New York actor Mel Gibson (b. 1956) needs no introduction. His face and his interpretive work are well known for the title role Mad Max: Freeway Savages (1979) and its first two sequels (1981, 1985), Frank Dunn of Gallipoli (1981), his Martin Riggs in all four parts Deadly weapon (1987-1998), Tom Mullen of helping out (1996), Rocky’s voice Chicken Escape: Farm Escape (2000) or Graham Hess from signs (2002).
But also thanks to William Wallace of Braveheartthe film he made and which was Undisputed Oscar winner in 1996.Telling him only two figurines. The Hollywood Academy nominated him again, not for any outstanding performance, but for his work as a director in man; As well as the Golden Globe, which has already been awarded thanks to the film about the Scottish hero, with which he also chose the BAFTA.
“I no longer feel like I want to be in front of a camera. I like to just sit back in front of the camera and see how good other people look. I can take my time,” he said after the premiere of the film. Passion of Christ in 2004. And he wasn’t joking because he wouldn’t be filming until 2010. “I could go somewhere where no one can find me (…). I was thinking about opening a shop next to weapons of mass destruction. [de Iraq]. Then no one would have found me.”
The opinion of specialized critics on the work of Mel Gibson as a director
The numbers indicated in the section rotten tomatoes for critics, they are as follows regarding Mel Gibson films, ranking them from best to worst:
- Braveheart (1995): GPA 7.3 out of 10 in 83 reviews.
- man (2016): average 7.2 in 281 reviews.
- Apocalypse (2006): average 6.4 in 200 reviews.
- Passion of Christ (2004): average 6 in 280 reviews.
- faceless man (1993): average 5.7 in 23 reviews.
Moviegoers Opinion Rotten Tomatoes
We return to rotten tomatoesbut this time for the first time ranging Mel Gibson movies according to users:
- man: average score 4.3 out of 5 with over 50,000 votes.
- Passion of Christ: half 4.1 with over 250,000 votes.
- Apocalypse: half 3.9 with over 250,000 votes.
- Braveheart: half 3.8 with over 250,000 votes.
- faceless man: half 3.6 with over 25,000 votes.
Opinion of moviegoers IMDb
On the other hand, it is data that you also provide to us. IMDb to public opinion:
- Braveheart: average score 8.4 out of 10 with 1,014,921 votes.
- man: half 8.1 with 499,610 votes.
- Apocalypse: half 7.8 with 307,219 votes.
- Passion of Christ: half 7.2 with 228,373 votes.
- faceless man: half 6.7 with 29,333 votes.
FilmAffinity, the opinion of moviegoers
And finally, here we have the information that he offers us. FilmAffinity:
- Braveheart: average score 8 out of 10 with 152,436 votes.
- Apocalypse: half 7.2 with 69,646 votes.
- man: half 7.2 with 30,660 votes.
- Passion of Christ: half 6.4 with 90,005 votes.
- faceless man: half 5.9 with 5755 votes.
Conclusions on the best and worst about Mel Gibson
Perhaps not surprisingly, for specialized critics best film directed by Mel Gibson be Braveheart. However, what is very striking is that moviegoers who vote for Rotten Tomatoes are choosing not only manbut ranked William Wallace fourth out of five.
And representatives of IMDb and FilmAffinity, as usual, agree with the analysts. Which, on the other hand, agree with the viewers of the three platforms on which worst movie American actor-turned-filmmaker – his debut film, faceless man.
Source: Hiper Textual