Typically Defensive Mel Gibson

Speaking to the UK press for the opening of "Apocalypto," Gibson has no idea how out there he is. I'm glad they don't wrongly call Gibson a devout Catholic when referencing his religious beliefs (in fact, Gibson broke with the Catholic Church because it's not conservative enough). But calling "Apocalypto" a hit is not exactly right. It's doing great business for a foreign launguage film, but while Gibson opened the film with his name it has ground to a halt pretty quickly. If it cost $70 million, he'll probably break even when all is said and done, thanks to DVD, etc. It won't be a flop, but it's hardly a hit and nowhere near "The Passion of the Christ" of course. (Almost nothing is, of course.)