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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
And people say it all the time about De Niro & Pacino...HOO AAHH!...but these guys aren't as bad as Mel Gibson, who not only plays the same character in every movie, but does so while not changing the theme of his movies:
(1) Mel is good. Sometimes a little mentally disturbed. But good. See Braveheart, Lethal Weapons, The Patriot, Ransom, etc.
(2) Something bad happens to Mel, i.e., his wife/girlfriend gets killed or son gets kidnapped, etc. It's usually family related.
(3) Mel goes completely insane. Or he goes MORE insane (insaner).
(4) Mel kills everyone who has wronged him. And them some.
(5) All is good in Melville. Except for Braveheart, where his body parts were placed on spikes. Minor disembowelment. Fortunately, Scotland is free.
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Absolutely 1000% correct.
Gibson has been mailing in the same shlock for years now. He's got the crazy-but-utterly moral gig down so well that even when he plays a villian (Payback), he comes off as a great guy.
If you like Mel playing a great guy, best to stock up on his dvds, because that Anti-Semitic Jesus Freak epic of his is probably going to burn his career to the ground.
