I hate it. I despise it. I think it's despicable. It's offensive to Maya people. It's offensive to those of us who try to teach cultural sensitivity and alternative world views that might not match our own 21st-century Western ones but are nonetheless valid.You notice that her political sensibilities seem to be influencing her viewpoint a wee bit.
It's also interesting that she seems to actually find very few historical errors in the movie, she just doesn't think it's respectful enough.
Was the depiction of sacrifice — lining victims up as if they're in a ticket queue in front of a hysterical public crowd — accurate? That was startling.And here's another review that doesn't do much to hide it's slant...
We have evidence to suggest that there were group sacrifices. But it would probably have been done as a pious act with solemnity.
"The high culture was portrayed as brutal and decadent which did not provide insight into the remarkable art, architecture, books, literature and advanced science of the Maya.
The film has received a lot of attention for its violence.
Aakhus said Gibson exaggerated that aspect of Maya culture.
Human sacrifice did occur, but not to the extent that is shown in the film.
Ritualized killing is not unknown to us.
Our own practice of capital punishment, when looked back on in 500 years, I am sure will appear brutal and senseless."
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