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| by David Mel Gibson still rocks today! get Mel Gibson shirt on http://melgibson.onlineshirtstores.com Comment on this... |
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| by NOYB You know what is also so said. Here you have someone (we all know his name) that has killed two people, which(in my opinon)is far worse than getting drunk a saying something stupid. No one thinks bad of this person or talks about or trashes this guy, or pulls his books from book stores. This guy wasn't drunk at the time, so what is your excuse for him, huh? Mel never said like someone here has said.. I wish he (Mel) would die of Cancer. All he did was say all Jews started the wars. BIG DEAL ! You know it isn't true so drop it already people. It takes two sides to start a war and Mel knows this. Mel never said such mean hateful things as some have said here about Mel. Like wishing they all would die of an awful things such as cancer, and calling them all names and going on and on. Oh, and the ones that did those stunts on youtube or no more better than Mel is. More pathetic if you ask me. Mel has a drinking problem, but from what I have seen,others rather hurt him even more by digging at the poor man (making fun of his problem), and these people actually think they are acting better by doing this to Mel? BA.. ha ha ha ! DUH ! Comment on this... |
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| by RonPrice "There has been so much reaction to my first review, critique, comment on Mel Gibson’s film ‘The Passion of the Christ’ that I felt a need to write a second statement. This statement will deal with some, but not all, of the main threads of response that I received. The responses, the postings at internet sites, of most people were responses not so much to what I wrote but, rather, responses to issues raised by the film itself--not necessarily my article in particular. There were so many responses over so many areas that they made me think, not so much about this film of Gibson's but about wider issues. Some readers may find what follows not sufficiently focused on Gibson and his film. For such readers they may be advised to discontinue reading at this point. "The first concern of many commentators, critics and casual observers alike, was the violence in the film. That seemed to be the most generalized concern, although there were many cryptic responses that gave vent in sometimes creative and often puzzling ways to various conspiracy theories, to a range of anti-Jewish or government sentiments and a host of other passionate and not-so-passionate worries. Many of the respondents' comments focussed on what they felt were Gibson's poor directing, his failure to develop the characters of the actors making Jesus, in the end, not very likeable. of course, other commentators stress just the opposite. "The literature on violence in cinema and society is burgeoning. That was a major concern more than 25 years ago when I taught media studies at what became a university in Ballarat, an old gold mining town, in Australia. So, too, is the concern with real violence in the wider society, the global society we all live in. The violent image has been extraordinarily preeminent in the visual media as is the profound concern about the culture of violence in general. There has been what one analyst called a hyperviolence in post-1960s cinema. I was only 19 when Kennedy was shot in 1963. I have lived in a society filled with real violence and hyperviolence for more than 40 years. Gibson’s film in some ways is just one of 1000s that have a violent base. Of course, in Gibson's film, the person to whom the violence was done has a special, a unique, place in the history of western civilization. "The media is now both scapegoat and cause, explanatory framework and rational for the violent society. Of course, religion and politics have been intertwined with violence since the days of universal animism in 6000 to 8000 BP. One writer whom I read over twenty years ago, Guy Murchie, wrote that we’ve had 14,400 wars in recorded history. Violence is as human, it appears, as apple pie or should I say potatoes, pasta or pumpkins? "In The Passion we are exposed to Gibson’s serious effort to represent a particular conflict, a crucial event, in the history of Christianity and its accompanying emotional sensibilities. Can we arrive at a historical account faithful to the evidence when we move from prose, from books, from scriptural text, to film? Poets like Homer(750 BC ca) and historians like Thucydides(420 BC) exaggerated and invented what they wrote to please and engage the audience. It became a convention of historians to insert made-up, but appropriate, speeches into their stories for 2000 years, until at least the sixteenth century.1 Just as poetry can enhance the power of history to convey aspects of the past so, too, can film. "But poetry and film can also be creatures of invention with little connection with the experienced world or the historical past. Film has had only a century to find its way as a medium for history. It’s future, I think, suggests some exciting possibilities. But along the way there will be many false starts. For many, Gibson's film was down that road of false starts. "No single view holds "the truth." Our eyes and ears are different than those of 2000 years ago. Small fragments are inevitably incomplete and this film contained, at best, a small fragment. There is a final unknowability, as Spielberg said in discussing the efforts of film makers to capture the lives of great men. Freud(1.1) said the same of biography in print. A movie blends fiction with true events.2 Considerable artistry, ingenuity and money went into giving "an overall impression of what it really would be like to be transported back into that time"3 of the life of Jesus of Nazereth. For millions, if not for all, Gibson achieved this effect. For millions, too, he did not. Comment on this... |
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| by madnez All Mel Gibson Fans go to: www.melgibsonsite.com Comment on this... |
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| by Teal Many wishes well to you! Make sure you celebrate! Comment on this... |
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| by Corey Baker Mel Gibson is 52 years old. Comment on this... |
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| by Deb J I want to wish Mel a Happy 52nd Birthday! I too will be celebrating my 52nd birthday the day before Mel (mine is the 2nd of Jan, 1956). My orthopedist shares Mel's birthday, and he is always teasing me that I am the 'older woman' when it comes to Mel and himself. Hey, I don't care, I just think it's great to not only share an Irish lineage with Mel, but to 'almost' share his birthday. 1956 was a VERY good year to be born! So, Mel... you have a wonderful birthday...breithlá shona duit! And one another thing, Bí láidir=BE STRONG! You are a compassionate, kind, intelligent, wonderful human being, and I love and admire you for all of those characteristics. "May you always be blessed; with walls for the wind, a roof for the rain, a warm cup of tea by the fire, laughter to cheer you, those you love near you and all that your heart might desire. An Old Gaelic blessing" Deb Comment on this... |
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| by noyb Mel was drunk when he said it. People say and do stupid things when they are drunk. Get drunk and try to remember what all you said and/or how you acted. Most people have done worse than Mel has, and they didn't even take a drink, and people turn their head or make up excuses for them. People that show hate for Mel(call him bad names) are no better a person than they think he is. Comment on this... | |||||||||
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| by Pat Markofer My husband and I just watched Apocalypto. Absolutely great movie! Extremely imaginative! I have read many historical novels about that time and this movie brought it all to life for us. I then read comments about the movie and am appalled at the ignorance of viewers who say this movie is racist against the Mayans. Wake up, people! They Mayans died out a thousand years ago! How can we be prejudiced? I'm surprised someone hasn't thought to accuse the Geico commercials of being prejudiced. After all, they do depict the poor Neanderthals as stupid and lumbering! Again, great job, Mel Gibson! You have a rare gift! Comment on this... |
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| by Henry Mel Gibson will be appearing in the upcoming film Braveheart 3 Comment on this... |
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