Apocalypto on DVD

Buena Vista Home Entertainment will release Mel Gibson's critically acclaimed "Apocalypto" on DVD this May 22nd.Extras will include: an "Audio commentary" with Mel Gibson and co-writer Farhad Safinia," a "Becoming Mayan: Making Apocalypto," and "A deleted Scene" with optional commentary by Mel Gibson and Farhad Safinia." Synopsis:From Academy Award winning filmmaker Mel Gibson ("The Passion of The Christ," "Braveheart"), comes "Apocalypto": a heart stopping mythic action-adventure set against the turbulent end times of the once great Mayan civilization. When his idyllic existence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, a man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life."

Bicultural superstar Anna Tsuchiya is a Mel Fan

What movies have you seen recently that impressed you? Are you seeing a lot of Japanese movies?
I don't watch that many Japanese movies. One I saw recently that really impressed me was "The Passion of the Christ." It's a movie everyone should see, whether they're Christians or not. It's heavy -- but that's why I think it's worth watching. I also liked "Braveheart."
But that's supposed to be a movie for guys.
Right, it is. And so is "Passion," for that matter. Girls start screaming when they see it. So I guess that means I'm a guy (laughs). I really like Mel Gibson's eyes -- they're beautiful. I like the way they move.

click here for the entire interview:here

We would have missed out on so much

Mel Gibson told an Australian newspaper that if he was doing it all over again, he wouldn't have gotten into acting, and he'd tell his kids not to get into it, either. "I'd be a doctor or chef," says Mel.

I hate the thought of a world without Mel Movies. What would I watch to cheer me up?

If You're a Mel fan then you will understand

Three Stooges Movie Marathon, Monday, February 19 on SPIKE TV.

http://www.spiketv.com/#index.jhtml

The Mayan Language is "Cool" again.

AS Mel Gibson stirs interest in the once-repressed Mayan languages with his film Apocalypto, they are enjoying a real-life renaissance in Guatemala's mountains and jungles.A bilingual education drive in the mostly Mayan country is reviving 21 languages pushed aside since the Spanish conquest 500 years ago, some of which were close to extinction.
The club-wielding, human-sacrificing stars of Gibson's movie speak entirely in Yucatec Mayan, still used today by hundreds of thousands of people in Mexico and Belize.
It is only one of 30 Mayan languages descended from a single, 4000-year-old tongue and spoken by about five million people in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and Honduras.
Each of Guatemala's Mayan languages is being standardised with dictionaries and school grammar books. The internet has made it easier to create and distribute.
"There has been a significant growth of young people speaking Mayan languages," Maya lawyer Amilcar Pop said.
Linguist Michael Richards said there was a major rise in areas of the country of young people three to 14 speaking Mayan languages. -REUTERS

Happy Valentines Day

U HAVE TO BUY THIS!!!!

I can't put into words how much I love this DVD. If you have any doubt to the genius of Mel Gibson this is a must see. The man is amazing, and he surrounds himself with other amazing people to make one of the greatest movies of all time. If you buy nothing else, buy this!!!

Where all my saints at?

For this I will go see Iron Man!

February 7, 2007 -- MEL Gibson alienated a lot of people in Hollywood with his anti-Semitic tirade when he was arrested, but he's got Robert Downey Jr. on his side. Downey, whose dad is Jewish, told W magazine, "What occurred, in my estimation, was that somebody was caught in the act of being an imperfect human being." As for all the Gibson haters in Tinseltown, Downey smirked, "I really didn't know that we had 8 million morally sound people in this town. Wow, I really didn't know that. I guess I've been dining at the Ivy with, like, living saints."

I just felt like it

I have no real reason for posting these picture other than I was watching the movie, and this is my blog. I will say this thought, it's getting a little old hearing "Mel Gibson" name mention everytime some other celebrity does something stupid. It is upsetting and unfair to have him lumped into the same group as Lindsey Lohan and others. Get over it all ready.

I know This Isn't about Mel, but....

