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Mixed Emotions At The Oscars.... | |
2006-12-05 | |
...See, here's the problem: Mel Gibson's new flick Apocalypto is apparently a pretty good flick, at least how Hollyweird judges them, and it seems to have some moments that can be interpreted as being anti-war. The difficulty: Mel's a loudmouthed anti-semite with a drinking problem. How does the liberal film community handle this? Read on...
Since Mr. Gibson’s drunken tirade against Jews last summer, many people in Hollywood swore — both publicly and privately — that they would not work with him again or see his movies. But that was before the critics began to weigh in on “Apocalypto,” a two-hour tale about a peaceful village of hunter-gatherers who are attacked and enslaved by the bloodthirsty overlords of their Meso-American civilization. | |
Posted by:Mike Kozlowski |
#14 Interesting comment by one H.D. Miller over at the Brothers Judd's place:One of the reasons that the Passion was so successful was because Mel figured out (or stumbled into) how to get non-movie goers (i.e. people other than teenaged boys and blue state sophisticates) to go to a movie. |
Posted by: Mike 2006-12-05 20:59 |
#13 USMC6743 you make a great point but forgot Roman Polanski. Seems even raping a minor wasn't enough for the oscar folks to avoid giving him an award a few years ago. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-12-05 18:07 |
#12 I'm afraid The History Channel thinks their DVD's are stamped on gold disks - damned expensive. Um, do you use torrent tech? ;-) |
Posted by: .com 2006-12-05 17:32 |
#11 Mel has issues but I have to admit he's made some amazing films. And will continue to do so. We will have to post some public reviews. Heard great things about Peter Weller on the "Channel". Sure hope it comes out on DVD for Christmas? |
Posted by: Icerigger 2006-12-05 17:30 |
#10 "The problem posed by Mr. Gibson touches on an age-old question of whether an artistÂ’s personal behavior ought to be a factor in judging his or her work." Woody Allen's behavour with his adopted 14 year old daughter didn't become a factor with the intertainment community. Mel Gibson's drunken remarks are not morally equivalent to Woody Allen's statuary rape of his daughter. Mel Gibson will always be a target of Hollywood for many reasons because of the success of his Christian film. |
Posted by: USMC6743 2006-12-05 17:21 |
#9 A stake to the heart of liberal PC mythology about the noble pastoral peaceful aboriginal American. |
Posted by: Procopius2K 2006-12-05 17:09 |
#8 They'll give it the best foreign language film and chuckle that they ripped him off from getting an actual Oscar. They might even schedule best foreign language film to be an off-camera award this year if they really want to stick it to Mel. Personally I'd like to see Flags of Our Fathers get a few awards. I liked that film. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-12-05 16:52 |
#7 I wonder... if he were to say that he'd launched his anti-semitic tirade in solidarity with his Palestinian friends, do you think his Hollywood pals would welcome him back? |
Posted by: James 2006-12-05 16:31 |
#6 Re: Engineering an Empire - enthusiastically agree, Penguin. BTW, the RB definition of a dud thread is no OT comments, lol. |
Posted by: .com 2006-12-05 16:17 |
#5 There's no dilemma for me, even if I am Jewish. I've said lots worse when I was drunk. Anyways, the rest of Hollywood puts out bullshit movies. This one I want to see because my interest in Mayan culture was peaked by the History Channel's "Engineering an Empire". (Off topic, but Peter Weller should get an emmy for "Engineering an Empire". |
Posted by: Penguin 2006-12-05 16:15 |
#4 ...many people in Hollywood swore — both publicly and privately — that they would not work with him again or see his movies. Since Mel tends to write, direct, produce and finance his own movies these days, I imagine these folks might find themselves working FOR Mel Gibson. |
Posted by: Mick Dundee 2006-12-05 15:46 |
#3 Content and substance have nothing to do with it. It's all personal politics - same with all the other phoney awards crappola. If they don't like it, then I might go see it. |
Posted by: .com 2006-12-05 15:39 |
#2 How does the liberal film community handle this? Hell, if he makes them money, they'll buy him an SS uniform for Christmas... |
Posted by: tu3031 2006-12-05 15:37 |
#1 I blame the Olmecs... |
Posted by: mojo 2006-12-05 15:31 |