Say what you want about Mel Gibson

[TehMac]

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[DainBramaged]

Million Dollar Hotel sucked donkey nutz. Other than that, I love his movies.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

His parents live about 15 minutes from my parents here in rural WV

 

[IGBT]

Originally posted by: Jadow
Ya know, if Mel's in it, I'll probably like it. Other than Bird on a Wire, there's not really any Mel Gibson movies I didn't like. And some I loved, Braveheart, all Mad Maxes, Lethal Weapon 1 and 2.

God Bless Mel Gibson, and let's be real here, who among us hasn't gotten drunk and ripped on Jews or called women sugar tits. Those who lives in glass houses shouldn't cast stones.

..amen. :thumbsup:

 

[MrMajestyk]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
Gibson:
AGH MY NIPPLES, THEY HURT WHEN I TWIST 'EM!

That's because Mel Gibson is an anagram of Big Melons.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Steve
The son of a bitch knows story structure.

agreed

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Tom Hanks > Mel Gibson

**runs**

*trips NFS4*


Ok I guess if you like to cry a lot....hah..joking.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: Steve

Originally posted by: Deeko
....but the son of a bitch knows story structure!

sorry, I was watching Imaginationland when I read the title.

Too slow.

you act as if there's a problem with double-quoting south park. you can NEVER have too much south park.

AHHH MY NIPPLES THEY HURT WHEN I TWIST THEM!

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: TecHNooB

Originally posted by: ThePresence
That man can flat-out act.

Just watched The Patriot.

For the first time?

I think I saw it when it first came out, but I totally didn't remember the story.

so you didn't see Braveheart either?

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: TecHNooB

Originally posted by: ThePresence
That man can flat-out act.

Just watched The Patriot.

For the first time?

I think I saw it when it first came out, but I totally didn't remember the story.

so you didn't see Braveheart either?

I saw Braveheart eleventy billion times.

 

[manowar821]

Originally posted by: Jadow
Ya know, if Mel's in it, I'll probably like it. Other than Bird on a Wire, there's not really any Mel Gibson movies I didn't like. And some I loved, Braveheart, all Mad Maxes, Lethal Weapon 1 and 2.

God Bless Mel Gibson, and let's be real here, who among us hasn't gotten drunk and ripped on Jews or called women sugar tits. Those who lives in glass houses shouldn't cast stones.

Well.... I haven't, and neither has anyone I know.

Though, let's be real here, we're not dicks.

 

[Regs]

I think it's his mid life crysis backed by "I have millions of dollars and I don't give a crap no more" attitude.

 

[Judgement]

Originally posted by: Jadow
Ya know, if Mel's in it, I'll probably like it. Other than Bird on a Wire, there's not really any Mel Gibson movies I didn't like. And some I loved, Braveheart, all Mad Maxes, Lethal Weapon 1 and 2.

God Bless Mel Gibson, and let's be real here, who among us hasn't gotten drunk and ripped on Jews or called women sugar tits. Those who lives in glass houses shouldn't cast stones.

QFclarification.

I've used sugar tits and bashed jews... but my best friend is jewish and it was never demeaning, we took shots at each other constantly.. nothing was out of line.

Somehow I don't feel this is the standpoint Gibson was coming from; I still have to respect is acting and directing abilities regardless. IMHO a half assessed attempt by Gibson would be better than 4/5ths of what hits the big screen.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Judgement

Originally posted by: Jadow
Ya know, if Mel's in it, I'll probably like it. Other than Bird on a Wire, there's not really any Mel Gibson movies I didn't like. And some I loved, Braveheart, all Mad Maxes, Lethal Weapon 1 and 2.

God Bless Mel Gibson, and let's be real here, who among us hasn't gotten drunk and ripped on Jews or called women sugar tits. Those who lives in glass houses shouldn't cast stones.

QFclarification.

I've used sugar tits and bashed jews... but my best friend is jewish and it was never demeaning, we took shots at each other constantly.. nothing was out of line.

Somehow I don't feel this is the standpoint Gibson was coming from; I still have to respect is acting and directing abilities regardless. IMHO a half assessed attempt by Gibson would be better than 4/5ths of what hits the big screen.

Truth.

I don't think he's a half-assed type of guy though. It seems like he's always going full throttle in his movies, or in his Jew bashing.

