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Posted on 03/07/2005 6:03:45 PM PST by wagglebee
From what I understand, a MadMax IV starring Mel is indeed already in the works. :)
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I honestly don't desire him in a sexual way (hard for men to believe, I know...), but would love to just talk to him and meet him. Though, I admit freely, he is WAY easy on the eyes. *mmmmmm...* But still, no bottomless tuxes. A nice Armani wouldn't be bad.
I would crap lightning if Mel mad a movies about the book Angels in Iron.
Seeing the Passion in a movie may be more difficult than reading about it, but there was nothing unusually violent or bloody about Mel Gibson's treatment.
Take this brilliant poem of George Herbert's, for instance:
THE AGONY
Philosophers have measured mountains,
Fathom'd the depths of seas, of states, and kings,
Walk'd with a staff to heaven, and traced fountains
But there are two vast, spacious things,
The which to measure it doth more behove:
Yet few there are that sound them; Sin and Love.
Who would know Sin, let him repair
Unto Mount Olivet; there shall he see
A man, so wrung with pains, that all his hair,
His skin, his garments, bloody be.
Sin is that Press and Vice, which forceth pain
To hunt his cruel food through every vein.
Who knows not Love, let him assay,
And taste that juice, which on the cross a pike
Did set again abroach; then let him say
If ever he did taste the like.
Love is that liquor sweet and most divine,
Which my God feels as blood; but I, as wine.
by George Herbert 1593-1633
Wow, how about "made a movie..." sheesh, and I'm a Systems Administrator...
Agreed. Maccabees (sp? too) would be great. And especially so because it's one of the books that is in the Catholic Bible, but was deleted in the Protestant Bible when Luther split the Church. :) It would not only prove that Gibson isn't anti-Semitic, but would also draw attention to a neglected book of the Old Testament.
But Fatima...AH! My girls would LOVE that. They love the Blessed Virgin, and are fascinated that Mary has appeared to children so often. It makes them feel special to know such a thing.
I believe I've heard of that movie (and might have taped it on EWTN recently). I rented "The Song of Bernadette" last summer and my 6 y.o. (then 5) LOVED it.
I'll have to see if that is the movie I have on my DVR, and if not, I'll add that to the Netflix list. :)
Thanks for the info, either way!
sw
Ah, I love Herbert. Thank you for posting this!
Sure so we could have a movie about a drug addict instead.
it's a gathering of those who have spent more time in drug rehab then college classrooms yet feel thet are smart enough to tell us how the country should be run....it's an effin joke.
Well, I think "blasts the Oscars", used in the headline is a little strong for the quotes they used. He was critical of them, but made valid points. The campaigns for Oscars do cost a lot of money, including ads and sometimes hundreds of copies of the DVDs sent to Academy members. They are a marketing tool, and become less relevant each year.
Jesus to Fatima...from Fact to Fiction...
As an actor, Mel, "plays" a role. So as a warrior or war hero in earlier movies, he was just being an actor. It's what actors' do. My understanding is that Mel has always been a very religious man. But a man with some faults..as all of us have.
Gibson's film won the People’s Choice Award for "favorite film drama".Moore's won for "favorite picture". Both new categories.
However, the People's Choice Awards were the lowest rated show in its history with "Desperate Housewives" scored 8.6 rating/19 share in the 18-49 demographic, 20.0 million viewers overall. "24" scored 6.3 rating/14 share in adults 18-49 from 8 to 9 and then a 5.9/12 (and 14.3 million viewers overall) in its second hour. Meanwhile, "Law and Order: Criminal Intent" came in third at 4.0/8 in 18-49, 13.3 million. And "People's Choice"? A lowly 3.3/7 in 18-49, 9.9 million -- down 20 percent from last year.
The People's Choice awards were once considered the mainstream America's pick for best films. However, now with internet voting easily manipulated to increase votes and unaudited (for example): Moore had directed on his website: "OK, now, here's the best part: YOU get to vote! Online. Now. Just go to http://www.pcavote.com/voting/film/f01.shtml, click on the little circle next to 'Fahrenheit 9/11' in the 'Favorite Movie' category and press the 'vote' button."
How credible is that? I am surprised Gibson made that comment.
He screened it privately for Rush Limbaugh, obviously to get the right wing on board, then blames others for making it right wing and political. Interesting.
Yeah, I'd been looking forward to the Maccabees movie.... Although personally I think the story of the Bar Kochba revolt is more interesting, plus it fits in with Mel's love of blood and torture (note to Christians out there: the Romans tortured and brutalized Rabbi Akiva much worse than they ever did Jesus).
Be sure to use that line during your particular judgment. You'll end up reaping what you sow.
Catholic Ping - Come home for Easter and experience God’s merciful love. Please freepmail me if you want on/off this list
Isn't it really something how the Socialist have taken EVERYTHING AMERICAN and Everything that makes America Great and smeared it, disgraced it and twisted it. Still the TRUTH and the AMERICAN SPIRIT reigns supreme!!
Now we have to throw them out of office, off of the benches and clean out the churches and schools. We must takw our country back from these Socialist Eletist fools. Enough is enough, starting with the Judicial Ativist Judges, we must demand the President remove these judges and the sooner the better.
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