Newspaper Rock: Maya scorn Apocalypto

With more than half the population of Guatemala descendants of the Mayan people, it is not hard to see why they are up in arms over the movie Apocalypto that promotes the lies that were originally made to mask the wholesale murder of a race of Natives along with the theft of the prized gold. Surly.

So now Mel is making the “Big Bucks” with this film. The Maya also believe that Mel has sent them back many years as a culture since they have been struggling since the conquest. They also feel the movie is derogatory and demeaning to say the very least. And, of course, it promotes many lies about their culture and history.