Posted on 05/12/2006 8:55:00 AM PDT by doesnt suffer fools gladly
Film star and director Mel Gibson has launched a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, comparing his leadership to the barbaric rulers of the Mayan civilisation in his new film Apocalypto.
The epic, due for release later this year, captures the decline of the Maya kingdom and the slaughter of thousands of inhabitants as human sacrifices in a bid to save the nation from collapsing.
Gibson reveals he used present day American politics as an inspiration, claiming the government callously plays on the nation's insecurities to maintain power.
He tells British film magazine Hotdog, "The fear-mongering we depict in the film reminds me of President Bush and his guys".
Brilliant?
To come out with something so INSANE?
No, he is not "brilliant". He's just good at making money at someone elses expense.
Brilliant?
To come out with something so INSANE?
No, he is not "brilliant". He's just good at making money at someone elses expense.
Everyone sells fear in politics. This site has more fear salesmen than any I've ever seen.
???
Is Gibson going to play Jack Aubrey?
well that tears it...
next thing out of his mouth will be that we FORCED the Muslims to fly jets into the WTC.
Your accusation is indeed of a factual nature; that is to say it can be proven true or false.
The proof of the matter lies in actually watching the film ... should you ever do so, you will find your accusation proven to be ...
FALSE!!!
But of course, on FR, anyone who isn't a Bushbot is automatically a communist jihadi.
"(e.g. the scene that implied that Jesus the carpenter invented the table-chair combo........)"
You're reaching to find something negative to say about Mel Gibson. The scene you refer to didn't imply anything other than that Jesus was a carpenter.
Not to mention "The Patriot" and "We Were Soldiers Once", "Braveheart" etc. Although he didn't produce or direct "The Patriot" or "Soldiers" as he did "Braveheart" and "Passion". He also didn't direct the "Lethal Weapon" series, wherein his character makes some anti NRA remarks. I always figure you can't blame an actor very much for what his characters say or do, but a producer or director is different as they have more control or the content of the film.
All in all, the remarks seems somewhat out of character for Gibson.
Wow three of us. I found the directing pretty heavy handed and boring, everything kept grinding to a halt for various Deep Symbolic Moments (tm).
Mr. Gibson is NO conservative. From the interviews I saw of him before the election, he in no way endorsed George W. Bush. He made a comment of picking the lesser of two evils (paraphrased) but he wouldn't even say which candidate that would be!
I must have fallen asleep then. Are you sure it showed the resurrection?
Unless Gibson is going to play Aubrey in a sequel, you're thinking of Russell Crowe.
Goodby Mr. Gibson. Your fame and riches were due to the conservative part of America. No longer, you moron.
Nah....Gibson's the real deal. He is an antiwar conservative, and always has been.
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