HACKSAW RIDGE | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION | PART 2/2
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- Опубликовано: 16 дек 2021
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Hacksaw Ridge is a 2016 biographical war film directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan, based on the 2004 documentary The Conscientious Objector. The film focuses on the World War II experiences of Desmond Doss, an American pacifist combat medic who, as a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, refused to carry or use a weapon or firearm of any kind. Doss became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for service above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Okinawa. Andrew Garfield stars as Doss, with Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, and Vince Vaughn in supporting roles.
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I served as a Navy FMF Corpsman from 86-96. 10 years in the Navy, 8 with Marines including time in Okinawa. I have stood on Hacksaw Ridge. Doss' story was well known to me. The hairs on my arms stood all day. 2 things, that cliff is much bigger than depicted. 400 feet high. 2 Doss' battle was much longer than shown, 4-5 days. The official count was 75 men, unofficially the count was closer to 150.
As unpleasant as it is to say, I’m very desensitized to war movies and violence in media in general. Seeing you watch these and have such a visceral reaction to it really helps it hit home for me. Thank you for doing these.
FYI: The actor who played the soldier who lost both legs really lost them. He was wounded by an IED in Afghanistan. In the movie, he wore prosthetics until the scene where his character got wounded to appear to have both legs. I guess he knew how to act to show how painful and frightening it is to be wounded like that.
“Can’t imagine coming back the same.” My father was decorated with a Presidential citation as a forward mortar scout on Iwo Jima. He never came back the same.
Doss was actually suffering from tuberculosis by the time of the events on Hacksaw Ridge. He contracted it in Leyte, six months earlier, but wasn't diagnosed as such until after the war. One lung was consequently removed with surgery. This means that it was likely that he was keeping hard from coughing when he was moving around, and that at least his bad lung wasn't working at full capacity by this time.
One fact from the backstory that folks might appreciate: After the war, a Japanese survivor of the battle of Hacksaw Ridge remembered seeing Doss. In fact he tried to shoot him. However, his weapon malfunctioned. He fixed it and tried again. And it malfunctioned again. This happened many times until Doss was out of sight. Afterwards he examined his weapon more closely and found nothing wrong with it. Miraculous intervention? Draw your own conclusions.
Desmond Doss was incredibly Godly man and true hero. One of humanity's best. His actions were so incredible, they are studied today. I recommend four other true stories for you to watch. 13 Hours the Secret Soldiers of Benghazi with John Krazinski, Lone Survivor with Mark Whalberg, The Outpost with Orland Bloom, and 12 Strong with Chris Hemsworth. All incredible stories about soldiers bravery.
My grandfather was a Navajo Code Talker during WW2 and was injured when a grenade went off in the fox hole he was in. After he recovered and the war was over, he went to Hiroshima and saw the shadows of people burned into the walls and sidewalks, women running with children and just people. He said he broke down and began crying like he never cried before and the only thing he said was “how can people do this to people “. It was an eye opening statement to me because during acts of war, we justify our cruelty to one another by saying “this is war” and never think of the consequences that follow when war is over.
I´ve never seen the amount of sobbing in a theater that I saw while watching Hacksaw Ridge. Powerful movie and an even more powerful true story.
"Lord, help me get one more"
It was not until I was stationed at the Pentagon and spent a morning after I got off a shift walking and reading every post on the wall of hero's that I learned my Grandfather had earned the MOH. I called him as soon as I got home and asked him why he never told anyone or ever talked about it. He said "Son I just did my job", I had the honor of meeting a total of 6 MOH winners everyone said the same "I just did my job". The humility of these brave men is what makes it that much more powerful. Doss was that and more, a hero's hero. I had heard of Doss before, because one of the men he lowered down was my great uncle, who talked about Doss as if he was a saint.
Theres documentaries on youtube about Desmond Doss. One of them interviews a japanese soldier who was a sniper. And when he would have a lone medic in his crosshairs, the gun would jam and not fire. I think Desmond had God's protection over him. Its incredible!!! God bless :) Great reaction video!
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What I like the most was at the beginning the soldiers’ concerns were completely valid, you remember Upham from Saving Private Ryan. It really caught me off guard how the guy who refused to touch a rifle was the bravest man of his whole company.
It’s a different war, but coming home, you’re never the same. You never forget the smell of burnt or rotting human flesh. You never forget watching someone you dearly love get blown apart. You never forget the bad shit.
"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it"---Robert E. Lee
Doing all of those things was a miracle, but him living that long is something else.
Japanese were a fanatical enemy unlike anything US soldiers had faced before. They had to change their entire combat doctrine in the Pacific to try and adapt to it. They would make massive bayonet charges, suicidal attacks right into machine gun positions with grenades, bayonets, swords, everything they had they would throw it at you. It defied all logic, but it was extremely effective. It was almost an absence of tactics, because you expect the enemy to try and flank you, to ambush you, to try something logical, but they would just pour thousands of soldiers right into your front line. A Marine Corps machine gunner once famously said "in a five minute span... Jesus we had bodies piled ten feet high in front of our position... and they just kept coming at us"
Mel Gibson is a very effective director at doing violence and Gore. He's never directed a horror movie but has done some of the most horrific stuff ever put on screen. His Passion Of The Christ is up there as some of the bloodiest stuff ever done. He also knows how to dlift up his audience in ways many other directors would do well to study.
There's just something about this movie that just makes me wanna keep coming back to it. Trust me, I cried through the entire thing every time I've watched it. The story truly inspires a person, the faith he has in God is just amazing, and the fact that he gives all credit to God, asking the Lord each time to help him just get one more. To him, the smile on the people he saves is the greatest reward he can get. Man is a true hero.