Will Mel Gibson ever star in another mainstream film?

[Orrex]

Poll question: Will Mel Gibson ever star in another mainstream film?

[Mad_Dem_X]

1. Mel has jumped the shark. n/t

[LynneSin]

4. Boy has he ever

I remember a great skit he did on SNL back when he was the "Sexiest Man Alive" (I think it was between the 2 Lethal Weapons). The skit was about Dr. Mel Gibson, Gynecologist and basically his waiting room was overloaded with women who wanted to have Mel Gibson as their gynecologist.

I have a feeling Mel's waiting room is pretty damn empty today

[Orrex]

8. As it happens, I just thought about that skit yesterday

TBS was airing the awful, awful, awful film What Women Want, and my wife and I were commenting on what a pitiful joke Mel has become.

I'm not ashamed to admit that I really used to like his work. Not that I thought of it as high art, but I found most of his films to be enjoyable for what they were.

Also, anyone who enjoyed the Lord of the Rings trilogy owes Mel a debt of thanks IMO because studios would have been reluctant to get behind such a venture if Mel hadn't demonstrated that a three-hour medieval slash-fest could return big box office receipts. I mean, I don't look at Braveheart as a compelling historical treatise, but it's a creditable (if somewhat over the top) film. It's a shame that its director has made such a joke of himself that he's tainted all of his prior work (including his excellent appearance on The Simpsons a few years back).

[realisticphish]

2. I doubt if many film companies

will touch him, though if he made his own :shrug:

[LynneSin]

3. Hey I could think of other movies he could get involved with

I mean him and his father could do a remake of "Triumph of the Will"

[Wapsie B]

5. Why isn't he going to do the story of Christ's birth?

I mean being such a devout Xian and depicting the Crucifixion with such clarity I would think he would want to offer up the story of the birth of Jesus. Wouldn't that be a natural thing to want to do? Or is the story of the birth not bloody and gruesome enough to satisfy the same audience that drooled over the Passion of Christ?

[Orrex]

6. He had planned to make that film, but

Then the worldwide conspiracy of Jews and Mayans got together and suppressed his lofty artistic vision.

[Wapsie B]

7. Oh yeah, we must not forget the Jewish conspiracy.

:sarcasm:


I would almost bet though that he or someone like him would want to make a story about the book of Revelations. Lots of fodder for the mill in that.