Chichén Itzá: A Lenda da Caverna

Just finished watching this documentary. I'm a real Maya and Aztecs buff and so I was pretty anxious to watch this. Though it was reasonably good, it gave no really new insights. Wat was absolutely disappointing was that the end was wide open. I was left with the feeling that I had to wait for episode two. Which never came...

I would be so disappointed if I was one of the experts in this documentary, when I was showed how they edited it.

Are they making a Soap Opera or a documentary. The music made all of us watching laugh the whole time. The voiceover was like a parody of American Idol or something not related to this kind of topic. They just keep repeating the same "mysterious questions" that might get answered...and then of course it just ends.

There's about 5 minutes worth of interesting footage included, the rest is beyond filler. You know they had enough footage to pull from, that in the right hands, could have been edited to a proper documentary.

It is one of those productions where the narrator keeps asking questions that are never answered. A bit of reality elements by over describing the people involved, a bit of unnecessary drama and no actual findings. The interesting elements of this film are maybe 15 minutes long. And and get ready to watch the same thing over and over. As if there was a commercial break and you need to be reminded of the previous part.

I do not think it is worth watching. I was skipping the repetitive parts and the unnecessary drama but still I feel like I just wasted my time and did not acquire any knowledge.

Science is based on professionalism. I find it unprofessional that Jaskolski refers to technology as "crazy" and calls Kenny Broad a mad scientist. If they think their research is worthwhile, which I find extremely incomplete to taken seriously by viewers, the first to call upon to respect the matter are they. You do not see whether their theories pan out or not, would be too good to be true if they really would have found something new. Are they making a Soap Opera or a documentary? There's about 10 minutes' worth of interesting footage included the rest is beyond repetition filler with no new insights or discoveries. I was disappointed.

I have noticed a trend in documentaries over the last decade or so. In many cases, the shows promise all sorts of amazing and earth-shattering discoveries....and really don't deliver. Such is also the case with "Buried Truth of the Maya", a mildly interesting documentary that seems to have a lot of hype...hype which takes away some from enjoying the actual show.

I decided to watch the documentary because I am scheduled to visit the Mayan ruins of Chichén Itzá in a few months. Unfortunately, it really is not a general documentary about the place...but instead follows a few researchers who have theorized that the alignment of El Castillo (the main pyramid) was placed there because of underground rivers that possibly run underneath the place. You see a lot of interesting devices such as ground penetrating radar, an underwater guided camera and more...but you really DON'T see whether or not their theories pan out or not.

Overall, mildly enjoyable but not as amazing as the narrator makes it sound. A lot of hype...too much for a truly scientific examination of these ruins.