Mel's on the Edge of Darkness. Wasn't he always?

Mel Gibson's my favorite actor. You wouldn't know it if you searched my blog (it's not like you'll find 300+ posts like you do with Brett Favre). MG's public relations miscues in recent years...he's sort of a sacred cow to me and I just let him be. I think that's what MG would want.

However, MG's got a new flick out, "Edge of Darkness", that I saw last week and thoroughly enjoyed. And he's got this interview in the February issue of Men's Journal.

You know, you can rip on Mel for divorcing his wife after almost 30 years of marriage, fathering a child with his new Russian girlfriend, yelling racial epithets to Malibu cops and his otherwise questionable bad-boy behavior throughout his career, but you can't question his charity work. Now I know for a fact Mel helps out numerous charities (some anonymously), including Mending Kids International, a charity he and his ex-wife founded that helps pay medical expenses for underprivledged children.

And I'd be hardpressed for anyone to question his talents as a director. He's a helluv an actor (I truly think he's one of the most underrated actors around). But the four movies he's directed - "The Man Without A Face", "Braveheart", "The Passion of the Christ" and "Apocalypto" - prove he's passionate about the stories he tells and it comes through on the movie screen.

He ain't perfect. Neither are we.