Mel Gibson is violent
Students at New York University’s film center got an early preview of Mel Gibson’s newest film, “Apocalypto.” While the reviews were somewhat mixed, everyone agreed that the film was way too gory. “There are gruesome, lingering shots of people having their faces torn off, their hearts ripped out, and worse,” noted one reviewer who loved the film but was turned off by the violence:
“Mel Gibson may be an anti-Semitic, alcoholic, gore-obsessed maniac, [but] he is obviously an extremely talented director and I highly recommend his ‘Apocalypto’.”
That may be the single greatest line in movie review history. You could use that for any movie to make it seem interesting: “Ron Howard may be an anti-Semitic, alcoholic, gore-obsessed maniac, [but] he is obviously an extremely talented director and I highly recommend his ‘Free Willy 9: Escape from Lake Michigan’.”
You’re telling me you wouldn’t see that? Of course you would. Now make yourself useful and fetch me my slippers.
Where the people who got their faces torn off and their hearts ripped out… Jewish?
NYU? Mel should have previewed his movie in Texas or Louisiana.