Mel's "Passions"
 

....ahem!....

I was standing in line at the grocery store yesterday reading this paper, so I'm not super sure about all the details:

During his marriage, Gibson's been banging broads in public bathrooms, according to the National Enquirer......

I know his turnoffs have got to be his zooful of (7?) children and an old wife to boot, but this is the guy who claims he's always been "Mr Family Values."

Is "The Passion of Christ" his repent?

I saw the movie and really liked it. But what a hypocrite.

Dude, you really need to show a little more respect for humanity. "Banging broads," "zoofull of children" and "old wife to boot" are quite tasteless expressions.

Let's turn the level of discourse up a bit.

Well consider the source. It is also the paper that says that Martha Stewart secretly wants to go to jail for some lesbian action! So, I don't think the enquirer is the most reliable news source.

I don't beleive any of those supermarket rags. They are always getting sued. The prey on the rich and famous and the down and outers. They are like vultures, don't think I spelt that right.

Gee...
 

And you've never sinned, I presume?

"Let he who is without sin....cast the first stone."

I've never met a Saint before! HI! :wavey:

Yeah, the National Enquirer isn't exactly know for truth. :rolleyes:

But still....you shouldn't judge, it's not your job.

Re: Gee...
 

I agree 100%, but even if the story were true, what's wrong with a guy trying to repent?:confused:

- Jake

Re: Gee...
 

Hi! :wavey:

Re: Gee...
 

Well, I don't drink, smoke, do drugs, steal or have ever engaged in premarital sex. Swear to God. That stand's for something.

Re: Re: Gee...
 

What about taking the Lord's name in vain?:laugh:

- Jake

Okay...
 

Neither have I, but I have no right to talk down ANYONE else who has done those things. :distress:

Really, the only one around here in a position to judge is, well...

ME!


;)

Re: Mel's "Passions"
 

Let it be known that Mel Gibson is crazy. Now moving on.....

Speaking of Mel and the Passion....
 

Did anyone see South Park last night? I missed the end of the episode, but I'm sure it will rerun. I saw Mel in his undies...singing. LMAO!!

Something about Cartman as "Hitler" kinda and Kyle saying Cartman was right about the Jews.

It was hilarious! I loved how they portrayed Mel Gibson (complete with face paint a la Braveheart.)

Shamus:)

Re: Mel's "Passions"
 

Gee... in the National Enquirer eh?? Must be true then!

Hey Carne... 4buck is at her happiest when she is being insulting!

I think we should remember 2 things here

1. Consider the source of the gossip

2. consider who started the thread....

'nuff said:wavey:

Re: Mel's "Passions"
 

Well, I am amazed that you think anything printed in the National Enquirer should be taken as gospel truth!

I'm also amazed that you seem to think it odd that Mel has an 'old wife'.... Excuse me, but isn't the original basis of marriage that you choose ONE person to spend the rest of your life with, and not trade them in every few years for a better looking model ?

As for inferring that their family is a zoo... Whether they choose to have no children, one child or need to hire a bus to go out anywhere, it is none of your business!

Re: Re: Mel's "Passions"
 

I think you better tell this to Mel!

Re: Re: Re: Mel's "Passions"
 

Do you seriously believe what the National Enquirer says about what he's alleged to have done?

Also what is your problem with 'old' people? I've just read your comment about Christine McVie, 60 isn't old - you'll be there one day and I'm sure you won't want some 24 year old writing you off.

Mel's wife Robyn is 41 and they have been married since 1980, 24 years this year which deserves a round of applause :nod:

I couldn't stand the movie, Passion of the Christ.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I could..;)

Rob:cool:

Me either, it is almost as bad as Days of Our Lives or a Michael Jakson music video! Torture! Especially now that we know what he allegedly does with little boys.

Okay, that's getting off topic, but yes, the Passion was not easy to sit through and not enjoyable.

Exactly.
 

You aren't supposed to enjoy it...it's not a "popcorn movie". :distress:

It makes you tense and sad. I'm glad I watched it tho.

Re: Exactly.
 

Tell that to the people Stephen King saw it with. :laugh:

He writes a column once a month in Entertainment Weekly and last month, he wrote about "The Passion." It's a VERY good article if you can find it online. I'll take a look for you. :)

I'm with you, doll. I thought it was sickening and saw no point in its existence. :)

I thought you didn't see it?:confused:

Rob:cool:

If you read my posts completely, you'd know what I said. ;)

I got a bootleg vid of it and watched it, MINUS the torture and beatings. Which only amounted to, what, twenty minutes? :laugh: I fastforwarded almost all of the sick stuff.

So…you’re saying you didn’t see it.

what didn't you like about the parts you did see?? Just curious..

Rob:cool:

I thought they were melodramatic and over-the-top. I thought that Monica Belluci was terrible (was it a priest from the Vatican that said Sarah Jessica Parker showed more emotion on Oprah when talking about "Sex" than Belluci did through the whole movie? :laugh: He was right...). I thought the use of the "devil" was laughable. The music was predictable and manipulative (the movie would've had a greater impact without ANY music). And I thought his slow-motion camera shots were also manipulative. It was as if Gibson was trying to nudge the audience and say "See, this is the part where you should look somber or look pained at this moment..." I thought it was just cheesily made as a film. I'm not talking about what I found distasteful in the film when it came to the story aspects because we'd be here all night arguing to no avail, so I'm simply commenting on the movie.

