Went to see Apocalypto with HdM tonight… over at the Balmoral Cinemas where tickets cost the princely sum of $7.90 for a Saturday night session… back to the land of cheap cinema tickets and loving it. The critics appear to be alternately loving it and hating it, but I certainly enjoyed it. It was an interesting story, with a bit of something for everyone… romantic drama, groovy historical setting, action sequences, bloody minded fisticuffs, anthropological tidbits, cool makeup/costumes and a bit with a tapir to boot. Not to mention… more tight brown butts than this cinema goer has seen on the big screen in a long time. 😀
Loved the cinematography and the gorgeous locations, and quite enjoyed the brevity of dialogue. Mind you, it was a little on the brutal side. So if you’re one of them people who winced and looked away when Mrs Marcellus Wallace got an adrenalin shot to the heart in Pulp Fiction, or when Big Russ did the two swords decapitation bit in Gladiator, this one might prove a little challenging through some of the more barbaric passages.