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Would love to see another pre-Colombian movie

posted 12 years ago by robinson-w-walsh
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I thought Apocalypto was an overall good film, but I would love to see a film that deals with life in a Mesoamerican civilization in the same way the TV show Rome did.

The problem with Apocalypto is that it really wasn't centered on the Mayans, it was centered on Jaguar Paw's rural tribe. We didn't really get to spend much time in the Mayan city.

There's no doubt that the Mayans and similar cultures were brutal in regards to human sacrifice and war, but there was more to them then that. They also had brilliant astronomers, scholars, architects, etc. It would be nice to shed some light on that side of the story other than people's hearts getting cut out in front of a frenzied crowd.

Imagine a movie that is set in Tenochitlan(aka Mexico City) when it was at its peak.

[–] oscar-alcaraz 11 years ago

Mexico City was Aztecs

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[–] oscar-alcaraz 11 years ago

Mexicans, actually

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[–] Chisoxfan311 11 years ago

Although he mentioned the Mayans, he did say he wanted to see other movies about Mesoamerican societies. That would include both Aztecs and Mayans as well as many other smaller civilizations in the area...

[–] Grizzleberries 10 years ago

Yea, but this movie(in my opinion) took the Mayan and Aztecs cultures and essentially combined them in this movie; the mass sacrifice seen in the movie(and also probably the brutal oppression of neighboring tribes/polities) was definatly more of an Aztec than Mayan thing.. In one way, I use this movie as a way to see how the Aztecs were viewed thru the eyes of their enemy tribes.

[–] tjejen 11 years ago

Wow, thank you so much! I had also been looking for movies about precolumbian America, this database is amazing!
Thank you thank you thank you!

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[–] Maya55555 11 years ago

robinson w walsh

It is implied in "Apocalypto", where you see the construction site and the making of limestone/plaster, plus the camera pans around to see those magnificent temples. Note Jaguar Paw's and his people's reaction to the city sites.

Plus the priests and the king knew about the eclipse.

"What is TRUTH?"

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[–] Jitsoo_Nobunaga 10 years ago

Thank you carrotpie, great list. One film that I remember is The Kings of the Sun (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057225/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) with Yul Brynner. I think it will fail on the historical accuracy score, but is a good pre-columbian adventure.

[–] vicky_lc2001-1 10 years ago

Thanks for the list.

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[–] xandeargentino 10 years ago

Wow! I must check these movies!

The only one I watched was the classic Aguirre from Herzorg!

About the spanish invasion I would like to recommend El Dorado (Carlos Saura), excellent movie too.

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[–] torales-16337 9 years ago

El Dorado its one of my favorite movies of all time. Good taste man!

[–] vicky_lc2001-1 10 years ago

I loved this film not only as a technical marvel but also because it dealt with a very rare subject of prehispanic America. I too would love to see another film about the Mayans, Aztecs, or Olmecs. I believe there was a film that dealt with Precolombian natives starring Christopher Plummer as the head chief or king 'The Royal Hunt of the Sun.'

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