Bland Mel

Got a chance to watch Mel Gibson's APOCALYPTO yesterday and found the film to be pretty damn bland for a super expensive artistic venture! Bland in the sense that the film never went anywhere or showed me anything that I had not seen before.


I really did not have a strong desire to see the film until I caught a documentary about the Mayan culture - the violence and truthfully disgusting ways of their daily lives fascinated me. So I threw the film on the queue for Netflix - fired it up... and got a long film that dips into DANCES WITH WOLVES elements while trying to fake like it is teaching you something new.


Gibson tries to put his artistic mind forward - he starts off with an intriguing tracking shot - yet it's final goal shows the emptiness of the film. The gore - the unbalanced handling of storytelling... none of it really works.

The chase is fun - that's about it... oh, and the jaguar looks really really fake (which is funny - I thought I was watching SAVING SILVERMAN for a moment!).


Tonight is TRANSFORMERS - I am ready to check my brain at the door and try to enjoy the film for what it is - I will let you know next week how it went.


Finally, HBO is airing the entire BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy in HD on Wednesday!!! I am recording and will settle in for 6 hours of pure cinematic pleasure - yes, I am that guy who loves all three films.

Later!

Yo