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Downey wants to repay Mel Gibson for being the first person to give him the second chance he needed after going to jail. He lobbied for him to be in The Hangover 2, but the one guy threw a hissy fit so they went with the convicted rapist instead. Go figure!

Like I said, he has all the hallmarks of mental illness. And threatening is not doing, though other people in Hollywood get multiple chances to make amends. And most Hollywood people seem to be pretty shitty (Sean Penn, wife beater and favorite friend of dictators) but they make great movies. I don't really want to

I have a family member with mental illness, and Mel Gibson strikes me as having the same thing. Some people use that to be creative, and he seems to be very good at his craft. I think he deserves another shot just because he has made some of my favorite movies of all times. I will always love Apocalypto. Too bad

Oh well, I was trying to encourage you to not feel like everything's against you because you struck me as a person who might be receptive to that, but I guess not. I don't have any more privilege than you do, so whatever.

I disagree. Anyone in New York is going to have an easier time getting noticed over someone in Texas, especially back then.

I don't hate him. I think for myself.

And I just have to say, who do you think had a harder time getting noticed by studios? Indie movie maker from Austin, or black man from Brooklyn who writes about racism? Spike Lee probably had a much easier time than some art house guy from Austin or a Hispanic dude from San Antonio.

I just watched this documentary, and had already watched 21 Years. I can understand why there are two. The first one didn't have any commentary from Linklater. It was interviews with people who had worked with him and talked about his craft. It almost seemed like something that was made for him, not about him.

Okay, well that's still 13 years ago, but I take your meaning. I still think it was too limited of a scope of his life to judge them not having minorities. It was mostly the family's interaction with the stepfather and his family. The only scenes where they went anywhere was an Astros baseball game, a liquor store,

But was it that way 20 years ago when that portion of the film was made? I can tell you it wasn't quite as noticeable then because I live in Houston too. And he didn't really show much of Houston, just a very limited bit. Most of it was his family life in the house with his step family and his mom and sister.

Austin has minorities. I don't know where you live, but if it's anywhere outside of California, Florida, or New York, I'm guessing we have way more minorities than your state. And even in the small towns, there are a lot of minorities.

There are minorities in every one of his films. Even Boyhood had a few, though just supporting characters. His mom's friend who made a pass at him at the graduation party was the same woman that played the mother of Michael B. Jordan's character in FRiday Night Lights. I'm sure there were more, but they weren't

I always thought it was Houston, because I heard he went to Bellaire High School. At any rate, I grew up in Houston a few years later, and it still seemed like it could have been my high school experience, minus the sanctioned hazing.

I'm sure the same was said about boomers, minus the lack of opportunities.

I agree. I read that Linklater made a pitch to make Friday Night Lights and lost out to Peter Berg. While ultimately I am glad Berg won because he ended up producing one of the finest television series ever based on that film/book, I can't help wondering how the movie would have been in Linklater's hands.

No they're not. Look at how Linklater and Robert Rodriguez both got their start, by making a small film on their own, with almost no money, and working to get it noticed. Get a camera and do it. I bet you can.

Why do you assume that? Because he made an autobiographical movie about his own time in college, and that included mostly white people? He was on a baseball team at a small college in 1980. Perhaps that reflects his reality.

If it matters to you, don't see his movies.

You should see it and decide for yourself. I enjoyed it immensely, and so did most of the people in the theater judging by their reactions.

Really? I loved it. It doesn't have to have much of a plot. It's just a weekend in a few people's lives. I enjoyed it.