The Patriot

George,

Thanks for posting, this a great trailer. My wife was the first to say to me long ago when I mentioned the 'Founding Father's'. She said, "The founding father's had founding families as well. They all suffered and helped 'found' things together."

Great line in the trailer when Mel Gibson says to his son "..things change when you have a family" regarding his desire not to fight again to which the son replies, "when I have a family I won't hide behind them."

Great stuff. Look forward to seeing the movie.

Chris..





[This message has been edited by ChrisL (edited May 17, 2000).]
 
The trailers do look great.

Strange, this movie will be a paradox. The storyline will be about fighting oppressive government abuses, produced by a liberal studio - and it will not so much as even begin to sink into the sheeple that watch it.

I had goosebumps just watching the trailer.

They need to add a few seconds to the trailer that adds the fading text, "THIS COULD BE YOU..."

CMOS

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NRA? Good. Now joing the GOA!
 
Too bad that Mel Gibson supports "reasonable gun control." Isn't it ironic that the most violent movies are often acted out by the most vociferous opponents of gun ownership and freedom??!!

Sorry, but none of my money will go towards supporting their cause. Watching Mel Gibson play a patriot would be like watching Clinton trying to tell the truth - you see it happening but you just can't believe it.

Regards

Noban
 
GO SEE GLADIATOR!

This movie rocks! Probably better than Brave Heart, I was told by a history professor's son that his dad said it was historically correct, and hits those same Patriotic nerves.

PaulB
NRA, GOA, LEAA, MDCL, C.A.N.
Fight 4 Your Rights Homepage

[This message has been edited by fight4yourrights (edited May 18, 2000).]
 
Except for some scenes in Lethal Weapon III (which was not produced by Gibson, I believe), no one has offered any evidence I've seen that Gibson is anti-self defense / anti RKBA.

Regards from AZ
 
Gladiator historically correct?!?

Bwahahahahaha!

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Hollywood teaches me so many things. Just this weekend I learned a lot of ancient history from this new movie called "Gladiator". For instance, I learned that Marcus Aurelius kept a bust of his imperial successor Septimus Severus in his tent, and that Commodus was stabbed to death in the arena by a gladiator named Maximus, and not-- as so many benighted shut-ins believe-- strangled to death in his bathtub by an assassin named Narcissus. I also learned that after the death of Commodus, Rome returned to a republican form of government and everyone lived happily ever after. Now, after seeing this movie, I realize that all those silly stories I read about Commodus hacking up dwarves and decapitating ostriches in the arena must have been untrue... I'm sure he was just a boring, misunderstood, whiny neurotic who didn't get a chance to "bond" properly with his father, just as he is depicted in the movie. I'm just grateful we have these major studios producing features such as this one, which can combat misinformation and clear up so many popular historical misconceptions.

And I'm not being sarcastic. Really.


--John Bergstrom[/quote]
 
I try to leave politics out of a movie.
With the exception of Rosie - I dont care what the actors thinks.
Mel Gibson is a good actor. The Patriot looks like it could be his BEST FILM EVER.
It certainly touches me on several levels...
This is a MUST SEE for me.
 
Only Rosie ? How 'bout this idea....
A movie named something like "Revolutionary Values" starring :
Warren Beatty - George Washington
Jane Fonda - Martha Washington
Madonna - Betsy Ross
Ted Danson - Thomas Jefferson
Oprah Winfrey - Sally Hemings
Ed Asner - Ben Franklin
Arsenio Hall - Crispus Attucks
Steven Segall - Paul Revere

Gaaak ! I'll stop now. I'm making myself sick. I hope this doesn't give anyone nightmares...
 
Have you Checked out the POLL on
the movie website?

Best poll I've seen in loooong time.

Asks the REAL question.

This might be a pretty interesting movie.
 
No - I dont give a crap about what actors THINK. They are adults that play PRETEND.
I dont care what they think... Pro Atheletes either. They just play GAMES for a living -and a cushy living at that.
 
What would kick *ss here would be a 1 minute "info-mercial" if you will from Charlton Heston, NRA sponsored, that kicks off the movie. But that will never happen.
 
He George - I respect yours and others opinions that politics really don't matter for actors playing in a movie. I have just taken my disgust for these freedom-grabbers to the next level and will not purchase or patronize any product or event they are associated with. Kind of like quitting cigarrettes; it's all or nothing.

I sure would like to see the movie though.

Regards,

Noban
 
At that AdCritic link, I'm just gettin' a blank screen with a MS Windows logo, and some grayed-out realplayer type buttons below that..... Is there a TFL for computer dunces somewhere?
 
I agree with you, George. The last thing I will do is take advice from an actor/singer/athlete on anything.

Taking it a step further -- wayyyyy wayyy back, pre-Clinton, when algore was first running in the presidential primaries, I somehow missed the fact that Tommy Lee Jones was his college roommate. I couldn't figure out why they kept having TLJ on all these sound bites talking about algore's qualifications. "What's next," I wondered, "Dennis Quaid on Bob Dole?" Someone finally clued me in.....



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Note: Regarding Mel Gibson. I was under the impression that this man is NOT anti-gun.
He in fact does shoot & does so with his family.
Dont be so hard on him just because of the Leathal Weapon movies.
 
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