Apocalypto

Apocalypto,  the newest creation of Mel Gibson, stands as an impressive achievement. As an adventure movie, it’s never boring, and as the temporary revival of an exotic world namely the ancient Mayan civilization, it’s a dizzying success. More importantly, no one but Gibson would have attempted it. Unknown actors, talking in their Yucatec dialect, a story of cruelty and difficult living, struggle for life… a real moving story. It remains a violent film though, and people being too sensitive will not appreciate certain scenes.

I watched it last Saturday at the Geant cinecity. I loved it very much, it made me think about life and its cruelty (killing) and its beauty (the woman giving birth). But to my utmost disgust I remarked that several families were present with their young children. I do not understand why parents could even think of bringing their small kids with them? Do they not inquire about the film before watching it? Do they think it’s ok for their kids to watch extremely violent scenes? Perhaps they will be surprised afterwards when their children keep having nightmares!

Life is already hard enough in itself, I mean children watch “natural” scenes in their daily lives, relatives die, there is criminality, scolding, abuse, domestic violence…So many times parents can not protect their children from all this. But, do we have to add onto it on purpose?