Mel Gibson Made A Movie About A Hurricane In PR And Puerto Ricans Are P****D
The trailer for the new Mel Gibson movie “Force Of Nature” is out. The movie is about two white actors fighting a Latino gang and it’s centered around a category 5 hurricane hitting Puerto Rico.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u__9wHVo0a0
Perhaps it’s a little too early to do a movie about a hurricane hitting Puerto Rico. That damage is still very fresh.
Perhaps it’s because Puerto Ricans are made to look like the bad guys in the movie. Either way, a lot of people were not happy.
Youre telling me, Some Americans make a hollywood film about the most traumatizing event in Puerto Rico history...
— 𝕏 ☨𝐘𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐲𝐚༒𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐬 ☨ 𝕏 (@rivaiias) May 18, 2020
It’s outright disrespectful to the people who went through the traumatic experience that was Hurricane Maria, for Mel Gibson and any Hollywood company to come to Puerto Rico and make a movie where the islanders are the bad guys, and he and the white people are the good guys.
— la bicha de campo (@flordepr) May 19, 2020
Approximately 4,645 people died because of this hurricane. Approximately, because it was bad enough we don't even have exact numbers. People buried their dead in their backyards. People were without food, water, homes, electricity, for MONTHS.
— monopolo magnético (@Nina_EvD) May 18, 2020
This is not an okay movie to make.
Is making a movie an art that should be protected, or should some things be left alone. I don’t have that answer.
LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 05: Mel Gibson (L) and Rosalind Ross attend Michael Muller’s HEAVEN, presented by The Art of Elysium, on January 5, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 16: (L-R) Mel Gibson, Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell, John Lithgow and Jim Gianopulos attend the UK Premiere of ‘Daddy’s Home 2’ at Vue West End on November 16, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JUNE 07: (L-R) Danny Glover, Richard Donner, Mel Gibson and Rene Russo arrive at The Academy Celebrates Filmmaker Richard Donner at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on June 7, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images)
HOLLYWOOD, CA – FEBRUARY 26: Actor/director Mel Gibson (L) and Rosalind Ross attend the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JANUARY 08: Writer Rosalind Ross and director/actor Mel Gibson attend the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
