven while the recycle bin eats the rest.
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Apocalypto (2006)
An adventure by Mel Gibson.
Jaguar Paw has a rough day in the rainforest! His whole village is captured by Mayan raiders. The Mayans begin to sacrifice the men, when an eclipse happens. Seeing that their god is pleased, they decide to eliminate the prisoners in more sporting ways.
Lots of people look down on this film because of who directed it, but that shouldn't matter. The characters and plot are good, the settings are beautiful and the pace moves along nicely. They even avoid that cliche camera treatment during action scenes. I think it's a fine movie and I'm rating it best (partially to spite the Gibson haters).
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