Quote Originally Posted by SlumpBuster
The success of The Passion ensured that Gibson can make whatever movie he wants whenever he wants. Same reason we have to suffer through insufferable Gus Van Sant movies like Elephant and Last Days, because Good Will Hunting was so big.
But the well documented "difficult shoot", budget overruns and ultimate failure of Apocalypto at the box office and THEN the heavily publicized DUI and subsequent anti-semetic rant have REALLY hurt him. I really think that Hollywood has simply had enough of his BS. I'm just not sure that he will find the financial backing to do the kinds of big-scale movies he wants to do.

Quote Originally Posted by SlumpBuster
Again, kinda being rhetorical. I know there were multiple facets, but I thought the one with the most clarity was the family rescue. The ideas that the West is decadent and that America in particular is fragile have been being rehashed by every sophmore college kid that ever took a 200 level Roman history class for the last 50 years. Tired stuff.
I could kind of see your point, but I also think that this is a real hot button topic in todays world between religious predictions of the coming Apocalypse and science proving it out by it's acknowledgement and explanation of global warming and the death of so much of the planet's species. It's a relevant topic, certainly MUCH moreso than any superhero, pirate or caper flick could ever hope to be.