I saw it in the theater and really enjoyed it too.

I learned a long time ago to separate a movie (or music, books, photography, painting etc.) from the artists that make it. If I let my personal opinion of the artist color my feelings for the piece I'd never be able to enjoy most art because most artists are, in fact, major league a$$holes. So I just ignore the Mel Gibson factor.

This is really the kind of thing that Gibson does best: shockingly brutal historical epics. Yeah, not much depth or historical signifigance to the story compared to his other films. However, as straight entertainment, it's extremely engrosing and exciting. It's a world unlike anything you've ever seen before.

Yes, the parallels to our modern society are handled in an all to obvious way, however true they are.

The human sacrifice sequence with the heads bouncing down the stairs was unforgettable and unlike anything ever put on film. Ugly, epic and utterly alien.

Apocalypto is a one-of-a-kind movie, for better or worse.