Superbowl

41 champs

Josh wants to be like Mel

Josh Holloway wants his Lost character, Sawyer, to die in a grisly, "Braveheart-style battle".Although Josh is not sure about Sawyer's fate, if he does get killed off he wants to go out with a bang, just like Mel Gibson's character William Wallace did in the epic Scottish film.

He told Britain's New magazine: "In the current atmosphere of TV shows the writers are willing to kill a main character without any problem. But when it happens, I want a big, bloody Braveheart-style battle. I want Sawyer to die badly!"

I'm Sorry Mel, I forgot! ;-(

"My hope is that this movie will affect people on a very profound level and reach them with a message of faith, hope, love and forgiveness." Mel Gibson

The Passion of the Christ (Two-Disc Definitive Edition) is now at available. It came out Tuesday.

I can't believe I forgot. http://www.amazon.com/

I'm So Proud of Him

Mel's Mayan epic "Apocalypto" launched impressively in Mexico for Fox with a first-place $2.7 million at 465. It also led in openings in Taiwan, with $336,000 at 56, and in Brazil, with $207,000 at 48, pushing the foreign film past $40 million.

This is so cool!

Blu-ray Payback

April 10.2007 Payback Straight Up: the Director's Cut will also be available on Blu-ray.

Apocalypto Opens in Mexico

Twentieth Century Fox Mexico bows Mel Gibson's Mayan epic "Apocalypto" today in Mexico. Fox is releasing the film on 300 prints -- midsized for the market -- and expects to nab the No. 1 spot and 15 million pesos ($1.4 million) in the opening weekend.

Fox estimated the pic would earn less than $4 million during its run, but exhibs were more optimistic, expecting it to earn more than $6 million.

Film managed to nab a B-15 rating, which requires kids younger than 15 be accompanied by an adult, after distribs feared landing a C rating (similar to R) due to the pic's graphic violence.

Mexico is the first Latin American market to see the film and should provide a litmus test for other markets with populations of indigenous peoples and pre-Colombian cultures. Fox has rights for the entire region.
Francisco Lopez, Fox Latam's regional marketing manager, said the distrib is marketing the film more as an action film in some markets -- including Mexico -- and would play up the cultural aspect in campaigns in the more European-centered markets such as Argentina and Chile, which have tiny indigenous populations.

Oscar Nominees

Sound Mixing: "Apocalypto," "Blood Diamond," "Dreamgirls," "Flags of Our Fathers," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."

Sound Editing: "Apocalypto," "Blood Diamond," "Flags of Our Fathers," "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."

Makeup:"Apocalypto," "Click," "Pan's Labyrinth."

What I think Apocalypto should have been nominated for.

Cinematography, Costume, Foreign Language Film, Directing

Okay Mel, take a moment, go on a long vacation, then come back with another kick ass movie. Your fans, we understand the big machine that is Hollywood. We are not as stupid as they think we are.

Apocalypto Going Strong

Mel's "Apocalypto" 1 in Spain with an estimated $1.8 million from 280 screens. In the U.K., where Gibson's Icon Film Distribution is handling the title, the third weekend tally was an estimated $800,000 from 316 sites, for a market cume of $7.1 million.

Apocalypto Update

Foreign Total for http://apocalypto.movies.go.com/ as of Jan. 14, 2007:
$28,482,348
Domestic Total as of Jan. 16, 2007: $49,120,051

I'm so glad that people are turning out to see this movie. Golden Globe or not, it's a winner in my book.

And it continues...

Mel is due to appear in a Malibu court today for a court ordered progress report in his druken-driving case.The case stems from an incident last July in which sheriff's deputies arrested Gibson on suspicion of drunken driving.

America Still Loves Mel

Move over, Tom Hanks - America has a new favorite movie star. Denzel Washington has bumped the "Forrest Gump" star over to second place even though Denzel Washington.

