if i wanted to be preached at for two hours and witness messy explosions with rats crawling everywhere i'd have just gone on film twitter and stated an opinion

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there was a moment where I wanted someone to shoot andrew garfield just so the movie would end and that moment was 8 minutes in

I do not understand the hate people have with this movie. I find this movie to be amazing. The acting in this movie is phenomenal. I LOVE IT :)

I left Hacksaw Ridge with such a powerful reaction that I never get with movies. I left this stunned and almost speechless. It's one of the best directed movies of 2016, with great editing, beautiful cinematography, fantastic performances, most notably Andrew Garfield (His best performance and possibly the best of 2016), Vince Vaughn (Brings a lot of the films funniest moments to the light), and Luke Bracey (If you thought he was bad or dull, this will get you a few steps away from that), and intense combat sequences. The movie is heartbreaking, intense, and hilarious (Can't believe how funny this was honestly) all in one. We need more movies as good as this. Seriously a must see.

i feel like it'd be easier to explain fully fledged quantum physics to a baby human child than it would be to explain the concept of subtlety to mel gibson

When Desmond hit his brother with a brick was like Mel Gibson hitting me with symbolism.

textbook melodrama about reconciling our will to do good with our ability to inflict harm until suddenly it's a grindhouse picture about reconciling our ability to do good with our will to inflict brutal fucking savagery... mad mel is back, baby.

This is the most I could ever enjoy a faith based war film

Edit: when the one guy picked up the half of the other guy and used him as a shield i cackled I’m sorry

Uno mas...

Spreading the word of the lord by kick flipping grenades and making the most overt biblical metaphors ever put to screen.

good war movie but the first half not good second half great i skipped most of the movie just to watch the war aspect

I’m perplexed. People can educate me if I’m wrong here, but were combat medics just not a thing in WWII? Why do they act like this is an unheard of concept? Why do Sam Worthington and Vince Vaughn act like being a non-combatant in war is so foreign and insane? Was there not a program in place for this sort of thing? This all seems like alternate history, I don’t know much about the real Desmond Doss but this all feels like such a bizarre reinterpretation of his story and what makes it inspiring. 

The war scenes are undeniably incredible but the first half of this is such a weird slog that it doesn’t end up feeling worth it in the end

If I ever had a wish from a genie in a bottle, I would use it to prevent wars

Andrew Garfield being likeable

Mel Gibson did a incredible job of this film. Desmond Doss was a Christian man proud of his religion who took his beliefs very seriously and never fired a single shot or killed anyone. He was seen as crazy and a disgrace to the army but he did not give in and did the extraordinary thing and saved the lives of nearly 100 men. Without this movie existing I wouldn't have ever heard of what Desmond Doss did in WW2. This movie did spectacular job of showing what Desmond Doss had to through and it has only gain my respect for this extraordinary man. The movie also did a damn good job of making the story of Desmond Doss emotional, heartbreaking and dramatic. The cinematography and the action in this film is superb and Andrew Garfield did a fantastic job in playing the role of Desmond Doss. Overall I highly recommend this film.

A história é muito boa, inegavel que o personagem principal fez o extremo chegando ao nível do sobrehumano. Foda é que as cenas dele indo e voltando, levando e trazendo ficam extremamente repetitivas. Tem um momento em que voce parece estar vendo 30 minutos de vai e volta.

This film is freaking moving. That moment when Des is at the top of the ridge and he says something along the lines of “God I can’t hear you.” And then he hears that call for help. BRUH THE IMAGERY. *DIES* What an amazing true story, and what a testament to the authenticity of personal conviction. Weeks later and my sister and I are still floored by the experience of watching Hacksaw Ridge. It’s got its funny moments too, I legit can’t stop quoting that drill sergeant, “How long you been dead, son?” XD

Taking a class on WWII right now and while this wasn’t assigned, I see no better time than to catch up with this film. It’s a big budget Mel Gibson film about an American hero, so there are the same drawbacks that come with any film in that territory, but this is far better than most of the bunch. Gibson has a bit of a blood lust in his films, but beneath that is a damn good war film that is surprisingly old school. It’s not anti war because it’s celebrating a kind of duty and heroism that hasn’t been a common notion since the war ended. After seeing the film it’s no wonder why it did so well. It pulls on those universal heartstrings while being an extremely entertaining war film, maybe to the point where it begins to contradict itself at times.