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| Registered: March 19, 2007 |  Posts: 581 |
| | Posted: | | | | Mel Gibson always seemed like a nice guy, but in light of this (and it's no secret that he's an anti-semitic) my views on Mel Gibson have changed. But it doesn't change anything regarding his professional career, as I have no problems looking past his personal "misfires". I guess that's why they call it acting  I also watch Polanski's movies. I'm not sure I would call him a pedophile, since he was probably under the influence of drugs (no excuse, BTW). A pedophile is (at least in my eyes) someone that look at (or rape) pre-teens, and has an attraction to underage girls/boys. If Polanski fantasizes about this still, then yes, he's a pedophile, but I doubt that. Most people have some skeletons in the closet. If we were to boycott movies/music by those criteria, it wouldn't be much left to boycott. | | |  |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting FilmAlba: Quote:
Should i never watch Chinatown again cause polanski is a pedo? Or "Pulp Fiction" because Travolta is a Scientologist?? Sorry, even though I don't share the opinions of Mr. Gibson I still consider him to be a great actor on occasions and I actually like many of his movies. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,491 |
| | Posted: | | | | ...and I love Nordberg in NG3 ..... | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | These tapes could make for a great film.
The Passion Of The Tapes. |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,850 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting stephan.klose: Quote:
Will those tapes affect your decision of watching or buying anything that has to do with Mel Gibson? No. I haven't seen any part of a Mel Gibson movie newer than Braveheart (1995), and the only of his movies I've seen from beginning to end are The Bounty and Maverick, both of which I saw when they were released theatrically. His behavior is pretty much a non-issue with me. --------------- |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Only half of the picture is painted here. This girl could have been playing all sweet & innocent during these recordings in order to bait & trap him. She could be a total psycho witch (substitute letters at will). |
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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | There are many performers that I disagree with, or do not like there personal lives away from there performance.
This society has become to enthralled with celebrities and everything that they do at anytime. I pay no credence to these when related to a persons performance.
That would be the same as telling me that you don't want me to repair your telephone lines, because I am have a very heated divorce. If I do my job, and you are satisfied with the work I do, what happens outside of work (short of some heinous crimes) should be no concern of anybody else besides the parties involved.
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| Registered: March 24, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,044 |
| | Posted: | | | | So what if he's a class one jerk, he still makes a pretty darn good film in most cases. There have been a lot of actors I have not cared for on a personal level but have enjoyed their professional work both in front and behind the camera. Mel Gibson is no diffrent. Rory  | | | DVD Profiler for iOS as of 3/5/2013
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| Registered: June 15, 2008 | | Posts: 220 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting rorymatt: Quote:
So what if he's a class one jerk, he still makes a pretty darn good film in most cases. There have been a lot of actors I have not cared for on a personal level but have enjoyed their professional work both in front and behind the camera. Mel Gibson is no diffrent.
Rory
yeah i agree...well said! |
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| Registered: March 28, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,299 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
Only half of the picture is painted here. This girl could have been playing all sweet & innocent during these recordings in order to bait & trap him. She could be a total psycho witch (substitute letters at will). Well, if she'd be that nefarious she may have even edited the clips with completely different audio on her side. Not saying I believe that's what happened, but it'd be easy to do. | | | Tags, tags, bo bags, banana fana fo fags, mi my mo mags, TAGS!
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Do I boycott Roman Polanski films, or O.J. Simpson films? Nope.
I wouldn't boycott Gibson's future movies... even if he is one supremely arrogant jerk and hypocrite. | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: April 4, 2007 | | Posts: 879 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
Only half of the picture is painted here. This girl could have been playing all sweet & innocent during these recordings in order to bait & trap him. She could be a total psycho witch (substitute letters at will). That's no excuse to act like that. There are NO excuses to act like that. And I disagree with you kosvines, he never seemed like a nice guy. Actually he always seemed like a huge unfriendly person to me. Still watching his movies of course, you have to be able to separate those things. | | | | - Jan |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,380 |
| | Posted: | | | | I wonder how bad a person has to be, for you people to boycott him/her?
Personally i dont think its any secret that Gibson was sexists, anti-semitic and whatnot. This tape just took it a nodge higher. Personally i cant watch a movie thats lead actor/actress is a complete unfriendly person. I mean if hes playing the "good samaritan", it doesnt seem credible enough for me. |
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| Registered: June 27, 2007 |  Posts: 2,049 |
| | Posted: | | | | As of today we have a 4th tape New TapeIt seems to get worse from tape to tape | | | | Check out my Youtube channel under https://www.youtube.com/user/alittleolder |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting whispering: Quote:
I wonder how bad a person has to be, for you people to boycott him/her?
Personally i dont think its any secret that Gibson was sexists, anti-semitic and whatnot. Correct Quote:
This tape just took it a nodge higher. Personally i cant watch a movie thats lead actor/actress is a complete unfriendly person. So you don't watch movies with Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Tom Cruise, Collin Farrell, ... ?? For me it seems to be system-immanent that a good actor/actress has a strange view on reality. It's their bloody job to have it, otherwise they wouldn't be such good actors. The problem arises if those celebrities get some kind of Jesus-complex and believe that their way of thinking is the only correct way. The problem isn't in the celeb though, it's in the people that believe him/her. Quote:
I mean if hes playing the "good samaritan", it doesnt seem credible enough for me. Strange ... For me this would qualify him as an excellent actor. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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