The late John Wayne maintained his third-place position from the previous year, while another movie cowboy, Clint Eastwood, rose two spots to No. 4, according to Harris Online.
Will Smith makes his debut in fifth place, most likely due to the film "The Pursuit of Happyness," tying Julia Roberts for the honor.
"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp and "Apocalypto" director Mel Gibson tie for seventh place, while George Clooney took ninth place. Harrison Ford came in at No. 10 after holding the third spot last year.

(I would of ranked him number 1, but that's just me)

Mel Gibson Insists He's Moved On, But Others Won't

Los Angeles, CA (BANG) - Mel Gibson knows he's made some mistakes in the past, however, he insists things are different now and wishes people would simply cut him some slack.
Mel doesn't care if some people won't forgive him for his anti-Semitic remarks that were made last summer.
The "Apocalypto" director - who said, "Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world" after being stopped by police for drunk driving last July - says if people cannot forgive and forget it's not his problem.
He insisted, "I have moved on and some folks won't, and that's not my problem. A lot of people were very understanding and kind. It was a good lesson, and I'm thankful for it. The outcome has been positive out of a lot of negativity."
The "Lethal Weapon" actor is also unhappy with people trying to analyze his beliefs and mental state after the event.
He said in an interview with Britain's The Times newspaper, "It's very private and personal. My life has been misrepresented and dragged out in a public manner, with everyone being a dime-store analyst. I don't want to help them in that because they have no ides. I am a work-in-progress, just like the rest of the f***ing human race. If they want to point the finger, they can think about themselves a little first."

**He's so cool!**

Mel in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Actor and producer Mel Gibson hit back on Monday at accusations his "Apocalypto" film misrepresents Mayan Indians as savages, accusing opponents of not doing their research.
"Those who criticise the movie should do their homework. I did," Gibson told reporters at a screening of the film in Mexico City.
Indigenous activists in Guatemala, once home to a large part of the former Mayan empire in southern Mexico and northern Central America, say "Apocalypto" is racist.

The film has yet to open in Mexico and Guatemala but pirated DVDs are available on the streets and heart-pounding trailers have been shown in movie theaters.
Mayan critics of "Apocalypto" say scenes of scary-looking Indians with bone piercings and scarred faces hurling spears and sacrificing humans promote stereotypes about their culture.
He produced and co-wrote the movie, which revolves around one man's quest to save himself from human sacrifice in the ancient civilization.
Spoken entirely in the Yucatec Mayan language, "Apocalypto" led the North American box office with three-day ticket sales of $14.2 million (7.2 million pounds) in its first weekend in December.

MLK

STAND FOR SOMETHING

Am I paranoid?

The Golden Globes are tonight, which on the average predicts the Oscar race http://www.oscars.org/, now all of a sudden I'm noticing old articles popping up on the internet from 2004 about the Passion of the Christ, Why?

I went to Google, (love google) typed in Mel Gibson, clicked on news, sort by date (which is suppose to give you the most current new stories) and what appears on my computer screen articles about the Passion of The Christ from 2004, again I ask why?

I know that as a Mel Gibson fan, I am bound to think that some of his treatment is unfair, but this just can't be with paranoid thoughts is it?

Just Because

I have nothing to blog, I just wanted to post this picture of Mel.

(Give me a break okay, I'm trying to finish my story and I have writers block and I needed a distraction for a minute)

Mel up for more awards

Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey are just two of the nominations for Britain's top film awards, the BAFTA. British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards which are equivalent to the Oscars.

Mel and fellow producer Davey have been nominated in the category for films not in the English language for their historical action/drama Apocalypto. Its biggest competition would appear to be Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's Volver.

The awards will be announced on Feb 11 at a ceremony at London's Royal Opera House.

Russia Love Mel

Apocalypto has now taken in $4.5 million in the cold country. The Russian box office makes up roughly half of the film’s international take of $9.6 million.
Foreign Total as of Dec. 31, 2006:$9,675,507
Domestic Total as of Jan. 10, 2007: $47,844,327

Me will travel to Mexico next week for the Mexican premiere of his new movie Apocalypto, about ancient Mayans, his publicist said.
Apocalypto tells the story of the Mayan people — who built a civilization in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — and is in a Mayan language. Gibson employed Mayans for the film and has said he wants to make the Mayan language "cool" again and encourage young people "to speak it with pride."
Publicist Alan Nierob confirmed that Gibson will attend the premiere on Monday.
Apocalypto has broken box-office records for foreign-language films in its opening weekends in several countries, including Britain. It has also earned a Golden Globe nomination for best foreign-language film.

