Hey there, First, the current correct spelling is "Ollantaitambo", according to maps that I've seen. Second, You say that the Mayans were in Northern South America. The Andes Mountains go from Southern Chile/Argentina northward till almost the Carribean Sea. Also, the Amazon basin goes all the way westward to the feet of the Andes. Ollantaitambo is down the river from Machu Picchu.
Actually, Ollantaitambo's ruins date to before the Incan civilization. It is possible that the Maya people moved south from the Yucatan Penninsula in Middle America into South America.
It is also possible that the makers of the movie took the idea of one of the World's biggest mysteries and plotted a way of fitting it into the movie. Movie makers have done this for years and years.
Sooo, please do research before lecturing.
Thanks for reading,
Steve
P.S. It's a movie!!!
AIM: nascarguy27
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gottaluvit6
20 years ago
Most of the "Incan" ruins date to pre-Inca times because there had previously been civilizations living in the Andes for at least 1500 years. These civilizations were...conquered/consolidated/spoken for/however you want to put it...by the Incas. Their civilizations are as well documented as the Inca and Mayan civilizations, just as the Incan inhabitation of Ollytatambo is documented.
I am aware that the Amazon basin meets the Andes Mountains, in fact I said that they were looking at the Andes from the rainforest in my first post, which was a fact I did not dispute. What I did say was that the Incas did not go down into the jungle from the mountains. The closest they came was the slightly tropical lower levels of the mountains where they planted their fruits. Therefore the placement of the city in the middle of the jungle setting is completely inaccurate.
I am not claiming that the movie makers don't have the license to play with facts and such to further a story, but the "I don't get facts wrong" quote that was said in reference to a fact they had wrong is what bothered me. There is no way, even if you are exploring some great mystery, that you can give sole credit to the Mayan people for the city of Ollytatambo and not even mention the Incas who have been documented as using the city as an urban center.
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jojjn
16 years ago
I would just like to say one thing:
This movie doesn't take itself seriously and therefore is a ton of fun :)
Now, when movies don't take them seriously, anything can and may happen :p
This is ofcourse different with Indiana Jones which takes itself very seriously. Another example is Untraceable and many more. When Movies dont take themselves seriously, a few things like that is acceptable (in my standard).
I am a computer nerd as well as a historian hobbyist. I hate movies that take themselves seriously and fail at so many things. That is why I like this movie :)
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