I did hear that there is an easter egg in the previews for the movie that in one frame, literally, just one, he is shown in a checked shirt, face painted, smoking a cigarette and standing at the head of a line of warriors with a beard! That is someting I would have to see!

So, what do we all want this letter to say, exactly? Fair and unbiased depictions of the natives? More screen time given to slingers and make sure they use proper form? Ideas?

Many of the original inhabitants of central America *did* capture others for human sacrafice. If you need a movie to throw in an equal number of "good" characters of a group to counteract the "bad" characters of the group, just to reassure yourself after the movie that not all members of said group are "bad," you're really not worth pandering too.

the problem with this kind of films is that it's makers do not take full responibility for it.

they say - it's just a film. but that's not true, it's much more than just a film. a film that is set in some historical period will create an atitude an oppinions for wast majority of ppl, for the given period and the sides shown in there.
because ppl are lazy and they won't bother with checking of other sources - they have just seen it on film, right?

There are such things are unbiased films, or at least, films that do show some positive sides to the "bad" guys. You could show some reality.  British soldiers in the Revolutionary War were not heartless murderers.  There was a cavalry officer, Banastre Tarleton, who gained a reputation for no quarter, but he was an exception rather than a rule, and he was easily - easily - matched by the things done by the Americans.  Why not show some balance?

it's much more enjoyable to be slaughtering pure evil guys. the audience tends to be happier that way.

most movies that show an equal balance and blur the line between good and bad are usually called stuff like "bold, artsy, new, intriguing perspective"  They also give something for some people who consider themselves smart something to blabber mindlessly about... (not that some movies can't be seriously analyzed, but most people don't do that)

according to that, I don't see why hollywood dosn't make more 8).... actually this is becoming more and more true: around WWII films portrayed germans and japanese as savages whose sole goal in life was to murder YOUR family. Nowawadays I wouldn't be surprised to see a film glorifying alqueda or Stalin... Whether this is good or bad can be argued, but i'm just puttin it out there.

if you want something realistic but with actual cinemetography, watch the movies on the history channel. a lot of them are fairly accurate, and there is momentary commentary to discuss what was real and what wasnt.

I'm planning on seeing the movie, I will of course reserve judgement until then.

My initial response to concerns over portraying the natives in a bad light... Supposedly the movie takes place before Spanish or other groups interact with them. Since it is a movie, it presumably has a story. A story requires not only bad guys, but good guys as well.

Therefor it's not too much of a streach to conclude that perhaps the natives who are the "good guys" will indeed be shown in a good light.

i had too label it someway or another  imo i just felt very bad towards the guy that killed his son andd thats really the only guy i hated in the entire movie  maybe this was a beter way to say it from the begining

it's because B/W pictures require less memory than grayscale ones