Gibson on Apocalypto

A contrite Mel Gibson puts the past behind him with an ambitious new epic, Apocalypto, which hits Australian screens today.
He's contrite, but Mel Gibson is moving on from his drunken diatribe with typical epic zeal
It would be an understatement to say that Mel Gibson, Oscar-winning director and Hollywood star of more than two decades, has not had the best 12 months.
Yet as Gibson chats en route to his office in Los Angeles, he is talkative and clearly keen to put the alcohol-induced tirade of last July behind him. He remains genuinely contrite, but matter-of-fact, as he calmly and sincerely discusses what happened in his only Australian interview.
"I got a skinful and mouthed off, which is not coming from a good place, but I'm moving on from that," he says.
However, he looks at that experience, "as a gift, because it's made me really scratch my head and focus on a couple of things that I needed to".
"It's working out real positive, and hopefully that's reflected in other lives that I'll touch."
Yet the actor/director feels the press focuses excessively on the transgressions of the rich and famous.
"Everybody screws up and I tell you, if you ask everybody in the world to raise their hand if they never said something vicious, something that they regretted or something stupid, there wouldn't be many people who would be able to raise those hands."
Gibson - whose latest directorial feature, Apocalypto, opens today - is no stranger to controversy, thanks to 2004's The Passion Of The Christ.
Much to Gibson's surprise, Passion resulted in unexpected box office gold, which Gibson says, "told me pretty clearly that there's an appetite for something kind of different out there. So I said, OK, I'll give them something different again.
"But that kind of success encourages me that there is the hunger and appetite for people who really want to be taken somewhere else, so that's what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to provide them with a visceral and sense experience, so that by the time they walk into the temple (in the film's sacrifice scene) they are hopefully going out of their minds."
Which brings us to Apocalypto - another subtitled Gibson film, this one set in the Mayan civilisation at a time when it is facing decline.
For now, Gibson has elected to turn his back on mainstream American cinema to make films that challenge him as an artist. But he insists he is not intentionally shunning the major studios.
"I really don't think in those terms. I've just been financing the stuff myself because only a lunatic would do that," he laughs.
"There's a gamble aspect to it, in that you could fall flat on your face, which is always a possibility, but at some point you've got to try and put your money where your mouth is and say, 'I can do this'."
Gibson had his actors speak in a little-known ancient Mayan dialect, a symptom of his zeal for history.
"There's always this conceit amongst historians, particularly European historians, that history only began when they arrived, which of course is not the case.
"I thought that it would be interesting to tell a story from the perspective that wasn't told from the New World point of view.
"There's so much mystery surrounding the temples and the archeological findings, that it just really fires your imagination."
Gibson's epics, including his Oscar-winning Braveheart, tend to explore characters or societies facing social and moral dilemmas.
"Those crisis times are when the best stories surface, because people are asked to do things in times of crisis that go beyond their usual realm of experience. To me, those are the really interesting focal points. So I think you're looking for a story that's compelling and therefore you have to set it in a time and place where you see it happening, where you can inspect or investigate the nature of the human spirit in those particular circumstances."
Following his successes in such Hollywood blockbusters as the Lethal Weapon series, Gibson is in no rush to return to acting, despite the rumours.
"I just haven't felt the pressing desire to hop in front of the camera and tap dance," he says.
"It's not that I don't want to do it, it's just that it hasn't been on the menu for me for a while. When I was younger I used to think: boy, what would happen if I didn't work again and gee whiz that'd be terrible, but I since realised that it's not terrible at all."
He admits he enjoys "exploring the backside of the industry from a production and directorial point of view".
"I think the best thing I will have gleaned from all this is that whenever I do get in front of the camera again I'll be able to empathise with any director, no matter who it is, in order to help him with his vision."
Following a rocky year personally and an intense one creatively, Gibson says he is now "looking forward to just doing a little fishing and contemplating my own navel".
He won't disclose the location of his hunting waters, but he does hope to return to Australia at some point to work.
The last time Gibson was in front of an Australian camera was in 1985's Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
"I think you have to find a worthy project to do there, and I think to actually work in Australia means that you can't just take any great story and move it there.
"Rather you need one that's somehow connected to the place, because I think there's such a soul in the ground."
Beyond fishing, Gibson says he has no idea what is in store for him professionally.
"I think I'll probably cook up some other weird idea, but I'm hoping that it won't be too bizarre and maybe something in the English language."
* Apocalypto opens today in Australia* read the original article here

