Quoted from a New York Times review, Mel Gibson's Apocalypto

"Once you get past the costumes and the subtitles, though, the most striking thing about “Apocalypto” is how comfortably it sits within the conventions of mainstream moviemaking. It is not an obsessive opera like Mr. Herzog’s “Aguirre: The Wrath of God,” but rather a pop period epic in the manner of “Gladiator” or “Braveheart,” and as such less interested in historical or cultural authenticity than in imposing an accessible scheme on a faraway time and place."


That is certainly not unlike Oliver Stone's 'Alexander the Great' nor Ridley Scott's 'Kingdom of Heaven'. Heh.