Posted on 12/09/2006 3:38:57 AM PST by Mel Gibson
"My life would be complete if I could squeeze..."
Crazy like a fox is more like it. Gratz once again.
Having a big box office doesn't prove anything. I still think he's nuts. Hope you enjoyed the movie.
Haven't seen it. Has anyone ever said that Tarentino was nuts?
My 18yo daughter saw it last night. She really liked it, gave it 4 stars out of 5. She goes to all of the movies, like most of her generation, so she doesn't hand out high marks like that very much. It doesn't really appeal to me right now, but maybe I'll see it when it comes out on DVD.
he ain't gettin my money!!!
Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto" - It's No Bloody Good
Posted by TaraP
On General/Chat 12/08/2006 9:26:29 AM PST · 24 replies · 561+ views
Crosswalk ^ | Dec 8th, 2006 | Christian Hamaker
Mel Gibson Finds Eternal GORY in 'Apocalypto' Movie
Posted by Dr. Scarpetta
On News/Activism 12/08/2006 4:56:23 AM PST · 91 replies · 1,808+ views
New York Daily News ^ | 12/8/06
SACRIFICE [Professors say Gibson's Apocalypto is biased against Mayan bloodletting]
Posted by freedomdefender
On News/Activism 12/05/2006 11:45:28 PM PST · 142 replies · 2,274+ views
Newsweek ^ | December 5, 2006 | Newsweek
'Apocalypto': Bloody lessons
Posted by Lorianne
On General/Chat 12/08/2006 1:21:21 PM PST · 19 replies · 320+ views
Toronto Star ^ | Dec. 8, 2006 | GEOFF PEVERE
First, the Jews; Now Gibson Angers the Maya
Posted by paudio
On News/Activism 12/07/2006 7:11:02 PM PST · 101 replies · 1,518+ views
IMDB.com ^ | 7 December 2006
Goes with the territory, MM.
Technical expertise doesn't prove sanity. Neither does artistic skill.
Tarantino I have always thought disturbed. I just haven't seen his name in a story lately, while Gibson's came up this week.
Both men are exhibiting an unhealthy obsession with violence, as far as I am concerned. I realize a lot of people don't agree with me, and that's ok.
Mark my words, though. Gibson one day will act so nutty even his staunchest defenders will finally realize that he's gone round the bend.
Apocalypto is a Rorschach inkblot test for Mel. Here he is with several hundred million dollars in the bank, complete artistic, funding, and production freedom, and this is the very first thing he comes out with.
The 'test results' are very revealing indeed. Mel needs help.
It was a terrific film.
Mel Gibson has tapped into a money making genre.
Braveheart, Passion, Apocalypto has made him a very rich man.
All that creativity would make a normal man drink, IMO.
However much money Mel makes from his movies, I still think he is nuts.
There you have it.
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I understand your sentiment, but I also understand that violence is a part of life. Just ask our men in Iraq, or the deer I shot a few weeks ago.
Matthew 11:12
12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
I am so glad Mel has another hit on his hands. Good on ya mate!
Mel is one very disturbed man.
Just because a movie makes money, it doesn't mean it is worthy. It just means that people are attracted to this violence as the Romans were to the gladiators. Nto saying much about our society is it?
An 18 yr old girl likes it? Yeesh.
"Has anyone ever said that Tarentino was nuts?"
DING DING!
Good for him. Crazy like a fox. I guess all those people still angry about his Jesus flick will have to deal with him a while longer.
I guess we'll never have movie stories which compare number of tickets sold instead of dollars. When movies are years apart, box office income is difficult to compare.
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