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21042702-5001026,00.html

Passion of The Christ

Passion of The Christ - Definitive EditionTwo-Disc Special

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST - Definitive Edition. Debuting on DVD on January 30, 2007, the two-disc Definitive Edition includes several commentaries including a first ever one with Director Mel Gibson. The set also includes an alternative version of the film, Passion: Re-Cut.

Disc one contains the Feature film and the Passion Re-Cut (seamlessly branched); Filmmaker Commentary with Mel Gibson, Caleb Deschanel and John Wright (original cut only), Production Commentary with Stephen McEveety, Ted Rae and Keith Vanderlan (original cut only); Theologian Commentary with Mel Gibson, Father William J. Fulco, Gerry Matatics and Father John Bartunek (original cut only); and Music Commentary with John Debney.

Disc two includes By His Wounds We Are Healed: The Making of the Passion of The Christ; Deleted Scenes, Galleries and the Theatrical Trailer.

DVD Price: $26.98 U.S.Street Date: January 30, 2007Total Running Time: 142 minutes U.S. Rating R Closed Captioned: Yes

The Passion of The Christ – Definitive Edition DVD is available in 1.88:1 anamorphic widescreen and is presented in Aramaic DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound with English and Spanish subtitles.

Mel Breaks UK Box Office Record

Mel Gibson's new movie Apocalypto has claimed the box office record for the biggest opening weekend for a foreign language film in the UK.The movie, which is spoken in the Mayan dialect and estimated to have cost £20m to make, has taken £1.3m since its release on Friday.It opened in 385 cinemas in the UK.
The film beat the previous record-holder Hero, which took £1.05m in 2004 during its opening weekend. Takings also dwarf those of opening other titles such as the acclaimed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (£696,000) and Amelie (£559,000).Gibson's fourth film as director is set during the decline of the Mayan civilisation in Mexico and features a cast of largely unknowns.It has received mixed reviews from critics, who say violence is shown in extreme detail with throats cut, people beheaded and still-beating hearts ripped from the victims of human sacrifice. Two years ago, The Passion Of The Christ, Gibson's controversial retelling of the final 12 hours of Jesus Christ's life, became a commercial phenomenon.

Italy Court slap age ban on Apocalypto

ROME (Reuters) - An Italian court has barred youths under 14 from seeing Mel Gibson's gory new film, "Apocalypto", overthrowing a decision by the country's censors who had deemed the movie fit for children.

The censors drew widespread criticism from politicians and parents' associations last week when they failed to impose any age restriction on the film, unlike most countries where it has been released.

The court's ban is temporary pending a January 17 hearing, a lawyer for Codacons, the consumer group which brought the case in favour of setting an age-limit, said on Monday.

"Even before hearing our arguments, they've slapped the ban to safeguard minors," Codacons lawyer Marco Ramadori told Reuters.

After Italy's court ban, only Russia is screening the film without an age restriction. The film is R-rated in the United States and has an age-18 certification in Britain and Germany.

Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli, who had written to the film's distributor in Italy recommending they alert the public to the violence of some of the scenes, met the censorship commission on Monday to review current standards.

