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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:22 AM Original message |
What is with Mel Gibson and his blood lust? |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Desensitizes public to real gore & bloodshed in say. . . . . a war! |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. I'm not a Mel Gibson fany anymore, but... |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. He's competing with Rob Zombie? |
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Bluestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. I agree--can't stand his movies |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. And remember what made him famous? "Mad Max". |
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liberalsoldier5 (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. I liked the Passion |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 10:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Hi liberalsoldier5!! |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's never clear which is worse with Our Mel... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. I thought the lemmings-being -driven-over-the-cliff movie woulda been the bloodiest... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 05:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
71. Those weren't REAL lemmings |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. And don't get me started on "The Patriot". |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. It was way too manipulative of a film for me |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. that reminds me |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 04:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. Actually, the War in the Low Country was pretty bad. |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Yeah, it was the "holding people inside a flaming church" thing that really incensed me. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 03:44 AM Response to Reply #46 |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 04:12 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. "Holocaust propaganda"??? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 05:43 AM Response to Reply #67 |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Judging by your post, the (deleted) response to my post must've been pretty awful. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. I love Mel's movies |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. Maybe a little honesty about violence on film is a good thing |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. Mel did not MAKE "Mad Max" ... he acted in it... |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. What about that bloodfest "What Women Want" with Helen Hunt? n/t |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. how could I have forgotten that bloody mess??! n/t |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Not so much a bloodfest, but I did feel mentally and aesthetically raped by it. |
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Bad Penny (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 03:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
64. "I think "We Were Soldiers" could be considered an anti-war film." |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. It sells. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. "Braveheart" was one of my favorite movies. n/t |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. See 'Rob Roy'. Almost the same movie, but better. |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 05:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Rob Roy - same story without all the over-acting |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
49. I hope the operative word here is "was". And again, the English should sue him for defamation... |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. Apocalypt-OW! Mel’s Messy Mayan Movie -- Rex Reed savages the movie: (SPOILERS) |
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mduffy31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
61. Point of order Mr. Reed |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. He does Chainsaw massacre movies for fundies |
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talk hard (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. I wonder why he calls his movie |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. gee, so Mel invented violent movies now? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I don't think that's what the OP is insinuating. |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. do you spend as much time wondering about Tarrintino's affection for the same? nt |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. No. Because Tarrantino doesn't parade around rewritting history... |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. So there's nothing wrong with QT movies, full of blood and gore, |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Oh please! A flamewar over this??????????? |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 06:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. wow, you're right! what was said was so inflammatory! |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. well, devilgrrl has spoken! put us all right in our places, i guess_NOT. n/t |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 08:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. You got the last word in though... |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 04:15 AM Response to Reply #33 |
68. Yep, that's how you "win" arguments on DU |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. FYI, I wasn't the one "worried" about who did/didn't have the last word.... |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. I like historical fiction |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 08:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Tarantino doesn't wrap himself in religion |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Come on. You have to admit there is something creepy..... |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. those Hallowe'en and Friday the 13th series.. |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Hmmm. I just scanned through this..... |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 06:10 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. well, that may have been too strong of a language, I admit, but |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I'll fess up. I liked Braveheart and The Patriot....... |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I just can't stand him when he does his cutesey roles.. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. Latent sadomasochism. Why can't he just run a fetish club like normal people? nt. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. I like bloody movies. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
59. If his movies were music, they'd be death metal. |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
36. Ultra-violent movies are a product of this administration's willingness to torture |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. about torture and bush and the passion. |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 04:08 AM Response to Reply #47 |
66. I agree |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 04:18 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. thanks. it feels good to be heard. :) nt |
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DerBeppo (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
75. I take it you're not a fan of the horror or suspense films |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
39. Come on, didn't you see Lethal Weapon? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
41. The Victorians did not mind violence in fiction either - so long as there |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. His first movie was one where he was a young soldier and |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Gallipoli? |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Yes Gallipoli |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. ! bookmarked - those creatures are so grand and beautiful! |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Thanks |
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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
54. Braveheart is one of my favorite movies ... |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
56. I haven't seen anything he's done since Braveheart, but... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
60. I've always enjoyed his work, personally. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 03:21 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. UPDATE: You can now read my review of "Apocalypto" here: |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 03:47 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. appreciate your view! |
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DerBeppo (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
74. He's attracted to melodrama |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
76. How about the audacity to plaster his name and face all over the marketing... |
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