Can Gibson's Heroic Characters Point Him in the Right Direction?
-since someone actually sat down and wrote this I figured the least I could do was sit down and post it :eyes: -
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WolfFiles/story?id=236498&page=1Mad Max (1979): Gibson's current circus of controversy might very well resemble the futuristic wasteland where former cop "Mad Max" Rockatansky fights for his survival … and his sanity.
But perhaps what gives Max courage is what Gibson needs now — the ability to recognize that inner demons are sometimes the ultimate bad guys. As Max tells a lady friend, "I'm scared. … It's that rat circus out there, and I'm beginning to enjoy it. Any longer out on that road, and I'm one of them, a terminal psychotic except that I've got this bronze badge that says that I'm one of the good guys."
Braveheart (1995):
the actor might wish to heed the words of Wallace, who gave this lesson on the abuse of power to his nemesis, King Edward the Longshanks:
"There's a difference between us. You think the people of this land exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom. And I go to make sure that they have it."
Lethal Weapon (1987):
Riggs: You want me to drive?
Murtaugh: No, you're supposed to be suicidal, remember? I'LL drive.
Riggs: Anybody who drives around in this town IS suicidal.
The moral: Sometimes you're a bigger hero if you don't drive.
The Patriot (2000):
"I have long feared that my sins would return to visit me, and the cost would be more than I could bear."
Buck Wolf is an entertainment producer at ABCNEWS.com. "The Wolf Files" is published Tuesdays.