[kinghorse]

I knowe he's got baggage but I love this guy. I suspect others are really frightened by him because he conveys the Christian message so powerfully. He's a dangerous man to some folks for sure. You know it's true when his films are being mocked as ultra violent and shallow by people who have always fought tooth and nail for artistic freedom - liberals. Mel Gibson's done a lot with his life. It's stark realism. It's the real deal. It's the way the story needs to be told.

For every showing of Dances with Wolves (which curiously enough was ultra violent too), there should be a showing of Apocalypto immediately afterwards.

[Strategerist]

I suspect others are really frightened by him because he conveys the Christian message so powerfully.

What Christian message is being conveyed powerfully in Apocalypto?

Gibson has had a vast slew of movies that he's directed or starred in that have been commercial successes. ONE of those movies conveyed a Christian message.

If anything, this suggests that Passion was a success because Gibson was attached to it, not the subject matter, though people won't want to hear that.

[Lx]

If it had been directed by Quentin Tarantino, it would have been hailed as ultra-realistic portrayal of Mayan violence and if you didn't get that, then you were for censorship.

[Killborn]

The worse moments of all of Mel's movies combined can not match some of the garbage that came out of CommieWeird and it's Euro clone cesspool