tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post116540616376111740..comments2024-02-26T00:37:47.131-08:00Comments on Broomstick Chronicles: Review of New Mel Gibson MovieBroomstick Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11217890674112142957noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post-1169729493821348902007-01-25T04:51:00.000-08:002007-01-25T04:51:00.000-08:00I was living in Soctland when Braveheart came out....I was living in Soctland when <EM>Braveheart</EM> came out. I refused to go and see it because it was blatantly unhistorical (e.g. Wallace would not have worn woad) and anti-English. There's enough prejudice against the English in Scotland, without fanning the flames with that sort of nonsense.Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post-1166200216833791642006-12-15T08:30:00.000-08:002006-12-15T08:30:00.000-08:00Here is a Time mag reviewer's scathing comment on ...Here is a Time mag reviewer's scathing comment on Apocalypto:<BR/><BR/>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1565549,00.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post-1166130953570013292006-12-14T13:15:00.000-08:002006-12-14T13:15:00.000-08:00I just can't bring myself to watch anymore Mel Gib...I just can't bring myself to watch anymore Mel Gibson movies. It's time to send a message that bigotry and prejudice will not be tolerated. <BR/><BR/>What next? <B>Mel Gibson's <I>The Burning Times</I></B>? I don't even want to think of what he'd do with that!<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/>DharmashantiDharma Kelleherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986810812662846524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post-1165431838012876472006-12-06T11:03:00.000-08:002006-12-06T11:03:00.000-08:00I agree, Chas.I agree, Chas.Broomstick Chronicleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11217890674112142957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post-1165430806818720702006-12-06T10:46:00.000-08:002006-12-06T10:46:00.000-08:00She writes, "I loved Gibson's film "Braveheart," I...She writes, "I loved Gibson's film "Braveheart," I really did. But there is something very different about portraying a group of people, who are now recovering from 500 years of colonization, as violent and brutal."<BR/><BR/>A hardcare Scottish nationalist would probably have the same complaint about <I>Braveheart</I>.<BR/><BR/>Let's face it, all cultures, all tribes, all people have bloody hands somewhere in their history. And many of them had significant achievements too.<BR/><BR/>It's all part of the package.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.com