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MIButterfly

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34. I couldn't remember having seen him in anything

Sat Jul 18, 2026, 12:49 AM

14 hrs ago

so I looked up his movies on imdb. I did see Tequila Sunrise in 1988 and nothing after that. He just never really appealed to me.

Now Al Pacino, on the hand....that is, until he started taking roles just for the money. I still love his old movies though.

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What was the last Mel Gibson movie you watched before finding out he's an asshole? [View all] Dave Bowman 19 hrs ago OP

Likely The Patriot. Xavier Breath 19 hrs ago #1

Jason Isaacs was great as Colonel Tavington. He always plays good villains. N/T Jedi Guy 18 hrs ago #6

I love Jason Isaacs hamsterjill 15 hrs ago #23

Yeah, he's a good looking guy. Jedi Guy 14 hrs ago #28

He's also great as a (heavy) good guy in The Death Of Stalin . . . . hatrack 15 hrs ago #25

Villain? Not for this Anglophile. BannonsLiver 4 hrs ago #68

Signs, 2002. He played Graham Hess, an Episcopal Ilsa 16 hrs ago #19

Signs was fantastic right up to the twist at the very end. Jedi Guy 14 hrs ago #29

They're demons, not aliens. Swede 6 hrs ago #63

Huh, I've never heard that interpretation before. Jedi Guy 6 hrs ago #64

I first heard it on the internet, and it made sense. Swede 4 hrs ago #66

I liked the scene near the end with Tchky Karyo (playing "Major Jean Villeneuve"). nt Blasphemer 13 hrs ago #37

Braveheart. lamp_shade 19 hrs ago #2

Yup. buzzycrumbhunger 19 hrs ago #4

I watched Braveheart knowing that Gibson is an asshole. yardwork 4 hrs ago #67

never seen one. he was cute half naked on dame edna tho nt msongs 19 hrs ago #3

Beyond Thunderdome? haele 18 hrs ago #5

It would have to be either AZProgressive 18 hrs ago #7

The Patriot, I think. Jedi Guy 18 hrs ago #8

I've always known he was, and still is, an asshole, MarineCombatEngineer 18 hrs ago #9

Same Kaleva 17 hrs ago #15

Interesting that you mention Edge of Darkness since I started this thread after watching it yesterday and was surprised Dave Bowman 7 hrs ago #53

It's a great movie, MarineCombatEngineer 5 hrs ago #65

"We were Soldiers" is SO good...Sam Elliott stole all the scenes he was in as Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley EX500rider 2 hrs ago #74

Dragged Across Concrete pcdb 18 hrs ago #10

probably Signs NewHendoLib 18 hrs ago #11

I was always amazed at how many loved Braveheart. I have tried repeatedly and just can't finish it. hlthe2b 18 hrs ago #12

I saw a lot of his movies. Then stopped when it sunk in he was applegrove 17 hrs ago #13

The first Lethal Weapon? Grey5 17 hrs ago #14

Not sure, but the last movie I seen with him in it was Expendables 3 Polybius 17 hrs ago #16

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

Yes, that one was trippy. 🙃 Dave Bowman 7 hrs ago #54

guy is hot garbage as a human being... democratsruletheday 16 hrs ago #18

The Passion of the Christ TVguyCards 16 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 14 hrs ago #32

No, I'm pretty sure you're thinking about the Last Temptation of Christ. Crunchy Frog 10 hrs ago #50

Last Temptation is fantastic Orrex 7 hrs ago #56

Ah, you are both right. mwmisses4289 7 hrs ago #60

You're thinking of Passion of the Christ TVguyCards 7 hrs ago #61

"The Patriot" was the last Mel Gibson movie I watched. Aristus 16 hrs ago #21

Yes, me too. meadowlander 13 hrs ago #38

I prefer to think of Mel Gibson as a combination of his Jack Valentino 16 hrs ago #22

"What Women Want" hamsterjill 15 hrs ago #24

The Patriot RandySF 15 hrs ago #26

I watched Get the Gringo AFTER I knew he was a total jerk. LeftInTX 14 hrs ago #27

We were soldiers. yourout 14 hrs ago #30

Never saw a single one. Fuck that bastard. Klarkashton 14 hrs ago #31

I'm not entirely sure how that's possible MikeyDi 13 hrs ago #41

It's possible. I've done it. I knew about that asshole Klarkashton 13 hrs ago #42

What gave him away for you? Orrex 8 hrs ago #52

Snort! 😆 Dave Bowman 7 hrs ago #55

I haven't seen anything he's made since Braveheart (1995) JoseBalow 14 hrs ago #33

I couldn't remember having seen him in anything MIButterfly 14 hrs ago #34

The Year of Living Dangerously remains in my top of favorite movies mentalsolstice 14 hrs ago #35

Mine, too. Gallipoli was another one. Ocelot II 13 hrs ago #43

I liked it too although Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hunt added a lot Ritabert 7 hrs ago #59

The Professor and the Madman jmbar2 14 hrs ago #36

Apocalyptic was prerty incredible. MikeyDi 13 hrs ago #39

I knew he was an asshole long before others because I was learning Spanish. Behind the Aegis 13 hrs ago #40

I remember his first big film, "The Year of Living Dangerously"... Laffy Kat 13 hrs ago #44

Great movie, I'll gladly watch it again in the near future. Dave Bowman 7 hrs ago #57

He directed Apocalypto, which - though graphically brutal - was ... Whiskeytide 13 hrs ago #45

I had to watch it for work r�is�n_dubh 12 hrs ago #46

THAT is one hell of a film! TVguyCards 6 hrs ago #62

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 12 hrs ago #47

I honestly cannot remember, it has been so long Skittles 12 hrs ago #48

I second that emotion. Dave Bowman 3 hrs ago #73

When I watched the bearded asswipe stand at attention and salute the russian agent orange at a gathering ImNotGod 11 hrs ago #49

I think it was probably What Women Want. Crunchy Frog 10 hrs ago #51

I wasn't interested to see a dude getting tortured for hours so I never watched the whole thing. Dave Bowman 7 hrs ago #58

I never watched a single minute of it. Just read some of the hype about it at the time. Crunchy Frog 2 hrs ago #78

The Beaver. BannonsLiver 4 hrs ago #69

What was the first thing he did? It would have been right after that. Because he's a moron. mucholderthandirt 3 hrs ago #70

Tom Cruise was the jumping around on Oprah's couch guy. Ocelot II 2 hrs ago #77

"They fuck you at the drive through!" flvegan 3 hrs ago #71

There are so many great actors who are total assholes: milestogo 3 hrs ago #72

I probably started watching them after I realized EnergizedLib 2 hrs ago #75

The Patriot but it was NOT Mel Gibson who made that film great. ProudMNDemocrat 2 hrs ago #76

Great? I remembering being pissed when I went to see it at how awful it was. Absolutely ridiculous. themaguffin 1 hr ago #83

Thermopylae (sp?) The Blue Flower 2 hrs ago #79

I am going to answer this backwards UpInArms 2 hrs ago #80

Happily, I've never seen a Mel Gibson movie. Totally Tunsie 1 hr ago #81

We Were Soldiers Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 1 hr ago #82

The Patriot. It became clear he had vindicative mind & it was his latest film that reflected his mindset. themaguffin 1 hr ago #84

The Patriot krawhitham 1 hr ago #85