Mel Gibson

  On 3/10/2010 at 5:57 PM, Lianne said:

I thought Apacalypto and Passion of the Christ were great. Apacalypto especially ... much more interesting than most action movies I've seen since. I think he's a great and pretty original director: he captures ritual, mysterious deranged prophetic omens, cruel looking faces, violence and religious darkness with particular aplomb. Who cares about what he's like or what his religious beliefs are? You can enjoy fiction and religious paintings made by committed Catholics, can't you? His films are no different. I'm a bit bored of liberal fundamentalists blasting everything the guy does. And you don't need to be a Catholic to appreciate The Passion.

 

It was sad that Apacalypto was slated because of his Catholic/Jewish-hating drunken antics. A really great film, especially the whole sacrifice scene. The second half dragged a little, but was still quite thrilling on the first viewing.

Apocalypto was good.

But did you see The Beaver???

So, a placenta burying ritual ordered by Gibson...

http://gawker.com/5598523/the-strange-placenta-ceremony-that-awakened-the-monster-within-mel-gibson

Is this a known ritual in certain parts of Australia? Or is Gibson pulling our leg again. The old scallywag.

Perhaps after sufficient time has passed and Gibson decides to direct a film about it, the title could go "Putrid Loin Waste - the Santa Lucia Fir Incident"

Starring:

Mel Gibson as the enraged husband

Some hot Latina lookin pornstar as Oksana

Gary Busey as the cheeky lecherous gardener

Udo Kier as the living placenta, risen from the ground to cause various humorous and ominous calamities for Gibson & co.

If you dislike Mel Gibson you don't have a soul.

Next time you order a pizza and they ask for a name, say Mel GibsTon.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2886736/Mel-Gibson-stitches-grabbing-lunch-silly-pal.html

Gibson...... In his natural habitat, finding a suitably shady spot along with his herde he enjoys a light luncheon. Something sandwichy it would seem. Turkey perhaps or tuna.

Observe those quick movements as he eats; much like the self assured persona we know so well from many of his on screen characters. Fascinating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07mGxVaqyUg

Payback is such a great Christmas movie.

Amen to that. But is there any Gibson film that isn't great to watch at Christmas?

I wonder how the G man spends his Christmas. Oh to be a fly on the wall in the Gibson household.

Lol ok, although Christmas time is winding down, beware of Fake Mels if you're still boogieng down to dire xmas tunes.

This guy may have you thinking he's the real Mel deal

However if you still feel the urge to cuddle up on in front of a crackling Christmas fire with this hispanic lookin Gibson Goomba then feel free to listen here http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/melgibson3

lol, every song has the word christmas in it, wouldn't want people to confuse the CD for something less than a christmas album by using one of those lesser christmas songs that don't feature the word christmas in their title.

Good write up on the history of Gibson http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/03/mel-gibson-201103

Highlights include:

Filmmaking is no picnic, and according to colleagues Gibson is known for defusing explosive situations on set with his high jinkssinging, making practical jokes, farting (he prefers simulation to the real thing, employing the venerable palm-under-your-armpit technique, in case you were wondering), and so on.

In the words of Rob Cohen, a producer on Bird on a Wire (1990), He was one of the funniest, most charming guys youd want to meet. He has that class-clown quality, where hell do crazy things, like sit up on the roof of the makeup trailer and throw water balloons made of condoms at everybody walking into the stage door.

In 1984, Gibson told the press, Feminist, for Christs sake. What does it mean? Its a term invented by some woman who got jilted. A decade later, he threw out a wider net. Men and women are not equal, he said. I had a female business partner once. Didnt work. She was a cunt.

In 1989 Gibson clowned around on the set of Lethal Weapon 2 wearing coffee filters as yarmulkes and bellowing stentorian renditions of Edelweiss'.