The story in the Enquirer was an interview with Mel Gibson's mistress from the mid 1980's.

These days, tabloids have to be extremely careful about what they print. If they print falsehoods, they get sued- and lose big time. Now, I'm not saying that tabloids tell the complete truth (there's always a ton of shading and innuendo). However, the core of what the report states cannot be libelous.

Notice how Whitney hasn't sued anybody- and after what's been reported about her, you just KNOW she would sue if it weren't true.

I'm not surprised that Mel Gibson is an adulturous pig, not one bit. Considering that he's a chauvanistic, prejudicial, righteous, homophobic pig, it's not too hard to slide right into adultery.

I can’t argue with that. Every movie and filmmaker in history has critics both for and against. It’s all a matter of personal preference. I happen to like Gibson’s direction. I feel he conveys emotion brilliantly. Jim Caviezal was awesome. His cinematography and editing were great, as usual, IMHO. Monica Bellucci was fine and I don’t remember her acting being poor while watching the film. The scene where Jesus saves Mary from being stoned was well played out.

I don’t care if people don’t like the movie…I just can’t stand when people base their opinions off of the hype surrounding it without actually seeing it.

Peace out.

Rob:cool:

Wow...you must know him personally. How long have you known him? I here he's a pretty funny guy.

Rob:cool:


(Seriously...some stars choose to ignore the tabloids rather then sue...that's why some sue...and some don't)

Yeah, me and Mel go way, way back. We used to be really great friends, but all the **** he kept saying about homosexuals in interviews really started to get to me. So finally, I meet up with Mel at The Ivy on Robertson for lunch- just him, me and Charleton Heston- and I sez "Hey Mel? Hey Charlie?? We been hanging together for so long and you dudes are down with the fact that I'm a fag- so why do you keep bitchin' about homos in the press all the time????"

WELL!! Did they have egg on THEIR face! They kept goin' on and on about how their movies would flop if they weren't seen as "pistol-packing, lady f**king, fag hating, flag waving, real HE-men" and on and on and on.

So's I sez- "You know guys we just can't be friends anymore. I know you hate the sin and love the sinner (me), but being a fag is who I am and your rhetoric really hurts my feelings."

So.... with a heavy heart, I wistfully went home- saddened by the loss of two of the best guys I'd ever slept with- OOPS!! :eek: I mean- two of the best guys I'd ever hung out with. SORRY!!

:rolleyes:

Now, I know that I'm friends with big-time Hollywood celebrities, but which celebrities out there have been sharing their viewpoints with you?

I'd like to know, because if any of those celebs happen to be ones who hang in MY clique, I'm gonna be soooo pissed.

it was badly directed. for example, despite mel's quest for authenticity (e.g. he went to the trouble of filming it in aramaic and latin), he used such cheesy, inappropriate (for this film) techniques as slow motion (as dissention mentioned). or in the end, when mary gazes into the camera, as though to say, "see? you did this, you sinners." come on, mel.

the violence was exaggerated. the bible was not that graphic. in fact, some of mel's touches are not in the bible at all, they seem to have been added for the mere purpose of cramming more violence in the film. and no man could physically--let alone mentally--endure such torture for so long. mel seems to have been trying not so much to invoke pity for christ, but to show the audience how much of a man jesus was.

this was so violent that Mel should have called it, "Forget Bill, Kill Jesus."

I *loved* "Kill Bill" because that was heavenly directed (even though nothing could top his masterpiece "Jackie Brown") and had a LOT of originality to it.

I disliked "The Passion" for the reasons I've pointed out. Do with them what you will, I don't have to watch the constant torture in the movie to get a feeling about it. You don't have to watch a porn flick to get a general idea about it. You don't have to watch an actor get fileted for two hours to get the point of that, either. You simply have to be familiar with the backstory. I simply see no purpose in it but to put blame on people and to make religious people feel guilty. I think it would've been pretty impossible for me to have made up my mind about the directing before I saw it. The other aspects, though? To be honest, I had made up my mind. Mel Gibson has proven himself to be a major asshole in the past when it comes to gays and religion, so it's rather hard for someone to put all that aside and be completely unbiased throughout. ;)

:nod: :nod: :nod: To everything you said. :wavey:

Re: Exactly.
 

No, it's not a popcorn movie. One girl sat in front of me with a huge bucket of popcorn and put her hand to her mouth three times. She left with virtually all the popcorn intact.


You don't enjoy it, you experience it.

I used to equate it with snuff flims, so I guess it's a step up the ladder. :laugh:

And I am officially jealous about your job. :nod: I used to review flicks for one of the local papers because I get credit for them in class (just a free paper that I got aligned with a couple of years ago when I was a soc major) but I had to stop for awhile because of classes. I start back up in the last week of July (thankfully I'll miss the new Julia Stiles movie by a few months!!). :D

And Kill Bill 2 looks fab. I totally love Tarantino. I can't wait for the final showdown with Bill. :nod: