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BannonsLiver

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69. The Beaver.

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What was the last Mel Gibson movie you watched before finding out he's an asshole? [View all] Dave Bowman 17 hrs ago OP

Likely The Patriot. Xavier Breath 17 hrs ago #1

Jason Isaacs was great as Colonel Tavington. He always plays good villains. N/T Jedi Guy 17 hrs ago #6

I love Jason Isaacs hamsterjill 13 hrs ago #23

Yeah, he's a good looking guy. Jedi Guy 13 hrs ago #28

He's also great as a (heavy) good guy in The Death Of Stalin . . . . hatrack 13 hrs ago #25

Villain? Not for this Anglophile. BannonsLiver 2 hrs ago #68

Signs, 2002. He played Graham Hess, an Episcopal Ilsa 15 hrs ago #19

Signs was fantastic right up to the twist at the very end. Jedi Guy 13 hrs ago #29

They're demons, not aliens. Swede 5 hrs ago #63

Huh, I've never heard that interpretation before. Jedi Guy 4 hrs ago #64

I first heard it on the internet, and it made sense. Swede 2 hrs ago #66

I liked the scene near the end with Tchky Karyo (playing "Major Jean Villeneuve"). nt Blasphemer 12 hrs ago #37

Braveheart. lamp_shade 17 hrs ago #2

Yup. buzzycrumbhunger 17 hrs ago #4

I watched Braveheart knowing that Gibson is an asshole. yardwork 2 hrs ago #67

never seen one. he was cute half naked on dame edna tho nt msongs 17 hrs ago #3

Beyond Thunderdome? haele 17 hrs ago #5

It would have to be either AZProgressive 17 hrs ago #7

The Patriot, I think. Jedi Guy 17 hrs ago #8

I've always known he was, and still is, an asshole, MarineCombatEngineer 17 hrs ago #9

Same Kaleva 15 hrs ago #15

Interesting that you mention Edge of Darkness since I started this thread after watching it yesterday and was surprised Dave Bowman 6 hrs ago #53

It's a great movie, MarineCombatEngineer 4 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 1 hr ago #74

Dragged Across Concrete pcdb 17 hrs ago #10

probably Signs NewHendoLib 17 hrs ago #11

I was always amazed at how many loved Braveheart. I have tried repeatedly and just can't finish it. hlthe2b 16 hrs ago #12

I saw a lot of his movies. Then stopped when it sunk in he was applegrove 16 hrs ago #13

The first Lethal Weapon? Grey5 16 hrs ago #14

Not sure, but the last movie I seen with him in it was Expendables 3 Polybius 15 hrs ago #16

Oddly enough, it was Conspiracy Theory. Initech 15 hrs ago #17

Yes, that one was trippy. 🙃 Dave Bowman 6 hrs ago #54

guy is hot garbage as a human being... democratsruletheday 15 hrs ago #18

The Passion of the Christ TVguyCards 15 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 13 hrs ago #32

No, I'm pretty sure you're thinking about the Last Temptation of Christ. Crunchy Frog 8 hrs ago #50

Last Temptation is fantastic Orrex 6 hrs ago #56

Ah, you are both right. mwmisses4289 5 hrs ago #60

You're thinking of Passion of the Christ TVguyCards 5 hrs ago #61

"The Patriot" was the last Mel Gibson movie I watched. Aristus 15 hrs ago #21

Yes, me too. meadowlander 12 hrs ago #38

I prefer to think of Mel Gibson as a combination of his Jack Valentino 14 hrs ago #22

"What Women Want" hamsterjill 13 hrs ago #24

The Patriot RandySF 13 hrs ago #26

I watched Get the Gringo AFTER I knew he was a total jerk. LeftInTX 13 hrs ago #27

We were soldiers. yourout 13 hrs ago #30

Never saw a single one. Fuck that bastard. Klarkashton 13 hrs ago #31

I'm not entirely sure how that's possible MikeyDi 12 hrs ago #41

It's possible. I've done it. I knew about that asshole Klarkashton 12 hrs ago #42

What gave him away for you? Orrex 7 hrs ago #52

Snort! 😆 Dave Bowman 6 hrs ago #55

I haven't seen anything he's made since Braveheart (1995) JoseBalow 12 hrs ago #33

I couldn't remember having seen him in anything MIButterfly 12 hrs ago #34

The Year of Living Dangerously remains in my top of favorite movies mentalsolstice 12 hrs ago #35

Mine, too. Gallipoli was another one. Ocelot II 12 hrs ago #43

I liked it too although Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hunt added a lot Ritabert 5 hrs ago #59

The Professor and the Madman jmbar2 12 hrs ago #36

Apocalyptic was prerty incredible. MikeyDi 12 hrs ago #39

I knew he was an asshole long before others because I was learning Spanish. Behind the Aegis 12 hrs ago #40

I remember his first big film, "The Year of Living Dangerously"... Laffy Kat 12 hrs ago #44

Great movie, I'll gladly watch it again in the near future. Dave Bowman 6 hrs ago #57

He directed Apocalypto, which - though graphically brutal - was ... Whiskeytide 11 hrs ago #45

I had to watch it for work r�is�n_dubh 11 hrs ago #46

THAT is one hell of a film! TVguyCards 5 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 11 hrs ago #47

I honestly cannot remember, it has been so long Skittles 10 hrs ago #48

I second that emotion. Dave Bowman 1 hr ago #73

When I watched the bearded asswipe stand at attention and salute the russian agent orange at a gathering ImNotGod 10 hrs ago #49

I think it was probably What Women Want. Crunchy Frog 8 hrs ago #51

I wasn't interested to see a dude getting tortured for hours so I never watched the whole thing. Dave Bowman 6 hrs ago #58

I never watched a single minute of it. Just read some of the hype about it at the time. Crunchy Frog 43 min ago #78

The Beaver. BannonsLiver 2 hrs ago #69

What was the first thing he did? It would have been right after that. Because he's a moron. mucholderthandirt 2 hrs ago #70

Tom Cruise was the jumping around on Oprah's couch guy. Ocelot II 49 min ago #77

"They fuck you at the drive through!" flvegan 2 hrs ago #71

There are so many great actors who are total assholes: milestogo 2 hrs ago #72

I probably started watching them after I realized EnergizedLib 55 min ago #75

The Patriot but it was NOT Mel Gibson who made that film great. ProudMNDemocrat 55 min ago #76

Thermopylae (sp?) The Blue Flower 41 min ago #79

I am going to answer this backwards UpInArms 35 min ago #80