Comments on: The Apocalypto Scenes Mel Gibson DID Borrow (Probably)

By: nina

nina — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:35:06 +0000

i forgot to mention, i realy, realy liked the ovie and all.

By: nina

nina — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:30:29 +0000

also ther’s that scene thst loocks just like the one in the brasilian movie ”cidade de deus”, when the Jaguar’s Paw while running from the mayan’s in forest, climb’s up on a tree, and when hes blood, falls down.
I don’t know any of you people seen that movie but it’s wery simular to it.

By: Kyou

Kyou — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:11:12 +0000

So you’re dying in quick sand, and are struggling to get out safely. How is this possibly stealing the idea from Predator?

By: Sean Sweeney

Sean Sweeney — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:25:18 +0000

Check out Cornel Wilde’s great 60s action/explotation flick The Naked Prey.
You’ll be feeling some de-javu

By: kevin

kevin — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:11:09 +0000

I think this was a really good movie.Action all the way,the acting in this film was outstanding .But i can safely say no actors will win any awards though. but well done MELL GIBSON

By: Eoin

Eoin — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:50:44 +0000

I think Daryl’s article is spot on. You see, the problem with Apocalypto proposes to be something different, something extraordinary. But after seeing it today, I felt nothing, not hatred, not love. For it is merely a Hollywood chase movie, full of the cliched scenes (e.g. waterfall jumping) with typical family values disguised as an art-house film. and that’s just because it’s subtitled. There’s no new ground, it just hides a tired old tale in ancient Mayan culture.

I bestow upon this film a great big yawn, and was glad I snuck into the cinema and didn’t pay for it.

By: daryl

daryl — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:31:42 +0000

The opening scene in Flags of Our Fathers is borrowed from Saving Private Ryan because Flags was initially a Steven Spielberg project. He was heavily involved as a producer even though Eastwood directed it.

It’s still true that every director borrows ideas from other filmmakers. The big difference is that Gibson borrows heavily from all over the place without attribution, and without rally altering or improving what he’s borrows.

So in light of his being sued by Juan Catlett, it’s worthwhile pointing out just what a little magpie he is.

By: Annette

Annette — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:49:38 +0000

Every director borrows ideas from other filmmakers. Clint Eastwood’s opening scene in Flags of our Fathers is borrowed from Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan.

Every battle scene now imitates Gibson’s Braveheart. All of Scorcese’ films borrow from Coppola’s The Godfather and Ed Zwick borrows from all of them.

This is a weak article with weak ideas with Gibson’s name attached because he’s been in the limelight recently.

The writer of this article is obviously covering her/his rear end with the word (probably)because they don’t want to be sued.

Find another subject and do your homework properly.