Houdini's Magic Movie Ticket

I must admit, this is not what I thought it would be. It was still great, incredible, and amazing. But I had expected supernatural stuff like aliens, the Mayan calendar, and 2012. It was far more down to earth. In fact, it was so down to earth, it was great on a totally different level.

[Spoilers Below]
You follow along in the footsteps of a Mayan tribesman who hunts and gathers with his brothers in the jungle. A crushed Mayan village wanders by, our hero gets momentarily "infected" with fear, and you might think, "So, fear is it. Fear infected them all, and caused their end. Hope that doesn't happen with us." Suddenly, other Mayan guys show up and start wreaking havoc. So then you might think the really society killer is war. Don't go to war or everybody will get wiped out. But then it turns out that the battle was really part of a slave trade brought forth by a semi-advanced Mayan city, complete with pyramids and human sacrifices. But there's also drought and disease. So then you might think, ok the end is near because of global warming and disease.

Then there's some really cool action as our hero must fight to keep himself and his family alive.

Then -- AT THE END (don't read this if you want to watch the movie with curiosity)

The white man arrives on ships. It truly is the end of the world.

I think I read somewhere that the white guys were appalled by the barbaric practices of the Mayan people, and so exterminated them. If that's the case, then it's the city folks' fault, because the jungle Mayans were pretty cool. Not savage, living in harmony with nature.

But this all got me thinking. At the end of the movie, global warming, disease, and war are all happening at once, and then a technologically advanced visitor from out of town arrives. Could Mel be foreshadowing a visit with aliens that coincides with the turmoil foreshadowed in the Book of Revelations?

Another idea I had was that it makes perfect sense why doomsday scenarios usually say, "There will be storms, disease, plague, hunger, thirst, drought, your cattle will die, everyone gets sick, etc. etc." It makes sense to me that the only way to wipe us out is through a confluence of events. The crap has to hit the fan in as many different ways as possible, simultaneously, in order to provide a sufficiently difficult situation as to destroy humanity.

Good movie!

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