Mel Gibson's APOCALYPTO!

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Good for Mel, I guess.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 14 July 2006 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

I've seen again and again in press mentions now, and it makes it sound like his extras are some sorta freakin' noble savages.

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), March 19th, 2006.

Well, that'd make Gibson no worse than Werner Herzog

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Friday, 14 July 2006 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

I seriously doubt that Burden of the Apocalypse is going to be ANYWHERE near as good though.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 14 July 2006 22:11 (nineteen years ago)

A more interesting film that Mel will apparently be a part of: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478304/

― starke (starke), Saturday, 15 July 2006 03:07 (nineteen years ago)

Is that Malick title for real?

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 15 July 2006 07:27 (nineteen years ago)

It's a working title, but I wouldn't be surprised if he kept it. From what I read, Malick and Gibson are good friends.

― starke (starke), Saturday, 15 July 2006 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

(If you meant title = the movie, then yeah, definitely real)

― starke (starke), Saturday, 15 July 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

well that looks ambitious.

― ryan (ryan), Saturday, 15 July 2006 22:36 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't Mallick's next film due in about 2015?

― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Sunday, 16 July 2006 18:58 (nineteen years ago)

I can't really tell if this is going to be any good. I DO think the world needs more awesome epic movies about pre-Columbian civilizations, I just have concerns about the awesomeness of this one.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Sunday, 16 July 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

"Gibson had originally cancelled the screenings but changed his mind and arrived wearing a mask and wig."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:13 (nineteen years ago)

Am I wrong on so many levels for kind of sort of wanting to see this?

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:15 (nineteen years ago)

Am I betraying both my Jewish heritage and my pretensions of taste?

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:16 (nineteen years ago)

Does it really surprise you that this would be Mel Gibson's idea of a Hannukah movie?

-- Dan (Come On Now) Perry (djper...com), December 21st, 2005.

After everything since now I really want this to be the case!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:17 (nineteen years ago)

Am I betraying both my Jewish heritage and my pretensions of taste?

Ancient Mayan Action Yarn > all sense of integrity.

So no.

― The Ultimate Conclusion (lokar), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:35 (nineteen years ago)

"Gibson had originally cancelled the screenings but changed his mind and arrived wearing a mask and wig."

how AMAZING would it be if Mel turned up in a Melton Mowbray mask and wig?

― teh_kit (g-kit), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:50 (nineteen years ago)

For some reason when I first read that sentence I thought they meant he showed up in a MAYAN mask and wig.

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:51 (nineteen years ago)

There's always chuckling in the theatre during the preview when the immortal title APOCALYPTO appears from out of the solar flare....

You just can't resist saying it out loud in the booming preview voice!

― paizuri-san (davidcorp), Monday, 25 September 2006 14:06 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

The big sell begins.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 13 November 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

One of those is actor Edward James Olmos, a leading voice in Latino cultural affairs, who said he was invited by Gibson to an early screening. Olmos, who brought along his grown son, Bodie, said he was unprepared for what he saw.

"I was totally caught off guard," Olmos said in a recent phone interview from the set of "Battlestar Galactica" in Vancouver, Canada. "It's arguably the best movie I've seen in years. I was blown away."

Adama, nooooooooooooooooooooo!

― Beth S. (Ex Leon), Monday, 13 November 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

Fighting all those Cylons must have gotten to him. Or he raided Tighe's drinks cabinet.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 13 November 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

omg, that's exactly what i said!! whhhhyyyyy??
xpost

and then i srsly began to reconsider my take on this movie. even though i've laughed every time i've seen the preview. such is the hold battlestar has on me. damn.
also xpost

― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Monday, 13 November 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

I would do anything for Bill Adama, except watch Apocalypto.

― Beth S. (Ex Leon), Monday, 13 November 2006 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

this is a great thread.

i am totally seeing this movie no matter what.

― researching ur life (grady), Monday, 13 November 2006 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

i didn't see ONE Jew in the preview.

figures.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 13 November 2006 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

visually it looks pretty impressive, judging by the trailer

― latebloomer: not to be confused with the dolphin from Seaquest DSV (latebloomer), Monday, 13 November 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

are there any Conquistadors in this thing?

― researching ur life (grady), Monday, 13 November 2006 19:25 (nineteen years ago)

Nope -- it's set in pre-Columbian times.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 13 November 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

any crucifixions?

― researching ur life (grady), Monday, 13 November 2006 19:27 (nineteen years ago)

i'm sure they'll be plenty heart-sacrifices, or at least one or two

― latebloomer: not to be confused with the dolphin from Seaquest DSV (latebloomer), Monday, 13 November 2006 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

Olmos's kid is on nu-Battlestar, too, right? i finally watched the pilot movie last night.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 13 November 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

god help me i am kind of excited about this

― geoff (gcannon), Monday, 13 November 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

Heart sacrifices? That's kid stuff! FULL ON ROYAL GENITAL MUTILATION PLEASE!

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 13 November 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

This was by far the least appealing trailor seen before Borat.

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Monday, 13 November 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

?? no wai. "pick of destiny", ugh.

― geoff (gcannon), Monday, 13 November 2006 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

they've been pimping this thing for over a year now wtf. first preview i saw was before MUNICH at christmastime for chrissakes.

― bo janglin (dubplatestyle), Monday, 13 November 2006 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

Just gearing up for them Oscars, don't you know.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 13 November 2006 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

Pick of Destiny will RUEL.

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Monday, 13 November 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

Soundtrack feat. Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Get Ripped Out"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 13 November 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

ok why do i want to see this so bad? what's wrong with me?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 03:36 (nineteen years ago)

Give in, give in. (I still haven't decided myself.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 04:45 (nineteen years ago)

i propose gathering a group of a few dozen people to attend the opening all nerded-out in full-on Mayan gear.

― researching ur life (grady), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 05:45 (nineteen years ago)

ha, the new fanbase will be called 'Lyptoids

― latebloomer: not to be confused with the dolphin from Seaquest DSV (latebloomer), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 06:00 (nineteen years ago)

it'll be a week-long bizarre internet fad that will fizzle 3 seconds after the movie premiers.

― latebloomer: not to be confused with the dolphin from Seaquest DSV (latebloomer), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 06:06 (nineteen years ago)

Does crucial.bonus live in Seattle? I was gonna boo after the trailer, but it would've woken everyone else.

― From the Moon to Pluto Back Down to Earth (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 11:08 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

so, this got really good reviews in the UK as well as getting the worst written review i think i've ever seen in print, from Philip French in the Observer. a bafflingly long and pointless career summary followed by a bafflingly long and pointless plot summary.

http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Observer_Film_of_the_week/0,,1980473,00.html

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 8 January 2007 18:40 (nineteen years ago)

I spoke to Melton yesterday, he says he has seen this now. He's in it, right?

― teh_kit (g-kit), Monday, 8 January 2007 18:49 (nineteen years ago)

That Observer review is, indeed, the worst fucking review I have ever read outside of a student paper. It's not even a review. Baffling.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 11 January 2007 13:47 (nineteen years ago)

all of philip french's reviews are like that these days, srsly. occasionally he throws in an irrelevant anecdote about a film review he wrote in the seventies.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Thursday, 11 January 2007 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

Bloody hell.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 11 January 2007 14:00 (nineteen years ago)

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