I found the movie to be both entertaining and disturbing. The lead actor is a young Mayan man whose life is turned upside down when his village is attacked and everyone is either killed or tuned into captives to be taken back to the Mayan capital to be sacrificed. His wife and young son escape and are hiding in a sinkhole where they can't escape, while the Mayan father is led off in captivity. There are numerous scenes of violence, but they seem to show how Mayans lived and died at the whim of their masters. I saw a lot of Mel Gibson's direction and character development similar to what I saw in Braveheart. The cinemetography and the music was great. The final scene showing the arrival of the Spaniards cost the movie some credibility since the Mayan civilzation collapsed 300-400 years before the arrival of Columbus. Overall, I give it a B for action, character development, scenery, plot, and historical education.

Does anybody eles have an opinion?

James Earl Rudder '32. Soldier, Statesman, and Knightly Gentleman. Commanded 2nd Ranger Battalion on D-Day, WWII, Major General, US Army, Land Commissioner, and President of the A&M College/TAMU.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie. I can see where some might decry the violence as being somewhat gratuitous; however, I thought that it fit the movie well. The fact of the matter is that the Mayan civilization was extremely violent and bloody. Mel knows how to do the pacing in a movie, and he understands how to grip an audience.

Overall, I'd give it a B+.

When in comparison to anything else I've seen this year, I'd give it a strong A+.

Now in comparsion to all the movies I've ever seen, I'd give it a B.

The best movies I've seen this year are in no particular order:

Apocalypto
The Prestige
Last King of Scotland
Borat