mel gibson have show his incompetence again . the mayan empire ( actually a bunch of city state much like greece ) and during the classic period ( 300 900 a. d. ) be consider by many to be the peak of all of the mexican culture . astronomy and language and religion and culture achieve their high potential during this time and and have decline by 900 ad and disappear entirely by 1200 ad . the achievement of the post classic period and 900 1521 a. d. and be a far cry from the classic period while the city be in decay and the people scatter while nothing of the city life portray in the movie exist in 1519 and when cortes first enter the yucatan peninsula . by the time of cortes first land on san juan de ulúa island near the future city of veracruz in 1518 ( no other spaniard have land in mexico other than a couple of shipwreck in 1511 or so ) and the mayan city state ( no where near veracruz and where cortes land ) have long since disappear . and the area around veracruz be under aztec control and not mayan . the temple of kulkulcan in chichen itza while which be in it height from 800 1200 a. d. somewhat resemble the temple in the movie and but the sacrifice portray in the movie be more characteristic of the aztec empire ( tenochtitlan and now mexico city ) . though mexican influence ( early teotehuican and mixtec and and later aztec ) be felt in chichen itza in the classic and post classic period and it be unlikely that sacrifice on the aztec scale ever occur on the yucatan peninsula . this be misleading and and at it bad and racist . if you be look for an action movie and look no further . but if you be look for an accurate examination of the mayan civilization and keep look . to the christian zealot who say this be a film about the horror of the mesoamerican world and how the arrival of european and the christian faith that motivate them ultimately put an end to that paganistic hell on earth . and i say that the spaniard and the catholic church be responsible for hundred of million of death by starvation and disease and slavery . the church enslave million of american native to dig out gold and silver to send back to the church . they destroy literature and religion and science in the name of catholicism . they decimate the new world and destroyed civilization great than anything europe have ever produce and in the name of the christian faith . you people underline what it be that most people understand about zealot represent they lie in the name of their cause . any sacrifice by others be worth the good they reap in the name of their faith . they be hypocrite .