Apocalypto

I was surprised by how good this movie is. I don't remember hearing about it previously and only saw it recently. I wonder if the media kept it quiet as Mel has not been the darling of Hollywood for quite some time. Then too maybe I just missed the promo. This movie is done in subtitles really giving it an authentic feel. They used actual indigenous Mexican actors who were approximating the language of 1511. They shot it in Mexico so the setting, the costumes, dialogue, speech, and actors, really everything just seems very authentic. Seems like quite the undertaking. I can see why Mel couldn't get a big studio to fund this. I feel this movie does a great job of portraying the brutality of life in Mesoamerica in the 1500s. So much so that this movie is not for the squeamish.