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**dietrich**

Gibson's been accused of being an anti-semite. Mostly from his drunken rantings during a DUI stop. The abc news article.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Entertainment/story?id=2557656

Also, I think his father has made anti-semitic comments in the past, but I didn't see a quick link.

**generalgrog**

Here ya go.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/07/31/entertainment/e143903D69.DTL&type=politics

It's a simple google search.

To be fair to Gibson, he did offer apologies and made a donation to some Jewish center.

GG

edit..ninja'd by dietrich.

**malfred**

Ahtman wrote:
sebster wrote:
grizgrin wrote:What's so illogical about 300? The Spartans fought a delaying action in a ridiculously narrow pass that their opponent had the idiocy to let themselves get funneled into.

That a legion of heavy infantry known for their heavy armour decide to go to war in nothing but their undies, just to show off their rippling muscles.

The History Channel said they wouldn't have worn the underwear at all. You complain they had to little clothing on and they complain they had to much. Good grief.

generalgrog wrote:Not to mention the Duchess of York was only 12 at the time all that happened

That's hot and totally changes the movie.

malfred wrote:And Mel Gibson wasn't even anywhere near Scotland at the time.

And Peter Jackson wasn't anywhere Middle Earth from what my sources tell me.

Are you sure?

What I think I meant to type was, Mel Gibson was never anywhere near Robert the
Bruce. I mean, how historically accurate can you be unless you're rolling live tape
during actual events?

**generalgrog**

LuciusAR wrote:Battle scenes aside I hate Braveheart. I mean really really hate it.

It’s the pointless preachy overtones and anti English stuff that just really gets to me I suppose. No to mention that the convenient airbrushing from the fact that Wallace was a wealthy man protecting his own interest who cared little for the 'peasants'.

You know the way we complain that Hollywood always rewrites history? Well this is where the rot set in. It's not a subtle alteration done for artistic licence, which I can live with and even approve of, it's a total travesty of events.

There are people out there, not necessarily Americans but Scottish and English people, who think that this film is a genuine representation of the wars between Scotland and England. I’m proud to say I detest it and everything it stands for.

I bet you hated "The Patriot" as well. :-)

GG

**Frazzled**

What the Patriot's not 100% accurate? It had homespun Americans and French defeating the evil Imperialist British. Sounds pretty accurate to me.

OK in truth the Patriot was pretty lame.

**djphranq**

Hmmm maybe you ought to put SPOILER or something in the thread title?