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As rain falls vertically and cold becomes the testing time of the approaching initiation, Ventnor Library rekindles the fires and with wisdom, coughs politely towards a DVD that suggests, if you are ever considering whether ‘fear’ is more powerful than ‘love’, perhaps ‘Apocalypto’ may illuminate.
The Mayans of Central America date back to 900 according to my colossal dictionary and my first introduction to their culture was due to the spectacular experience of the solar eclipse in 1999 over England. The chilling discovery was that The Mayans had foretold not only this but also the end of their own civilisation and also referred to 2012AD.
Much like National Geographic in essence, Mel Gibson directs a film that works on many levels and writes with Farhad Safania a story that actually takes on momentum and manages to also, maybe and perhaps, enlighten an audience to the strength of the spirit with heightened awareness.
Compares well to epics
Beautifully filmed from the start and excellently acted from beginning to end, much like ‘The Passion of Christ’ and the epic scale of ‘Braveheart’ it is a mature piece of work that is extremely difficult to ignore.
With the advent of DVD technology and the function of freezing an instant still of any scene and studying it carefully, it shows that the viewer is learning. It is a seriously good and positive strength that ‘Apocalypto’ educates with.
As far as the madness descends in the heightened arena and the torturous path is laid out, well understood by those souls who have worn it before, ‘fear’ has taken over, yet the ancient wise words of a young prophet on the path were truly chilling.
Perhaps The Mayans were alarmingly accurate after all.
