Mel Gibson Blasts Oscars, Plans Fatima Movie

NewsMax ^ | 3/7/05 | Carl Limbacher

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The awards ceremonies, he added, are "a celebration of mediocrity."

They are also a rally for anti-American Marxism.

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[WorkingClassFilth]

I think of the Oscars as a little more than a puddle of virulent bodily excretions.

[writer33]

I think of the Oscars as a little more than a puddle of virulent bodily excretions.

Wow! You hold them in that high a regard. They still do the Oscars?

[GOP Soccer Mom]

I just LOVE Mel Gibson. *sigh* I probably won't be watching the re-editted version now, but might later on (when my kids are old enough to possibly watch).

A Fatima movie?? THAT would be awesome! And I love his attitude about Hollywood's snub of his film. Plus, he honestly does not care if they give it an Oscar. It's not why he made the movie, though I'm sure that a lot of the nonbelievers in LA can't understand that at all.

You think that Robyn Gibson would loan me her husband? Not for anything tawdry, mind you. I'd just have him wear a tuxedo and fetch me things. ;)

[derllak]

Mel is right in saying that the Oscars are a joke.
On another note, as one who doesn't have the stomach for violent movies, I was not at all shocked by the violence in his movie "The Passion", just saddened at what people are capable of. I think it was something I needed to see in order to fully understand what Jesus went through on the way to the cross. It was not exactly a walk in the park! I appreciate the honesty in this film.

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The awards ceremonies, he added, are "a celebration of mediocrity."

T he awards are a circle jerk of a bunch of egotistical air headed boobs

[Ruth A.]

Good for Mel. Directors resist changing movies, because they are supposed to be "artists." Hockey puck. They are trying to make money. To further that end, they should have an option to view the movie without violence, nudity, vulgar language, etc. in the dvd version.
Personally, I don't watch R rated movies and would enjoy having some films cleaned up.

"My film is not right wing or political, but they made it so," he said.

Mel hits it right on the head here, too.

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Not the bottomless Tuxedo, I assume.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Gibson also revealed that he will be going back to acting in a couple of upcoming films.

That's good news. I've always enjoyed him in front of the camera as well. Hoping for MadMax IV! ;-)

[IchBinEinBerliner20]

I thought the movie was great; however, it is still unclear to me when the man who played in all these war movies became religious :} I look forward to his next movie. For whatever reason, they all seem to be very addictive.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Yeah, they still do the Oscars. They do each other the rest of the year, though.

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I was sort of hoping that Mel Gibson would make the movie he was rumored to be making about the Maccabbees (spelling?), I think that would prove to the Jews once and for all that Gibson is a man of profound faith and not an anti-Semite.

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MEL's -PASSION- was about our Past and our Future


MEL's -FATIMA- will explain what we can do about both in the Present


MEL GIBSON =

The Spiritual gift that just keeps on giving

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MEL's -PASSION- was sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS-

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...for selfless Sacrifice begets selfless Sacrifice...


...on behalf of Others.


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[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

On another note, as one who doesn't have the stomach for violent movies, I was not at all shocked by the violence in his movie "The Passion", just saddened at what people are capable of. I think it was something I needed to see in order to fully understand what Jesus went through on the way to the cross.

I wasn't shocked either, but then there's a difference between the gratuitious senseless violence of a zombie horror/Jason/Freddy Kreuger flick which is done to entertain that audience, and the violence of historical drama and events, like Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List or The Passion which is done not to entertain but to impart important information and emotion[1]. Anyway I think it's a good move putting out a PG-13 (I guess?) version. It might get shown to younger audiences and in more churches.

[1] Braveheart for example I thought had a mix of both. Much of the violence was quite essential to the story, and some of it was gratuitous.

[Argus]

There's already been one movie on the subject, THE MIRACLE OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA, released in 1952. It was not an A picture but it holds up surprisingly well.

[ndkos]

I would love to see a Fatima movie done by Mel, although he should be careful to not bring up too much conspiracy about the Third Secret as that would distract from the main message of Fatima.

[writer33]

:)

[tankrlm]

The oscars can't be that bad...Clint Eastwood won one.

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