I actually would pay to watch a Mel Gibson Odyssey, i completely disagree with him politically but he has a very pleasant style of film making
Of course when Elon musk says historically accurate (a Poem about an event that prolly never happened btw) he just means "remove all non-WASP from the movie)
100 milions $isn't enough for that type of epic fantasy it's gonna look cheap AF
...he's genuinely a really good director despite, y'know, that incident with the cop. And the incident with his ex-wife. And the incident with the guy who wrote Showgirls. But fuck man, Apocalypto's a really good movie. I wish he'd direct more.
He’s also just a weird choice for a historically accurate movie anyway. Braveheart and Apocalypto are VERY good movies. They’re also mostly historical fiction and wildly inaccurate in properly displaying the cultures of the people they’re portraying and (in Bravehearts case) making up/changing real documented events for extra drama. I don’t have a huge problem with it (every story needs drama I get it) but Mel Gibson getting painted as a “extremely true to the time, historical purist” has really never been a thing
Despite all that, still a good director, just a garbage person
In Mel's defense he did just think he deserved to be blown before the Jacuzzi, not afterwards. Okay, maybe he expressed that notion a bit too harshly to his wife but see, he's not that abhorrent. Just listen to the man:
Yeah, he's not good at historical accuracy but more like... historical immersion? Historical verisimilitude? He makes it feel real, even the made up bits.
I think the shame of it is he could've been one of the greats (directing-wise I mean, he was already a star and, let's face it, was in a bunch of all-time great movies) if his personal problems hadn't gotten the best of him. Apocalypto came out right when he fell off the wagon hard and his problems really started so the film got a bit overlooked thanks to the media circus around him. And then he didn't direct another movie for a decade after. It's a shame I think he has (possibly had - I still haven't seen Flight Risk yet but I haven't heard good things) genuine talent.
...yeah I was agreeing with you. I honestly really like him as a film-maker despite... everything.
Although I don't know if those ex-wife "YOU SHOULD JUST FUCKING SMILE AND BLOW ME" tapes of his really count as a political disagreement. Unless you consider Mel not getting blown before the Jacuzzi as his political position. Peronally I don't, I think he just wanted head
"Probably never happened" buddy this isn't robin hood. This story has witches, 10 foot cannibals, cyclops, huge sea monsters, and immortal nymph girls. This did not happen.
Both are distortion of real events with supernatural stuff added.
We know for vast parts of the bible what's probably real and what's not. With the Odysee not so much. Funnily enough a Mycenian trip to America actually explains a lot of it though
I like Mel Gibson’s films. But the lack of budget, not being able to attract enough talent, and the fact that the movie is being made solely to fight some nonsense culture war would be sure to make this film unwatchable.
I'm waiting because Grok is going to use Nolan's odyssey and probably the Hades games as the basis for whatever AI generated garbage they're gonna make and it's gonna be funny
And i wouldn't have Hades any other way (finally a mainstream greek myth where Hades is not a standin for Lucifer but actually the best god in the lore)
The vast majority of his films have prolonged scenes of people being tortured to death. If you find that pleasant, it’s probably necessary for someone to call the police and have them search your backyard for the bodies.
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u/Rainy_Wavey 6h ago
I actually would pay to watch a Mel Gibson Odyssey, i completely disagree with him politically but he has a very pleasant style of film making
Of course when Elon musk says historically accurate (a Poem about an event that prolly never happened btw) he just means "remove all non-WASP from the movie)
100 milions $isn't enough for that type of epic fantasy it's gonna look cheap AF