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hamsterjill

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24. "What Women Want"

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 11:46 PM

5 hrs ago

I thought that movie was cute, and I was a big fan of the Lethal Weapon movies. But alas, then he went nuts and I can't stand to watch him any more in anything.

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What was the last Mel Gibson movie you watched before finding out he's an asshole? [View all] Dave Bowman 9 hrs ago OP

Likely The Patriot. Xavier Breath 9 hrs ago #1

Jason Isaacs was great as Colonel Tavington. He always plays good villains. N/T Jedi Guy 9 hrs ago #6

I love Jason Isaacs hamsterjill 5 hrs ago #23

Yeah, he's a good looking guy. Jedi Guy 5 hrs ago #28

He's also great as a (heavy) good guy in The Death Of Stalin . . . . hatrack 5 hrs ago #25

Signs, 2002. He played Graham Hess, an Episcopal Ilsa 7 hrs ago #19

Signs was fantastic right up to the twist at the very end. Jedi Guy 5 hrs ago #29

I liked the scene near the end with Tchky Karyo (playing "Major Jean Villeneuve"). nt Blasphemer 4 hrs ago #37

Braveheart. lamp_shade 9 hrs ago #2

Yup. buzzycrumbhunger 9 hrs ago #4

never seen one. he was cute half naked on dame edna tho nt msongs 9 hrs ago #3

Beyond Thunderdome? haele 9 hrs ago #5

It would have to be either AZProgressive 9 hrs ago #7

The Patriot, I think. Jedi Guy 9 hrs ago #8

I've always known he was, and still is, an asshole, MarineCombatEngineer 9 hrs ago #9

Same Kaleva 7 hrs ago #15

Dragged Across Concrete pcdb 9 hrs ago #10

probably Signs NewHendoLib 9 hrs ago #11

I was always amazed at how many loved Braveheart. I have tried repeatedly and just can't finish it. hlthe2b 8 hrs ago #12

I saw a lot of his movies. Then stopped when it sunk in he was applegrove 8 hrs ago #13

The first Lethal Weapon? Grey5 8 hrs ago #14

Not sure, but the last movie I seen with him in it was Expendables 3 Polybius 7 hrs ago #16

Oddly enough, it was Conspiracy Theory. Initech 7 hrs ago #17

guy is hot garbage as a human being... democratsruletheday 7 hrs ago #18

The Passion of the Christ TVguyCards 6 hrs ago #20

That's the one that a lot of fundies were wringing their hands over because it depicted christ as more human mwmisses4289 4 hrs ago #32

No, I'm pretty sure you're thinking about the Last Temptation of Christ. Crunchy Frog 45 min ago #50

"The Patriot" was the last Mel Gibson movie I watched. Aristus 6 hrs ago #21

Yes, me too. meadowlander 4 hrs ago #38

I prefer to think of Mel Gibson as a combination of his Jack Valentino 6 hrs ago #22

"What Women Want" hamsterjill 5 hrs ago #24

The Patriot RandySF 5 hrs ago #26

I watched Get the Gringo AFTER I knew he was a total jerk. LeftInTX 5 hrs ago #27

We were soldiers. yourout 5 hrs ago #30

Never saw a single one. Fuck that bastard. Klarkashton 4 hrs ago #31

I'm not entirely sure how that's possible MikeyDi 4 hrs ago #41

It's possible. I've done it. I knew about that asshole Klarkashton 4 hrs ago #42

I haven't seen anything he's made since Braveheart (1995) JoseBalow 4 hrs ago #33

I couldn't remember having seen him in anything MIButterfly 4 hrs ago #34

The Year of Living Dangerously remains in my top of favorite movies mentalsolstice 4 hrs ago #35

Mine, too. Gallipoli was another one. Ocelot II 3 hrs ago #43

The Professor and the Madman jmbar2 4 hrs ago #36

Apocalyptic was prerty incredible. MikeyDi 4 hrs ago #39

I knew he was an asshole long before others because I was learning Spanish. Behind the Aegis 4 hrs ago #40

I remember his first big film, "The Year of Living Dangerously"... Laffy Kat 3 hrs ago #44

He directed Apocalypto, which - though graphically brutal - was ... Whiskeytide 3 hrs ago #45

I had to watch it for work r�is�n_dubh 3 hrs ago #46

i looked on imdb and i think signs was the last movie. not sure tho. i liked a couple of the lethal weapon movies orleans 3 hrs ago #47

I honestly cannot remember, it has been so long Skittles 2 hrs ago #48

When I watched the bearded asswipe stand at attention and salute the russian agent orange at a gathering ImNotGod 2 hrs ago #49

I think it was probably What Women Want. Crunchy Frog 39 min ago #51