Apocalypto, which hit Italian theatres on Friday, was the second most viewed film at the weekend after James Bond's latest adventure "Casino Royale".

Read the entire article here

Payback Back Again

January 5, 2007 - On April 10, 2007, Paramount Home Entertainment will release Payback (Straight Up: The Director's Cut) on DVD. The double dip of the Mel Gibson revenge action-black comedy will feature tons of bonus materials and extra features, although they are currently to be announced. It will be available for the MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price) of $19.99.Final content information is currently unavailable, but check out the artwork for the Payback (Straight Up: The Director's Cut) DVD link to the page here:

No age limit for Apocalypto in Italy

"It's a work of art. It's a beautiful movie that tells the story without hiding anything. Wars are a part of life," said Gian Paolo Cugno, an Italian director who was among the board members who voted in favor of not giving the movie an age limit.

Italy's cinema review board has ruled, bucking a trend to impose age limits on the movie across Europe and prompting a consumer group Thursday to say it would appeal the decision in court.

Read the article here:

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Happy Birthday Mel!!!!

A New Beginning

The year ended pretty well, Apocalypto was released and went to number 1. It also is the highest-grossing foreign-language movie of 2006 in the U.S. The media for the most part has stopped the Mel bashing and beginning to realize that we all make mistakes so get over it.
As for me:
I'm learning all about all kinds of crap trying to make this blog look the way I want. My New Years resolution, is too stay true to myself reguardless of what others may say or think.

December 31, 2006

Be Safe!

I Finally Gave In

Alright, I updated to the newer version of blog.spot. I didn't want too, I had nightmares about losing all of my post. I've put my heart and soul into this thing. I know it's not perfect, or fancy like some of the other sites, but I'm learning. I think I need to go take something for my headach now, that was stressful.

Just So You Know

The highest-grossing foreign-language movie of 2006 in the U.S. is Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto

People just look for things to complain about

Native American activists doubt Rudy Youngblood's descent.

Why is this even an issue?

http://www.dailyindia.com/show/96981.php/Native-American-activists-doubt-Rudy-Youngbloods-descent

Have A Merry Christmas

Have A Merry Christmas!!

Updates

Foreign Total as of Dec. 17, 2006: $3,048,102

http://apocalypto.movies.go.com/

********************************************Just an update on the woman who is looking for a meal ticket, oh sorry her daddy it seems that despite denying their claims were a cash-grab at Gibson's movie millions, Confidential confirm Sloane, a divorced mother of one, and her mother, Marilyn, have been paid more than $20,000 for the tawdry tale.

Sloane's ex-husband, Glenn, who has custody of their son Jordan, 10, and lives in Parkes, is angry their child was linked to the story without warning.
"I was so upset and shocked. People were ringing me about the story and I wasn't prepared to protect my son,'' he said.
When asked if he had spoken to his ex about the claims since the story broke, he said: "She's denying the whole thing.''
He added the paternity claims were "mentioned during our relationship, but I always thought it was a croc.''
Confidential understands the two women pocketed $3000 from New Idea after the magazine decided to "kill off'' the story two months ago.
"Our fact-checking process raised credibility concerns and so we decided against running the story,'' editor Robyn Foyster said yesterday.
New Idea's former news editor, Sandra White recently left the magazine and then shopped the story and photos overseas. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20957928-5006002,00.html

Mel Pirated

Acording to the Latin American News Agency Mel Gibson Film is being Pirated in Mexico. Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) http://apocalypto.movies.go.com/ has been pirated on the informal market in Mexico after premiering only 10 days ago in Los Angeles. The movie is being sold in the Federal District subway stations for one dollar. The new production brought in over 14 million dollars in the US, but Mexico City is being flooded on the illegal "Tiangui" market of pirated DVD and VCD formats.
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Mel Gibson lead TiVo's top 10 list: Mel Gibson's interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, his first pubic appearance after his arrest in Malibu, came in at No. 2. as one of most memorable TV moment of 2006. The number one spot went to Katie Couric's tear-filled final day on NBC's "Today."
(No matter what anyone thinks, I like the beard)

Almost News About Mel

Icon Home Entertainment (IHE), a division of Mel Gibson-owned film company Icon, Film Distribution, has appointed Chris Warrington as its first head of marketing.
Warrington will take responsibility for marketing IHE releases on DVD and new formats.
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Foreign Total for http://apocalypto.movies.go.com/ as of Dec. 17, 2006: $478,366 Germany

Not too bad!