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: Steve

Originally posted by: Deeko
....but the son of a bitch knows story structure!

sorry, I was watching Imaginationland when I read the title.

Too slow.

you act as if there's a problem with double-quoting south park. you can NEVER have too much south park.

AHHH MY NIPPLES THEY HURT WHEN I TWIST THEM!

I don't act as well as Mel Gibson can!

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Tom Hanks > Mel Gibson

Quoted for emphasis

I also think that Clint Eastwood kicks the hell out of Mel Gibson.

I loved Braveheart, The Patriot, Payback and the Mad Max movies. I liked the Lethal Weapon Series and thought We Were Soldiers was pretty entertaining. I got too bored watching Signs and didn't even make it more than 1/2 way through the movie before losing attention.
But he's done quite a bit of mediocre type work too ... Apocalypto wasn't interesting to me, What Women want was kinda tame, Bird on a Wire sucked, The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre movie sucked compared to Texas Chainsaw Massacre ... etc etc etc

Overall, I would rate Mel Gibson within my top 10, but not anywhere in the top 5...

Just my 3 bits. (3 because I gave too much bits if I was supposed to just give 2)

 

[hellokeith]

Signs was brilliant.

And the Passion of the Christ was inspiring/heart-wrenching.

 

[jpeyton]

Mel knows how to print money. "The Passion" was sheer brilliance on Mel's part. $25 million production + $10 million ad budget. Grossed $610 million worldwide, and Mel took home a hefty cut of the receipts. Then Mel sold a copy of the DVD to every Bible-thumper from Alaska to Australia. All for a movie that was 51% rotten on RT and garnered average critical reviews everywhere else.

 

[Pocatello]

I like all the movies he's in or the ones he directed, even his lousy movie like Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

 

[thepd7]

Originally posted by: Eeezee

Originally posted by: Jadow
Ya know, if Mel's in it, I'll probably like it. Other than Bird on a Wire, there's not really any Mel Gibson movies I didn't like. And some I loved, Braveheart, all Mad Maxes, Lethal Weapon 1 and 2.

God Bless Mel Gibson, and let's be real here, who among us hasn't gotten drunk and ripped on Jews or called women sugar tits. Those who lives in glass houses shouldn't cast stones.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that some Jews probably don't get drink on rip on Jews..

Everyone has called a woman 'sugar tits' at least once in their lives.

Admittedly my sample size is small but about 20% of the Jews I know rip on Jews. Another mentioned that Jews are pretty much the only self-hating race.

And yes Mel Gibson is an incredible actor.

 

[Red Dawn]

He's working on a new movie based on the Billy Queen book "Alone and Under" about the true story of Queen, an ATF Agent, infiltrating the Mongols Outlaw Motorcycle Club. It was a fairly decent book and with Hollywood embellishment it should be a good movie, especially with Gibson playing the part of Queen.

 

[Vidda]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: ThePresence
That man can flat-out act.

Just watched The Patriot.

I thought that movie sucked. Kind of like a watered down version of Braveheart. Oh gee...we're being taxed too much and the British are pretty much letting us do whatever we want so long as we pay them their money...:roll:

Braveheart was a much better story.

It's pretty much the straight-up American Revolution which = watered down?

 

[seemingly random]

Tom Hanks == Mel Gibson - tough call.

Couldn't handle Passion - one of the most violent (gratuitous?) movies I've ever seen.

Man Without a Face was pretty amazing.

 

[BigJelly]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Mel knows how to print money. "The Passion" was sheer brilliance on Mel's part. $25 million production + $10 million ad budget. Grossed $610 million worldwide, and Mel took home a hefty cut of the receipts. Then Mel sold a copy of the DVD to every Bible-thumper from Alaska to Australia. All for a movie that was 51% rotten on RT and garnered average critical reviews everywhere else.

Yes because politics had nothing to do with the criticism :roll:

 

[BoomerD]

Personally, I don't care if he gets drunk and bitches about Jews. AFAIK, it's still a free country, one that prizes freedom of speech, even that speech that we may dislike.

The guy is a great actor, and (usually) gets into his part very well. SOME of his movies haven't been the greatest or best written stories, (Payback for one) but he is still one of my favorite actors.