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that 2nd bullet point is reserved for "chicken run", right?

RIGHT?!

If Mel Gibson has to have a LAST movie, then playing a crazy person with his hand up a beaver seems strangely appropriate.

The Road Warrior
Lethal Weapon 1 & 2
Braveheart

I think he's a fantastic actor. The proof of this is that apparently he is a vile, racist, mysogynistic dude in every day life, but I got almost nothing of that in his various roles.

There are clearly many actors and actresses who just take roles that are themselves in film. This guy isn't one of them.

And yes damnit, Payback was a better role than Braveheart.

-Frob

I agree that Mel in "Payback" is awesome. Almost as awesome as Mel in "Road Warrior." Those kinds of roles seem to play to his strengths as an actor. When he tries to be funny (onscreen anyway), it doesn't quite work, and is in fact kinda creepy.

His Hamlet was pretty amazing, too.

Plus, you've all seemed to forget how awesome he was in Maverick. If you're going to choose a film with which to defend him...

that 2nd bullet point is reserved for "chicken run", right?
RIGHT?!

gp, I loved Chicken Run too, but let's be honest here: that was a half-assed voice-over job he did so he could make a down payment on his car. if you listen closely to all his lines, you can actually here a little *flip flip flip* in the background as he counts his money.

It is very easy to prove that Mel Gibson is a good actor. He has time and time again, over thirty-five years, gotten us to love his films when he is obviously a nasty human being. Strangely enough, he still has friends who back him claiming, as he does, that he has been misunderstood. I don't know. The guy is a mystery. However, his existence does pose a tough moral question for fans and for his friends. Is it possible to still like a person who hates Jews and has a temper as obviously hair-trigger as his? Perhaps. I think we can appreciate his work without attaching it to him. Accept for the Passion of the Christ which I think is right about where he is as a human being.

He's a good actor because he has people writing good material for him.
When he doesn't have that and has to "improv" (ie: life in general), he blows it.

I can't think about it too much, it hurts my 90's crush on him. I watched Payback this weekend too, followed by Lethal Weapon. I'm weak, I had sworn to boycott his movies.

Due to his exceptional acting and directing, Braveheart is undeniably great. I love a ton of his movies actually. I will watch Ransom all the way through if it's ever on cable. I didn't even listen to any of the taped rants because, let's be honest, I don't care. He's an actor.

Maverick. 'Nuff said.

Well, almost.

Magiel, "freedom of speech" allows for Mel Gibson to say whatever the flibbertigibbet he wants, but it also allows everyone else to disagree with him and to choose not to give him any more of their hard earned cash because they disagree with him.

He also probably beat his wife, at least once. So, here's me excercising my freedom of speech: Fuck Mel Gibson.

There.

Wel said, RobP. As it is your right.
So it is my right to defend Mel and his work to death, because I love that stuff.
I grew up with the Roadwarrior.

I just grow tired of the mud throwing. Its so easy.*

But I must admit, the post made me laugh out load.

Let's do a male hug, no crotch?

*And I think that slandering the Bay experience is much more funnier.

I hate that I love so many of his movies. I hate that I feel like he CHEATED by being a racist asshole. But fuck it, I still love Maverick. And Braveheart and Lethal Weapon and Payback and even freakin' Pocahontas. Damn you, Mel Gibson.

I still really like " The Year of Living Dangerously". As a matter of fact I'm going to put that in my Netflix queue right now.

Mel Gibson: good actor, asshole, eh, who cares? I had a shitty day, and this post made me laugh. Thank you, Dustin.

Most famous people are raging assholes. If you tried to limit yourself to only "approved" actors, directors, musicians, etc, it would be a boring ass time with Tom Hanks as your standout lead actor.

I'm with you on that, TylerDFC, but at least most of them are pretty good at hiding it from the public. If people like Gibson and continue to support his work, I can't hold it against them. He's never been my favourite so I don't have a hard time avoiding his films.

I wonder: if we judge someone based on their worst act, what about people who give large sums of cash to organizations that do terrible things? They may not be directly responsible, but shouldn't they have some sort of accountability?

Yes, What the Fuck?....
That bitch totally screwed him though, all he did was slap her around a bit, and threaten her, demand sexual favours at his pleasure, etc etc. What right does she have to be her own human being?
You're a sick bitch Tara.

Where's the proof? oh that's right, she has those tapes even though they've been apparently edited and might be deemed inadmissible as evidence. Yep, her photos sure do look like she was strangled and punched twice on the face. And I don't even know how it's possible for a guy as big as Mel to hit an infant without leaving a bruise except a pimple on her chin. Yep, Oksana clearly has nothing to hide even though she tried to fight off a search warrant from the police to search her pc. She sure has such overwhelming evidence that she's now resorted to trying to look for other mistresses of mel so they can back up her claims that he was a physically abusive man. The last one was Violet Kowal but she denied that he was violent towards her. Only the gullible would buy into her stories, even the custody judge has a hard time believing her since he didn't think mel was a danger to his child. And Robyn has denied that mel was violent towards her and their children. What makes oksana more believable than Robyn when Oksana's stories so far have been contradictory?

I invited Mel to my fifth birthday. He didn't come.