Comments on: Mel Gibson Returns

By: Nicky

Nicky — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:31:24 +0000

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The guy was being unfair, not truthful. And it was a once in a lifetime event that shouldn’t be misrepresented as the opposite, a characteristic trait.
I don’t think anyone could honestly say they wouldn’t feel attacked if ever arrested, even if the reason is just. And alcohol doesn’t just make it easier to speak truths, it can lower our threshhold in the exact opposite way and make us become unfair, take a cheapshot when we feel attacked and cornered. Just like alcohol isn’t intelligent enough to effect the functioning of just one leg, it can’t selectively effect the mental standards we apply, it effects our threshhold in general, blurs our vision in general and makes us do all sorts of stupid things we normally would not agree with. Drunks reveal truths? Yes, the above is what is revealed.

By: EZELL

EZELL — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:44:27 +0000

Who cares if is hates jews the man can act and bring in a crowd.

By: GODFATHER

GODFATHER — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:42:39 +0000

Good news, and the movie seems to have a good plot to it. It’ll be great to see Gibson back again. I do agree that with most of what everyone is saying (”let’s forgive and move on”). We’ll never know for sure that he said those things, but the man did apologize for his actions, and has sought help. Give him the benefit of the doubt. Many Jews in Hollywood already did.

Just as a reference point, Semitic does not only refer to the Jewish people. It’s the area that’s important ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic )

By: miles

miles — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:54:31 +0000

i am fine with gibson coming back BUT i do not understand why he would take such a cookie cutter/lame sounding project when he has been cranking out such original films.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:20:16 +0000

I think this is good news that he is actually going to act again. I enjoy the things this man does. I was probably one of the few people who took what he said with a grain of salt. He was drunk so yeah. I don’t know. I hope to see him get back on his feet in the industry, and I hope people can learn to forgive something like that.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:22:29 +0000

I really didn’t care about the comments. Lots of people have awful opinions, including actors. I mean some of them are cohorting with Hugo Chavez – a thief and a bully who shut down a television network because it did not support him.

Anyhow, I like a lot of Mel’s films, including Apocalypto, so I’m hoping he makes a successful come back.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:02:16 +0000

Mel needs to come back…I miss him. Despite the scandal he faced, to him it’s like Teflon he seems to withstand most of the attack.

He actually needs to come back as an actor…just one more time.

By: Wormwood

Wormwood — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:04:11 +0000

Roddo:
While you could argue that The New Testament is anti-religious *law*- saying that the New Testament in and of itself is anti [insert any human] is to completely miss the context.
While that message has been exploited by dickheads over the ages, NT’s message of humanity’s unity is hard to deny.
And for on track discussion, Apocolypto was awesome.

By: tobor68

tobor68 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:58:31 +0000

apocalypto is just too underrated, it’s extraordinary. consider one of his contemporaries second film: waterworld.

gibson has apologized for his comments and seems reticent. he was drunk and angry (if he did say it) and if any hater has ever been drunk and angry too, then they know the dumb shit that can flow from one’s mouth.

let’s forgive and move on.

By: Doug Nagy

Doug Nagy — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:38:38 +0000

Apocalypto rocked my balls.

All of the above points are true, and could have had more to do with the film’s take than the scandal. But I still think the scandal took its toll.

We need more films that focus on hunter/gatherers.