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Dave Bowman

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53. Interesting that you mention Edge of Darkness since I started this thread after watching it yesterday and was surprised

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #9)

Sat Jul 18, 2026, 07:12 AM

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that it was good at all. I'll watch We Were Soldiers, sounds interesting. 🙂

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What was the last Mel Gibson movie you watched before finding out he's an asshole? [View all] Dave Bowman 12 hrs ago OP

Likely The Patriot. Xavier Breath 12 hrs ago #1

Jason Isaacs was great as Colonel Tavington. He always plays good villains. N/T Jedi Guy 12 hrs ago #6

I love Jason Isaacs hamsterjill 9 hrs ago #23

Yeah, he's a good looking guy. Jedi Guy 8 hrs ago #28

He's also great as a (heavy) good guy in The Death Of Stalin . . . . hatrack 8 hrs ago #25

Signs, 2002. He played Graham Hess, an Episcopal Ilsa 10 hrs ago #19

Signs was fantastic right up to the twist at the very end. Jedi Guy 8 hrs ago #29

They're demons, not aliens. Swede 32 min ago #63

Huh, I've never heard that interpretation before. Jedi Guy 5 min ago #64

I liked the scene near the end with Tchky Karyo (playing "Major Jean Villeneuve"). nt Blasphemer 7 hrs ago #37

Braveheart. lamp_shade 12 hrs ago #2

Yup. buzzycrumbhunger 12 hrs ago #4

never seen one. he was cute half naked on dame edna tho nt msongs 12 hrs ago #3

Beyond Thunderdome? haele 12 hrs ago #5

It would have to be either AZProgressive 12 hrs ago #7

The Patriot, I think. Jedi Guy 12 hrs ago #8

I've always known he was, and still is, an asshole, MarineCombatEngineer 12 hrs ago #9

Same Kaleva 10 hrs ago #15

Interesting that you mention Edge of Darkness since I started this thread after watching it yesterday and was surprised Dave Bowman 1 hr ago #53

Dragged Across Concrete pcdb 12 hrs ago #10

probably Signs NewHendoLib 12 hrs ago #11

I was always amazed at how many loved Braveheart. I have tried repeatedly and just can't finish it. hlthe2b 11 hrs ago #12

I saw a lot of his movies. Then stopped when it sunk in he was applegrove 11 hrs ago #13

The first Lethal Weapon? Grey5 11 hrs ago #14

Not sure, but the last movie I seen with him in it was Expendables 3 Polybius 10 hrs ago #16

Oddly enough, it was Conspiracy Theory. Initech 10 hrs ago #17

Yes, that one was trippy. 🙃 Dave Bowman 1 hr ago #54

guy is hot garbage as a human being... democratsruletheday 10 hrs ago #18

The Passion of the Christ TVguyCards 10 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 8 hrs ago #32

No, I'm pretty sure you're thinking about the Last Temptation of Christ. Crunchy Frog 4 hrs ago #50

Last Temptation is fantastic Orrex 1 hr ago #56

Ah, you are both right. mwmisses4289 1 hr ago #60

You're thinking of Passion of the Christ TVguyCards 44 min ago #61

"The Patriot" was the last Mel Gibson movie I watched. Aristus 10 hrs ago #21

Yes, me too. meadowlander 7 hrs ago #38

I prefer to think of Mel Gibson as a combination of his Jack Valentino 10 hrs ago #22

"What Women Want" hamsterjill 9 hrs ago #24

The Patriot RandySF 8 hrs ago #26

I watched Get the Gringo AFTER I knew he was a total jerk. LeftInTX 8 hrs ago #27

We were soldiers. yourout 8 hrs ago #30

Never saw a single one. Fuck that bastard. Klarkashton 8 hrs ago #31

I'm not entirely sure how that's possible MikeyDi 7 hrs ago #41

It's possible. I've done it. I knew about that asshole Klarkashton 7 hrs ago #42

What gave him away for you? Orrex 2 hrs ago #52

Snort! 😆 Dave Bowman 1 hr ago #55

I haven't seen anything he's made since Braveheart (1995) JoseBalow 8 hrs ago #33

I couldn't remember having seen him in anything MIButterfly 8 hrs ago #34

The Year of Living Dangerously remains in my top of favorite movies mentalsolstice 7 hrs ago #35

Mine, too. Gallipoli was another one. Ocelot II 7 hrs ago #43

I liked it too although Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hunt added a lot Ritabert 1 hr ago #59

The Professor and the Madman jmbar2 7 hrs ago #36

Apocalyptic was prerty incredible. MikeyDi 7 hrs ago #39

I knew he was an asshole long before others because I was learning Spanish. Behind the Aegis 7 hrs ago #40

I remember his first big film, "The Year of Living Dangerously"... Laffy Kat 7 hrs ago #44

Great movie, I'll gladly watch it again in the near future. Dave Bowman 1 hr ago #57

He directed Apocalypto, which - though graphically brutal - was ... Whiskeytide 6 hrs ago #45

I had to watch it for work r�is�n_dubh 6 hrs ago #46

THAT is one hell of a film! TVguyCards 36 min 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 6 hrs ago #47

I honestly cannot remember, it has been so long Skittles 6 hrs ago #48

When I watched the bearded asswipe stand at attention and salute the russian agent orange at a gathering ImNotGod 5 hrs ago #49

I think it was probably What Women Want. Crunchy Frog 4 hrs ago #51

I wasn't interested to see a dude getting tortured for hours so I never watched the whole thing. Dave Bowman 1 hr ago #58