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   > #  I'm not a great fan of Mel Gibson, apart from the Mad Max trilogy,   
   > viewing most of his recent efforts as being little more than pro-RC   
   > propaganda, one way or another.  Haven't seen Patriot or Braveheart, but   
   > assume they have a go at Protestant Britain (a long-time irritant of the   
   > Church).   
   >   In Passion of the Christ, the flogging was excessive, but his latest film   
   > Apocalypto, I did, surprisingly, find quite well done, and seemingly   
   > authentic.  Certainly, in its second half, it manages to come closest we've   
   > had to a Tarzan movie lately.   
   >   Both the Passion, and Apocalypto, lend themselves to a sequel, with "He is   
   > Risen" for the former, and "Cortez and the Conquistadors" for the latter.   
   > But don't hold your breath.   
   >   The theme of Apocalypto is the quote - "A great civilisation is not   
   > conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within" - which we   
   > may accept as true, or not.  It helps if any conqueror has superior   
   > technology, and equal ruthlessness.   
   >   Apocalypto deals with human sacrifice, but the Old Testament patriarch,   
   > Abraham, was told by God (so he thought) to sacrifice his son, Isaac, but   
   > was allowed to use a lamb instead.  This latter became the Lamb of God, as   
   > Jesus was the sacrifice to appease the wrath of the Almighty for our   
   > Original Sin.   
   >   Since which time, the Mass or Communion, is a type of ritualised   
   > cannibalism, in which the body and blood of Christ is consumed.  So,   
   > although we no longer condone human sacrifice, as such, we continue the   
   > tradition by proxy.   
      
      
   Apocalypto is a great action film. Anyone who thinks it will be   
   too religious, or too cerebral, don't believe it. This is a   
   non-stop adventure. It is highly entertaining. The characters are   
   very well presented at the start of the film, so that we really   
   care what happens to them. See it, you will enjoy it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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