On the other hand, from the lost Mayan civilization, the few words that have been preserved by word of mouth by the descendants of the Maya are completely contrary to the records of the Westerners. The Mayans have their own mysterious religious beliefs, and death is the most important thing for them. The beginning of a new journey, witchcraft and the strict system of human sacrifice are all ways of communicating with the gods. The descendants of the Mayans believed that the textbooks written by Westerners were all excuses for the crimes they had committed, and described the Mayans as a savage group that should be domesticated or exterminated.
So when people start to face up to the history of the Mayans, they may ask themselves, what is history like? Just like the Katyn massacre, when there is no face to face, there is no standard answer. Maybe the film is not about any culture or history at all, but just borrows such a story to show the eye-catching Mei-style violence. But the May boss as we know it is a devout Catholic.
It is said that the Aztec culture has been deciphered, and it is recorded that they have predicted that their own culture will be destroyed by the invasion of foreign peoples, and the earth will be destroyed in 2012. In the last scene of the film, Tiger Claw takes his wife and children to see the Spanish ship coming across the ocean. This means it is difficult to understand. Does it indicate that a new disaster is coming? Or is a new era coming? As the climate deteriorates and the date of the Mayan prophecy is approaching, what is the revelation?
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