If Mel Gibson was a real artist....

[liberalitch]

He would turn now to other faiths....
Make just a powerful a film on the life the most compassionate Buddha......
Or the life of Muhammed (I double dare ya)

I personally don't think he can open his eyes to other things and see them as beautiful.

[Finch]

1. He made a work of his faith...

... he would not do other fiaths because he does not belive they are true.... he made a film that is very violent but at times is really effecting there where pionts in it where i cried... no film has made me cry scince i was 9!... it is a work of faith for him...

It made me cry…Arguably Gibson has included his own perspectives, e.g. the 'beating up' before the first trial; the 'extended' scourging; the indisciplined soldiers in their treatment that risked Jesus' life before his execution; the crow
and the thief.

It’s a powerful presentation. Jesus loves his enemies, he forgives all his
executioners, he wants people to eat his body and drink his blood. And Mary?
Wow! That moment! She remembers when she could help him...but no longer!



Firstly our belief is he died for us, so who killed him? We did! Secondly,
A hero in the script is Simon of Cyrene. The soldier eyeballs him and calls him a 'Jew' in such a way as to call him a lowlife, and yet he comes across as a hero. A strong figure that disapproves of what is happening. He represents the Jews who disagreed with what happened. Only the few extreme Jews wanted him dead. The film is not anti-Semitic. Only a paranoid Jew can believe the film is anti -Semitic.

For all Jews, I killed him, you killed him we all did the same… that is why it is Gibson’s hand which is filmed when nailed to the cross… WE did it we humanity did it!.. we killed the manifestation of god because he rocked the boat and challenged are comfortable existence… he does it now to the left and the right now as he did it 2000 years ago IMHO!

Added to this his next film is to be a strong concerning the events in the old testament, that explain the origins of Hanukah, but then as that is a rebellion against the promotion of Greeks gods by the Jewish upper classes I suppose that it is racist towards Greeks!

I really wish people would just go and see this film and tell me what is so bad about it… I disagree with Gibson on a number of issues however on this film I cannot fault him…

[Vickers]

2. Mel Gibson....."artist"......*snicker*

:P

That's as crazy as Ahnuld becoming governor!!!









Oh, wait.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. I just want to ask one question, "Is there love in Mel Gibson's heart?"

I just have to wonder because I can't think of one movie he's made that doesn't involve a plot that requires violent retaliation.

[Flubadubya]

4. It's a fundie trait...

Hellfire and brimstone await the "unsaved", and, by God, they deserve it. So what if Jesus preached love and tolerance, that's really not what fundies are about. They are about recrimination and revenge.

[Finch]

5. What Women Want?

...he's always seemed a decent guy who loves his kids and has a very stable family life... those who have met him say he exudes warmth and is very loving and caring when it comes to his family and kids and this film while violent is all about love its just most of humanity (in the film) doesn't want to hear about it...

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. I had one problem with that movie, but it's a BIG problem.

When you don't reward good ideas right away, and more importantly, direct that reward to the person who actually thought of the idea, it has an effect that changes that person. Perhaps next time they won't be so creative; perhaps next time, they won't be so quick to volunteer an idea.

So Mel basically takes something away from Helen Hunt that goes straight to the core of exploiting and disrespecting the individual. He may have had an illuminating moment and realized it was wrong but, in the end, she does what women stereotypically do. She forgives him. But what has Mel really lost between the time that he took her ideas and she forgives him? Where is his real fall from grace? When did he really face fire and brimstone for his sin? He really didn't have any. Maybe an uncomfortable period of time where he may have lost the big one, but, I really didn't feel sorry for the clod. She should have made him wait longer.

A movie that really cuts to the core of hitting rock bottom and redeeming yourself is Redemption with that young lad who is very talented, but very screwed up when it comes to drugs. What is his name? Robert Downey, Jr.?