Despite a genuine talent for taking us to another time and place, a gift that under other circumstances would be worth experiencing, Gibson has made a movie that can be confidently recommended only to viewers who have a concentration camp commandant's tolerance for repugnant savagery.
This is all well and good, but the reality of "Apocalypto" is that this film is in fact Exhibit A of the rot from within that Gibson is worried about. If our society is in moral peril, the amount of stomach-turning violence that we think is just fine to put on screen is by any sane measure a major aspect of that decline. Mel, no one in your entourage is going to tell you this, but you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. A big part.
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Colorado AIM's take on Apocalypto
http://colorado-aim.blogspot.com/
From what I've seen, AIM is especially active in Colorado (Columbus Day protests) and Florida (protests against pseudo-Indian pageants). Maybe in Ohio and Pennsylvania too (protests against Chief Wahoo).
I don't know about elsewhere. But if the regional AIMs are independent, a few motivated individuals could make offices like Colorado's stand out.
AIM in Wisconsin is quite right now. My grandfather one of the founders of AIM(Herbert Powless) has seen the movie. Although he enjoyed it, he said that he knew it would cause alot of controversy. He said he knew someone from AIM or a large group of Natives would have an issue with the film. But he also said, its really not about all the other tribes that have a problem with the film, It's about the MAYAN people themselves and how they feel about it. he also told me that just because one Native found it stereotypical doesn't mean another will. I am one who sometimes questions my grandfather, and would continue to ask him questions. But this time i couldnt agree more.
See Maya Scorn Apocalypto for a response to your comment.
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