Mel Gibson

[Jas]

He played a war hero in Braveheart, wich took place in the dark ages.
He played a war hero in The Patriot, wich took place in the American Revolutionary war.
He played a war hero in We Were Soldiers, wich took place during The Vietnam War.

Now all he has left is a movie were he's a war hero in the war against Osama Bin Laden/Saddam Hussein, and a movie where he's a war hero in the war against Terminators :D


Pointless, i know. But i had to say it.

[Cyd V]

You forgot

He played a war hero in attack force Z:eek:

[miguel_montes]

Does Mad Max count??

[Switch-Box.net]

He was also a war hero in gallipolli wasn't he?

[Jas]

Wow, he really likes being a war hero:eek:

[bigred760]

Originally posted by Jason_fan 1
He played a war hero in Braveheart, wich took place in the dark ages.
He played a war hero in The Patriot, wich took place in the American Revolutionary war.
He played a war hero in We Were Soldiers, wich took place during The Vietnam War.

Now all he has left is a movie were he's a war hero in the war against Osama Bin Laden/Saddam Hussein, and a movie where he's a war hero in the war against Terminators :D


Pointless, i know. But i had to say it.


POSSIBLE SPOILERS!!!!

In Braveheart, he was revenging his love and became a war hero.

In The Patriot, he was already a war hero and then revenged his sons.

In We Were Soldiers, we don't really know if he becomes a war hero, but retains the respect of his men and a photographer.


Subtle differences.

[Moosem216]

Yeah, he gets sort of type-cast into this role, but it's just because he's amazing at it. Braveheart is still one of the coolest movies ever made. I couldn't stand the Patriot, but I blame the writers and director, not Mel, and We Were Soldiers was definitely underrated.

In general, even though he is pretty crazy on the religious side of things, I like Mel. He's makes a great William Wallace, and the Lethal Weapon flicks are a blast too.

[Joshmo]

As a practicing Catholic myself, I think he is pretty sane...just wanted to add balance. ;)

[Cyd V]

Originally posted by Switch-Box.net
He was also a war hero in gallipolli wasn't he?


****SPOILER****


No...

[Moosem216]

Not really a hero, but he was definitely in the war. Not in any kind of leadership or heroic position.

[HeavyK]

Mel Gibson rules. Both as an actor and a director. Braveheart is my favorite movie of all time and The Passion of the Christ was excellent to. I have a lot of respect for him making the latter, as any movie that has a pro-religious or pro-christian theme is going to be attacked merciously. Mel had alot of guts to make that movie.

[Sigur509]

Have we all forgoten about Chicken Run.

[Ted Pikul]

"Subtle differences"

As lampooned during that Simpsons episode Mel Gibson wouldn't know a subtle difference if it came up & hit him on the head with a shovel.

Thank God he's never made a film with Oliver Stone that's all I can say.

The combined mangling of history & all round over wroughtness would make their normal output seem mild in comparison.

[bmain77]

Originally posted by HeavyK
, as any movie that has a pro-religious or pro-christian theme is going to be attacked merciously. Mel had alot of guts to make that movie.

And movies that are percieved as being anti religion or christianity (see Dogma) don't get attacked?