Thoughts on/from Apocalypto

I watched Happy Feet and Apocalypto back-to-back and so one was into that theatre mode.
The movie somehow did make u think as u went along with it. It was like a journey, many would be reluctant to take.

1) The violence i felt was all very relevant and i mean it was shown as it is. my friend [a guy] felt that it was too much violence..but i never felt so.....
all i felt was we have had a very easy life..after all a man is a animal and has to survive like all other animals and more often than not, his fate is to be eaten
and killed by another animal....and here, we go on living and killing mentally and emotionally in the modern jungle......
it wd not hurt to know defence techniques, to be strong physically and most imp, to be hurt physically, to know how to bear pain and fight ...bcoz it cd happen with anyone...these massacres...it hurts and u bleed n suffer...
2) Life is all about power, control and mass manipulation...since ancient times...till hitler and world wars and america............
the ways and techniques to do it differ in the ages..but it is the same..to take advantage of ignorance and show something spectacular to make ppl forget their pain...
3) Man can be triggered easily to be cruel and sadist and a killer, a murderer,....it doesnt take much to awaken the animal in u.....
there is no limit to the limits he can go to ...if given the power.............
4) The struggle doesnt end..i mean even after the hero has undergone so much ..........he will still have to hunt for food..protect his family from madmen.....
fight for his piece of land.....struggle as hard as u do...thr r no rewards for it here.......its a endless loop....
5) making the whole movie with subtitles...i liked this guts of the makers.....how much research..set-making...its simply awesome......
6) But still somewhr i felt, the story doesnt touch your heart...its a complicated, complex movie......but the essence though it comes out, it doesnt............
as far as i understood, among other things, it was the struggle of this man to become a man.......to fight all odds with his bravery, courage, knowledge of the jungle,
expertise, quickness and above all, love and compassion..and a never-say-die spirit........
well or maybe it wasnt...it was just another jungle story...this time he won..next time he wont...i dunno......
7) the baby being born...perhaps was the hollywood-ish part of the movie..dont know if u can actually give birth under water........anyways..... :-)