Cinematical comments on Mel's statements to Time magazine

A long post over at Cinematical ends with a rather provocative mention of Mel's recent comments to a reporter for Time magazine: Proving, perhaps, that the only real ideology that informs Hollywood is Capitalism, there are signs that industryites, interested in riding the growing wave of political discontent, are abandoning the conservative reformation before it's really even begun. It all goes back, however predictably, to the Passion - or, at the very least, its mastermind, Mel Gibson. Many were stunned to read the following quote, regarding the demise of Mayan civilization in his new epic, Apocalypto, in a recent issue of TIME magazine: "The parallels between the environmental imbalance and corruption of values that doomed the Maya and what's happening to our own civilization are eerie," says [Apocalypto's co-writer]. Gibson, who insists ideology matters less to him than stories of "penitential hardship" like his Oscar-winning Braveheart, puts it more bluntly: "The fearmongering we depict in this film reminds me a little of President Bush and his guys." When even Mel Gibson can't be relied on to spout the party line, we have to start wondering what kind of a culture war we're really fighting. [source] Comments?