It is plain to see that Mel Gibson has fallen
long way from his ruff, yet lovable 80s persona. He has some troubling times in the last couple of years, or better part of the last decade. To highlight his downfall would start with his 2002 release of
Signs. His demise would continue in 2004 with
The Passion of the Christ. The movie was not horrible, but it arose the question if Mel was an anti-semite. It only came to be truthful during his 2006 DUI arrest, when he was quoted with,
"The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." After digging himself a deep hole, I thought he would finally get out of the whole with what Mel does best, over the top action films. I had high hopes with
Edge of Darkness. I was wrong. The movie was a second rate Taken. Then topping the downfall of Mel was in 2009. When he left his loving wife of over 20 years, to have a love child with a nobody model. With all this negatively surrounding Riggs, I thought if he died tomorrow what would be come of the Gibson legacy? Could he be able to pull of a Micheal Jackson? Meaning would be remembered for the classic movies
Mad Max, Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2, Maverick, Braveheart, and lastly What Women Want? Or would he be viewed as what horrible things that I stated above? Thankfully Mel is not dead, in fact he has mad one of the best career moves he could make. He is staring in a new movie called,
The Beaver. The first time I glanced at the trailer I thought it was a joke. Then I realized it was a real movie, and thought damn it, well played sir. The premise of
The Beaver is about a man Walter Black, a well to do executive and family man cracks under the pressures of regular life. Sounds vaguely familiar? Then Walter, after hitting the bottom creates an alternate personality in a beaver hand puppet. Walter then believes that he is dead, yet the beaver is the only thing alive. This is such a move of beauty by Mr. Gibson's part. Nothing screams I am not crazy, by poking fun at your own life. To show that your able to humble oneself on screen, women well eat that up. And that is what it is all about Mel. Being able showing to people that behind that ruff persona lives a man with deep down troubles, that bullets might not be able to penetrate, but the struggles of life can. In this case
The Beaver is able to transcend Mel's reality with his on screen character Walter Black. Thus, while you will not catch me watching
Edges, but You will catch me enjoying the witty banter between Riggs and Murtaugh.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321860/
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/summit/thebeaver/
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