APOCALYPTO

Domestic Total as of Dec. 17, 2006: $27,924,000 (Estimate)

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/

not bad for a movie that everyone had given up on, except us devoted fans!

Push him back down when he's trying to get back up why don't you?

I try really hard to stay away from stories that get me pissed off. Technically I started this blog because I wanted a place to vent about Mels unfair treatment by the media during his DUI arrest in July.

I decided to changed, why contribute to the negativity, write good things about Mel. This story, well it got my blood boiling bright and early on a Sunday morning. Without giving you any links to the unworthy news story, a 29 year old woman is claiming that Mel is her father. She doesn't want his money, she claims, all that she wants is for him to acknowledge her as his daughter.

Just how stupid does she think we are? Not about the money, come on now at least be honest about it. Apparently neither the woman nor her mother thought of looking for Mel until now. It's not like she didn't know where he was, I mean Hell, even I know he doesn't really hide, you just have to know where to look. By the way the woman and her mother both live or lived in Australia. Aparently they didn't think to look for him there.

So this is what I think, Who cares! You're 29 years old with a child of your own, if he hasn't been your daddy all this time don't think if you are his daughter that your coming over for Christmas dinner because I'm pretty sure it won't happen.

He's a good guy, a decent guy, who if your proven to be his daughter will more than likely make sure your don't go without. I don't know if I'm upset at her for bringing this up now or the media. He's human, and I'm sure he's been around the block a few times and enjoyed every minute of it, but that is called living life.

I'm not crazy but this feels like a conspiracy sometimes by the media. It all goes back to The Passion, that's really when most of the negative press began. He's had some negative press over the years but with The Passion it went to another level.

He gets in trouble and six months later some people won't let it go. His movie hits number 1 when everyone said it wouldn't and the next thing you know some 29 year old woman wants her daddy. They keep digging and digging, it's not fair. He has a family, a wife, kids, stories like this are not just hurtful to him, but to them as well. Leave the man alone already. If this woman really believed that Mel Gibson was her father she could of went about it in a different way with no media attention what so ever.

Everything happens for a reason, even the bad things in life. Through our faith we will eventually be able to know what those reason's are.

I am forever a devoted Mel Gibson Fan!

New Mel Interview

New interview with Mel, read it here:http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_d4j_ezine&task=read&page=1&category=1&article=1016&Itemid=28

Mel Talks Redemption

If you missed the first half of the interview with Mel, you can watch it at http://www.foxnews.com/hannityandcolmes/.

Waiting

Nothing to do while I was waiting on the Anderson Cooper interview with Mel, so I made this.

Watch Mel Tonight

Anderson Cooper talks to Mel Gibson, tune in at 10 p.m. ET.

Now Everybody wants a piece of Apocalypto

Mexican director Juan Catlett has claimed Mel's production manager requested a copy of his 1989 film, Return To Aztlan. It told the story of an ancient empire in Mexico collapsing because of a drought.
Juan said: "There are images very similar to those in my film. It seems my movie served as a consultancy and a reference - and they only paid me 100 pesos."
Isn't it funny how when a movie makes money everybody wants a cut of the pie? A week ago only us Devoted Fans and Mel would of believed that http://apocalypto.movies.go.com/ would be the #1 movie in America. Stay strong Mel, everything works itself out in the end.

Number 1 Baby!!!

14.2 Million and counting. I never stopped believing in you Mel!

Box Office for Friday

4.95 or 5.1 million depending on the source, the Friday box office total for http://apocalypto.movies.go.com/ put it in the number one spot.
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