Apocalypto

I have just had the misfortune to watch Mel Gibson's Apocalypto. I have never seen such a mishmash of complete and total bullshit in all my life. Gibson threw in every piece of left over crap from all the jungle/savage/Indian/fantasy/ridiculous movies ever made. Of course there was virtually nothing but violence, blood and gore from start to finish with knives, spears, clubs, bows and arrows, death traps, poison darts, you name it. All of this with a story line so absurd it could only appeal to ten year old boys who have never read a book except, perhaps, the most pathetic of the comic books. Mel Gibson should be put away someplace safe where he can deal with his obsession with violence without inflicting it on the rest of us. The dialogue, such as it was, seems to have been written by someone in a convent. They say thank you a lot. Savages, it appears, are highly amused by cruel jokes, mostly having to do with sex (mysteriously there is no actual sex shown). If you are a ten year old boy with time on your hands, a bit of money in your pocket, and want to indulge in an afternoon picnic of unadulterated gore, you might enjoy this garbage. Why has Gibson not made a picture about the Holocaust? It would seem to provide the ideal situation for him to display his violent obsessions to the fullest. Oh, I forgot, the Holocaust never happened. I'm sure he could make it up. He has a truly vivid imagination when it comes to complete and total schlock.

Saturday night. Not much happening. I guess this is the night our politicians make their rounds of the brothels and public restrooms. That's okay. They need to relax and be ready for monday when they can continue their work of doing nothing constructive and raising money. Poor Hillary and Edwards, if they just didn't have to put up with any of the other candidates think how they could collect even more money and stand out. I guess Obama isn't in on the conspiracy, at least not yet.

I never thought I would find myself rooting for Pootie Poot. But I am. Along with Chavez, he seems to be one of the major world leaders who has retained a bit of sanity and actually has his countrymen behind him. According to Bush and McCain, things continue to go well in Iraq and we are making progress (except for that pesky problem over their oil that they refuse to give up). McCain is now among the walking dead. How soon will Bush/Cheney follow?

LKBIQ:

"Is it wicked to take a pleasure in spring, and other seasonal changes? To put it more precisely, is it politically reprehensible, while we are all groaning, under the shackles of the capitalist system, to point out that life is frequently more worth living because of a blackbird's song, a yellow elm tree in October, or some other natural phenomenon which does not cost money..."
George Orwell