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Mel Gibson Slams Bush in Interview about New Film 'Apocalypto'
The National Ledger ^ | 03-20-06 | CK Rairden

Posted on 03/20/2006 10:12:58 AM PST by Coastal

Mel Gibson's newest film will be titled Apocalypto and is billed as an action/adventure film set 600 years ago, prior to the 16th-century Spanish conquest of Mexico and Central America.

IMDb gives a short description that details it as "where a man goes on a perilous journey to save his idyllic world."

And some of those that praised Gibson's epic "The Passion of the Christ" may take pause in how he describes this film by slamming the president.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 666; apocalypto; gibson; hollywood; melgibson; passion; presidentbush; stillcrazy; wot
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To: Coastal

I'm sure this will make the MSM!


21 posted on 03/20/2006 10:18:29 AM PST by rightinthemiddle (The Liberals/Media Hate Us Just as Much as They Hate Bush.)
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To: Coastal

Mel, please explain why you are now reduced to titling movies from Jimmy Buffett songs?


22 posted on 03/20/2006 10:18:44 AM PST by Right Cal Gal (Conservatives know the names of Tookie's VICTIMS!!)
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To: trubluolyguy

Is Bush "people?



Meaning that Bush is one man, not many.

Just because someone has an issue with Bush, doesn't make them the enemy.


23 posted on 03/20/2006 10:18:47 AM PST by trubluolyguy (Islam is a Cult of Death that has been infiltrated by a few non-violent believers.)
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To: Coastal

I don't know about the quote but Gibson is more true to his principles than Bush is.


24 posted on 03/20/2006 10:18:56 AM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: vrwc0915
i certainly don't march lockstep either.... but why any conservative would think anyone in hollywood is on our side is beyond me.
25 posted on 03/20/2006 10:19:14 AM PST by Battle Hymn of the Republic
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To: Coastal

I question the agenda of the MSM and their desire to report the news accurately.


26 posted on 03/20/2006 10:19:19 AM PST by marvlus
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To: Coastal

Act damn it, or direct, or write .. I really don't care. Just entertain me and otherwise STFU


27 posted on 03/20/2006 10:19:25 AM PST by tx_eggman (Islamofascism ... bringing you the best of the 7th century for the past 1300 years.)
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To: ChandyB71
he sure is nice to look at though...

No kidding. I watched a young Gibson in The Bounty the other week and have to admit that he got even better looking as he got older. Hubba hubba. Too bad he may have become another one who needs to shut up and act.

28 posted on 03/20/2006 10:19:27 AM PST by radiohead (Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking guts, you coward.)
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To: Coastal

I read the early review posted on Drudge. It seems to me that he was merely trying to get on the right side of the Hollywood establishment and hoping to deflect criticism of his movie, which probably has the potential of being taken two ways: As an admiring look at Mayan civilization, or as a politically incorrect attack on the Mayans for human sacrifice.

I don't think the remark about Bush was a serious comment, just a mild attempt to get the reviewer on his side and avoid another stint of being endlessly bashed by the media.

Maybe he should have been a bit less accommodating, but I don't hold it against him. I'm curious to see the movie.


29 posted on 03/20/2006 10:19:51 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Coastal

This isn't news. Mel's a conservative, but more in the paleocon/Buchanan vein. He has said before he doesn't really agree with the Iraq war, although I'm pretty sure he still voted for Bush.


30 posted on 03/20/2006 10:20:06 AM PST by RockinRight (Attention RNC...we're the party of Reagan, not FDR)
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To: pogo101
Maybe we should coin the "Mel Gibson's Brain Is Beginning To Go Wherever His Dad's Did" ping?

Yep, I see him in his final years going off on "The Joooos" like Brando did.

31 posted on 03/20/2006 10:20:08 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Coastal

I've always reserved judgment about a guy who's made as many movies with Danny Glover as Gibson. Some of insanity has to rub off.


32 posted on 03/20/2006 10:21:09 AM PST by Bernard Marx (Fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves, but the wise are full of doubts.)
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To: vrwc0915

So, what do you actually do that's beneficial to the cause? Complain?


33 posted on 03/20/2006 10:21:47 AM PST by rightinthemiddle (The Liberals/Media Hate Us Just as Much as They Hate Bush.)
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To: Acts 2:38

I think the people who supported Passion of the Christ were overwhelmingly conservative and/or Republican.


34 posted on 03/20/2006 10:22:02 AM PST by lady lawyer
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To: vrwc0915
Not all consertavies march in lockstep with the party

So, you think Bush is a "fearmongerer"?

35 posted on 03/20/2006 10:22:02 AM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: Coastal

One thing for sure about Hollywood people, they will always find a way to bite the hand that feeds them....


36 posted on 03/20/2006 10:22:36 AM PST by NRA1995 (If feminists are so smart, why do they need masturbation workshops?)
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To: rightinthemiddle

Yes, I agree with the article - Mel will now be a hero.


37 posted on 03/20/2006 10:22:52 AM PST by Coastal
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To: lady lawyer

So where did he slam them?

And who said Bush is a conservative anyways?


38 posted on 03/20/2006 10:23:06 AM PST by Sometimes A River (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/46031)
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To: Battle Hymn of the Republic

Jessica loves Bush:

http://articles.news.aol.com/movies/article.adp?id=20060315221609990018&_mpc=movies%2e10%2e3&cid=525


39 posted on 03/20/2006 10:23:11 AM PST by rightinthemiddle (The Liberals/Media Hate Us Just as Much as They Hate Bush.)
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To: Coastal; HairOfTheDog; RMDupree; xzins; P-Marlowe; SuziQ; RosieCotton; JenB
And some of those that praised Gibson's epic "The Passion of the Christ" may take pause in how he describes this film by slamming the president.

And some of us are able to separate entertainment from politics. I go to the cinema to be entertained, not to form public policy.

We need to realize that there's a difference in an artist like Mel stating his opinion and the agenda pushing done by those who promoted this year's Oscar nominees.

If a movie is worth seeing, it's worth seeing. It's just that simple.

40 posted on 03/20/2006 10:23:21 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (http://www.cafepress.com/liberalitees - Because they're too fun not to mock!)
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