Mel Gibson Throws Flak at "Batman v Superman"

By Yuri Mangahas - 07 Sep '16 11:57AM

The director of "The Passion of The Christ" and "Apokalypto" has something to say regarding Zack Snyder's latest superhero outing, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice."

Joining the critics who threw massive flak at the aforementioned movie, Mel Gibson told Deadline at the Venice Film Festival, "It's a piece of s***."

"I'm not interested in the stuff. Do you know what the difference between real superheroes and comic-book superheroes is? Real superheroes didn't wear spandex. So I don't know. Spandex must cost a lot," Gibson added.

The 60-year old director brought up his feelings about the movie when asked if summer blockbusters truly merit a budget of $200 million upward. In comparison, "Batman v Superman" reportedly used up around $250 million, whereas Gibson's latest WWII outing, "Hacksaw Ridge," had a meager $40 million budget.

"I look at them and scratch my head. I'm really baffled by it. I think there's a lot of waste, but maybe if I did one of those things with the green screens I'd find out different."

"It seems to me that you could do it for less," Gibson continued. "You're spending outrageous amounts of money, $180 million or more. I don't know how you make it back after the tax man gets you, and after you give half to the exhibitors."

Just recently, Gibson's "Hacksaw Ridge" premiered at the Venice Film Festival days ago, receiving a 10-minute ovation from the audience. The movie recounts the story of Desmond Boss, a young soldier who won the Congressional Medal of Honour after World War II for saving 75 men without having directly engaged in combat. Most of the critics directed their acclaim at the film's centerpiece, the bloody assault on Okinawa in 1945.

It's the 60-year-old Australian filmmaker's first movie as director since Apocalypto in 2006 - released the same year his anti-Semitic tirade at a police officer became the first in a string of scandals that resulted in a decade of public humiliation. It would seem like "Hacksaw Ridge" is his path to redemption, and it might pay well once it hits globally in November.