Typical. Mel Gibson makes one lousy blood and guts film about Jesus, and suddenly he thinks he can make all his movies with unknown actors in languages that nobody actually speaks.
His new film Apocalypto has been on the cards for a little while now, but Mel Gibson has only just decided to tell the world what it is actually about.
After The Passion Of The Christ, Mel Gibson (DVDs) changed in the eyes of
the public. Suddenly he wasn’t that wanker out of What Women Want
anymore; he was a scary-eyed religious nutter with something of a blood
fetish. And crucially, he also became the poster boy for America’s
bible belt.
Gibson has decided to follow up Christ with Apocalypto – a movie set
in ancient South America, where everyone only talks in the dead Mayan
dialect of Yucateco. Which is pretty much what you’d expect. And,
although Gibson couldn’t rope in his old buddy Jesus to star in
Apocalypto, the film will be just as violent as The Passion Of The
Christ. But Mel, what’s Apocalypto about?
"I’m hoping that by
focusing on this civilisation we’re able to be introspective about
ourselves. It’s set before the Conquest, so we are using mostly
indigenous people and actors from Mexico City. There’s a lot of mystery
to the Mayan culture, but it’s just the backdrop to what I’m doing –
creating an action adventure of mythic proportions."
Didn’t really answer the question, did you Mel?
"If I was in it, it would wreck everything."
Well, yes. That’s a given – we’ve seen Ransom, after all. But tell us about the plot of Apocalypto.
"[It’s] a story about a man and his woman, his child and his father, his
community. [The man] is put in an incredibly heightened,
stressful situation… has to overcome tremendous obstacles. So it’s a
universal story in that respect."
That’s that cleared up, then. Anything else to add?
"A lot of it, storywise, I just made up."
Oh.
"At this moment here in Mexico, my mouth likes the food but my stomach doesn’t."
OK Mel, stop now.
Read more:
Mel Gibson’s new movie: Apocalypto – CNN
[story by Stuart Heritage]
Marty says
Jealous are we.
bretzel says
I am so very sorry that you went so lighlty on this wanker Mel Gibson. He is now, always has been and will always be a
no talent piece of fecal matter who has blighted the film industry for years.
Gee, did anybody notice that he is on the Good Morning America program with this bullshit? Does anyone realize that
Good Morning American is on ABC and ABC is owned by Disney. And Mel’s latest attempt to imitate a film is being released
by Touchstone Pictures which also happens to be owned by Disney! How convienient!
David Mard says
DeNiro walked out of filming Gibson’s Edge of Darkness claiming he was a nutter.
I wonder if DeNiro is not actually the nutter for turning down quality work – does he want to spend the rest of his career doing Fokkers sequels?
Soon, Gibson will be in Australia to direct The Drowner with Steve Innes. I Wonder will Innes denounce Gibson as a nutter and storm off set?
Steve says
That’s a pretty good point made by D.Mard.
DeNiro is not the drawcard he once was and he should not burn bridges.
Innes better not dare alienate himself from one of the best Aussie actors and directors ever because he has the chance at greatness if he plays his cards right.
Albion says
David Mard knows what’s what.
Innes will denounce Gibson as a nutter and storm off set because Gibson really is a nutter: A deluded, brainwashed, Catholic extremist nutter.
Innes will do more harm than good to his career, getting caught up in the influence of that psycho.
Sabine says
Who is Steve Innes?
Never heard of an Aussie performer by that name.