Apocalypto

The new Mel movie. We went along as it had one star from the DomPost reviewer and we like crap movies. And it was at the Embassy. Storyline: happy funny times in small village, bad guys come and smack them over, conflict between big city/small village requirements, mass murder, god appeasement, conquistadors. There thats about it. As to the movie itself, it's not that bad. The storyline is interesting, if laboured in places. Use of the disease ridden oracle seemed a bit OTT. The setting makes it a bit more interesting than your usual revenge movie, which this is. I think it could have been trimmed a bit or at least used a lighter hand in the directing. The violence didn't seem too excessive to me, although if headless torso's bumping down steps doesn't float your boat... Nicely set up for a sequel too :-)
One star is a bit harsh, I'd give it 2, possibly 2.5. Blair went for a 3. It wasn't a complete waste of our time, but sadly it wasn't as bad as we hoped.

B.