- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Coaching Changes
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Before his meltdown, would you consider Mel Gibson a top 5 action movie actor?
Posted on 2/16/16 at 8:18 pm to VermilionTiger
Posted on 2/16/16 at 8:18 pm to VermilionTiger
He obviously made some great movies. He just isn't an action star to me.
Would you say Tom Hanks is an action star?
Would you say Tom Hanks is an action star?
1
Posted on 2/16/16 at 8:29 pm to big_C
quote:
Before his meltdown, would you consider Mel Gibson a top 5 action movie actor?
I'm thinking of the 90s mostly, so certainly:
1. Arnold
2. Bruce
3. Stallone
4. Fat
5. Mel
After that Reeves (Matrix and Speed in the 90s), Chan, Van Damme, Snipes, Russell, Cage, Brosnan, Smith.
Norris was dormant and Segal was on the way down.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 8:46 pm to big_C
Absolutely a major action star
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:05 pm to athenslife101
quote:
He obviously made some great movies. He just isn't an action star to me.
Would you say Tom Hanks is an action star?
you're talking about martin fricking riggs here, boy
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:18 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
The Patriot did suck.
But Gibson always had a great screen presence even in crappy movies - he was a true movie star.
Payback is his best movie. It's so good and nobody talks about it.
But Gibson always had a great screen presence even in crappy movies - he was a true movie star.
Payback is his best movie. It's so good and nobody talks about it.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:37 pm to Yunel Escobar
Get the Gringo was a great movie. I watched it on Netflix. I didn't even know it existed.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:37 pm to molsusports
You know we always have a Rocky series ranking thread. There should be a Lethal Weapon version. Some people actually like 2 over 1. I think the only consensus is that 4 is better then 3.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:40 pm to JW
quote:
will be interesting to see if he emerges from movie jail
I still can't believe this happened
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:43 pm to big_C
He was my favorite action movie actor by far. He hasn't been in anything worth watching since the meltdown, unfortunately.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:52 pm to big_C
Mel Gibson is almost a classic cautionary tale. At one point he was a legit top draw; the Lethal Weapon movies were as big as Die Hard, but Gibson had more dramatic range than Bruce Willis. You wouldn't see Willis in an epic spectacle like Braveheart or The Patriot... and you surely wouldn't see any of the other action heroes (Stallone stopped acting after a couple of Rocky movies, Arnold never could act, and neither could any of the rest: Segal, Van Damme, etc).
Gibson was actually pretty close to Tom Cruise in the way he could carry many different styles of movies, but more manly than Cruise.
But then he lost his fricking mind.
Gibson was actually pretty close to Tom Cruise in the way he could carry many different styles of movies, but more manly than Cruise.
But then he lost his fricking mind.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:53 pm to athenslife101
quote:
Off the top of my head, my favorite movie of his is "What Women Want."
Posted on 2/16/16 at 10:00 pm to saint amant steve
What women want haha, whoever made that movie ran out of damn film.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 10:17 pm to big_C
Bird on a wire (Goldie when the wind blew her dress up)
We were soldiers
Air America
Machete kills in space (announced)
We were soldiers
Air America
Machete kills in space (announced)
Posted on 2/16/16 at 10:21 pm to Scoob
Mel was also a great director.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 10:28 pm to big_C
Anyone who bravely takes on the Zionists in Hollywood is a-ok in my book. So yes, top 5.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 11:39 pm to Bengalbadguy
quote:
Some people actually like 2 over 1. I think the only consensus is that 4 is better then 3.
This. If you think 2 is better than 1, you're crazy...Busey as a psycho villain trumps anybody.
...and yes 4 is significantly better than 3 and probably better than 2.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 11:53 pm to Jack Ruby
Apocalypto is a great film. I don't know why it got so so much hate apart from politics.
Passion - well Gibson is still laughing at Hollywood all the way to the bank.
Passion - well Gibson is still laughing at Hollywood all the way to the bank.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 11:56 pm to big_C
Its soo hard for me to watch him now...but as an actor and director before his image was kamikazed...yes he was pretty amazing and his movies were good.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 9:23 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:
Passion - well Gibson is still laughing at Hollywood all the way to the bank.
He chose to go it alone and made a mountain of cash. The majors in Hollywood ran from the controversy.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 9:28 am to PhilipMarlowe
He may not be a top 10 or 5 a tor but he is a top 5 director for sure.
The passion and apocalypto are all time great movies.
The passion and apocalypto are all time great movies.
Page 2 of 3
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News