I can't believe anyone would watch this movie and actually believe what the narrator is saying. There is no real audio, there is no way we know exactly what is going on and being said. It could all be staged, or it could be a totally different scenario than the narrator is claiming.
Often times in anthropology, we impose our own views on the other cultures, thereby never understanding fully what the culture being studied is actually doing. How do we know that the people in New Guinea were man-hunting? Maybe they were just playing a game. Maybe they were acting something out. This movie is totally sensational and I don't buy a word of it.
I especially thought the part about the "primitive caveman" was really lame. The narrator shows some people in a cave and claims that these folks were just discovered there, and are possibly the only existing "cavemen" left. Had they known they were being videotaped, who knows what these savages would do? ?? I highly doubt a word of this is true.
Before you start believing everything you see on TV, especially this movie, try opening your mind to the idea that White America is not "THE RIGHT WAY". Try to understand that these cultures depicted are just as "right" as we are in America. It's just a different way of doing it, and what the narrator is saying cannot be believed because of the main fact that he is putting words in the statements that sway your opinion. Calling people "savages" and "barbarians" is not exactly being objective.
Anyway, this movie, even though it was totally distasteful and disrespectful to other cultures (and hard to watch during the bull decapitation scene) was entertaining. And I guess that's all that matters, right? Who cares if we give bad names to different cultures around the world, as long as we in America can sit back and think about how much better we are. RIGHT? whatever. Rent this if you want to see bad research.
Often times in anthropology, we impose our own views on the other cultures, thereby never understanding fully what the culture being studied is actually doing. How do we know that the people in New Guinea were man-hunting? Maybe they were just playing a game. Maybe they were acting something out. This movie is totally sensational and I don't buy a word of it.
I especially thought the part about the "primitive caveman" was really lame. The narrator shows some people in a cave and claims that these folks were just discovered there, and are possibly the only existing "cavemen" left. Had they known they were being videotaped, who knows what these savages would do? ?? I highly doubt a word of this is true.
Before you start believing everything you see on TV, especially this movie, try opening your mind to the idea that White America is not "THE RIGHT WAY". Try to understand that these cultures depicted are just as "right" as we are in America. It's just a different way of doing it, and what the narrator is saying cannot be believed because of the main fact that he is putting words in the statements that sway your opinion. Calling people "savages" and "barbarians" is not exactly being objective.
Anyway, this movie, even though it was totally distasteful and disrespectful to other cultures (and hard to watch during the bull decapitation scene) was entertaining. And I guess that's all that matters, right? Who cares if we give bad names to different cultures around the world, as long as we in America can sit back and think about how much better we are. RIGHT? whatever. Rent this if you want to see bad research.