That's so true. Mel Gibson himself admitted that they didn't show everything, it was so much more. I watched the documentary about Desmond Doss. Heroic in every sense of the word. Despite his initial sad beginnings, he displayed bravery, character, and a lot more. I loved that he was recognized by the public and celebrities well into the 1950s.
I read that he was told he'd rescued over a 100 men that night. He replied that it couldn't have been more than 50, so they split the difference and awarded him for saving 75.
Over his entire career as a combat medic, he saved over 300 lives. Hacksaw Ridge wasn't his first battle, but his last. He was sent home after this battle.
I’ll be the first to say it otherwise it will be said a billion other times (hell you might have already heard this) but apparently Desmond Doss actually did even more insanely heroic shit but they didn’t include it in the movie because they felt the audience would believe it was bullshit.
The best part is and always will be the fact that they toned his heroics down so people would accept them more, and even still they seem unrealistic. That's how great he was. And he did even more than what's seen in this film. Greatest man to ever live, no doubt.
It takes true courage to enter a war and not carry a weapon. Desmond Doss was a true hero that saved hundreds. This movie highlights the challenge medics face in combat.
Morphine works so incredibly fast. Without trying to exaggerate, it feels like a blink. You get stuck, you’re think “fuck I’m in pain, and now I’m warm and also no longer in pain”
Hugo Weaving should have been recognized for his performance in this film. Andrew Garfield got an Oscar nomination (and lost to Casey Affleck, another travesty). But Hugo should have gotten one too, he is phenomenal here as a father with PTSD.
Travesty is a stretch Casey was damn great in Manchester By The Sea! Also Denzel for Fences and Viggo Mortensen for Captain Fantastic were good contenders it was stacked that year I would've been fine with any one except Ryan Gosling winning(La La Land)
17:26 that actor is an actual war veteran who lost both his legs in battle. I wonder what was going through his mind as he relived that experience. Andy Walker being asked “How long have you been dead for son?” always makes me laugh because in The Walking Dead zombies are called “walkers”. 🤣
Regarding Doss's bible. After the battle and Doss's troops had been relieved, they stayed on top of the ridge looking for it until they found it. It was presented to him by Capt. Glover at Doss's MOH ceremony at the White House.
The real guy actually did much more than they show; including being shot twice and still continue to safe as many man as He could. NOTE : He has 90% hearing loss, do to all the dombes and gun fire throughout the night He was up there ! He die before His beloved wife, at age 87 in 2005 !
It might interest you to know that Desmond Doss had tuberculosis at the time of hacksaw ridge so he had to stiffle his coughing so as not to give away his location while finding injured soldiers he was diagnosed while in the V.A hospital and lost a lung to it. It actually took nearly 9hours to find his bible and his brothers in arms would not rest till they found it other battalions joined in the search because of what he did for them all. I highly recommend his autobiography as its truly mind blowing what this man did in WW2. He actually saved over 100 men from the ridge but he was a v humble man and asked for just 50 on his citation for his medal of honour so they reached the compromise of 75. There is so much more to his story but mel Gibson thought if he put it all in nobody would believe a single word of it. Doss had already seen battle before the ridge and was twice decorated with the bronze star for lives he saved in those battles in the Pacific. A truly amazing man.
Grew up about a half mile from desmond doss. Spent many days fishing in his pond. Andrew Garfield nailed so many of his mannerisms. Got him pretty dead on.
I don’t like War movies at all, but when i saw this movie it became one of my Top 10 favorites of all time. Very inspirational,,unbelievable,, but real true story. Great movie
Doesn't matter. Doss was under a conviction. I served and was willing to risk the moral and spiritual injury if killing another. He was convicted to not kill at all.
Listen,if people can forgive RDJ for his past misdeeds I'm willing to give Mel Gibson a chance. He's a great actor and a really damn Underrated Director when it comes to action sequences that helped Influence Cinema like the Battle Sequences in Braveheart. Lethal weapon will always be my favorite Buddy cop series. As for this movie,a war film focused on saving lives is actually unique and something I wish was used more rather than just focusing on the blood and carnage of war.
If Desmond Doss said a bad word one day in one instance it would negate all the positive things he’s brought to this world for years. That’s just how tabloids and Twitter work.
never had morphine huh. i burned by eye with sodium hydroxide (nasty cleaning agent) when i was 19. howled in pain until my bud got me to the hospital. they injected morphine and the pain disappeared in seconds. thats some gooooood shit.
@@williamkirkland2222 Don't get me wrong, Morphine as a pain killer is an incredible drug. But it also works as a blood thinner. Which, in conditions where a lack of immediate medical aid and or triage is rare, Morphine can actually just straight out kill you through sheer blood loss faster than the wounds might've done. While a bit morbid, I guess it was a better way to go out then suffering.
I have struggled with Mel Gibson movies. No one soul can movie cry better than Mel and most of his movies are amongst my favorite movies. With that said, how can all of that entertainment beauty come out of such a vile human? I still struggle. Same with other artists. I haven’t found a way to separate the person from their art. It feels like one of those weird problems that isn’t really a problem for anyone but me. Hahaha. Great reaction. Thanks.
Mel Gibson produced two of my favorite war movies based on real events, "Hacksaw Ridge' and "We Were Soldiers". He also produced One of my favorite highly fictionalized movies, "Braveheart,"* That's where my favorite fictional movies," the Patriot.' Human beings are complex and flawed. Henry Ford was a vicious anti-semite and early supporter the Nazis. Then again, he and his son directly and indirectly did more than almost anyone to defeat the Axis as the US became the arsenal of democracy. *King Edward the first of England was not a pagan. Ironically, he did do something that modern ordinances would hate but Gibson probably found less just days full, expelling all remaining Jews from England. Somehow that never made it on to the litany.
You definitely should see the two movies Eastwood made about Iwo Jima, one from the American perspective and the other from the Japanese. The American one is "Flags of Our Fathers," and the Japanese one is "Letters from Iwo Jima." Letters is superior imo. Some of the best writing and acting ever, and superbly real.
When your heart is that engaged, when you are desperate to save and help people because your heart is surging with love, and you're doing it because you have the skill and the tools, it's much harder to stop than to continue. The thought of taking time to rest or eat or whatever else is just too trivial. That's what his relationship with Jesus gave him, that emotional openness and familiarization with going heart all-in. He only stopped when he physically couldn't continue, and it was getting hard to find any more wounded. And that's why he was also trying to save Japanese wounded men, because he was feeling so much love and compassion it didn't matter who it was.
Probably the most different role Hugo every played goes back to the beginning. A little Australian move that became an American cult classic called The Adventures of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Although I'm not sure you would say he's pleasant in that one either.
I really love your voice. :) I don't like war movies, I don't like blood and gore but this movie is phenomenal. I have watched it a handful of times, and I am pretty confident I have watched every reaction I can find on RU-vid. lol
I kept it together til Sam Worthington says "You've done more in the service of your country...". 😢 He is so damn good. I knew it'd be great watching you with this oh so special movie. Between this and Braveheart, I'd watch anything from Gibson without knowing a thing about it. The depth, the passion, and the goodness is unmatched.
Happy New Year to you!! 🎊🖖🏽🎉 Have you seen Cloud Atlas (2012)? Hugo Weaving was great, as usual, in that movie. Cloud Atlas is six different stories spanning hunderds of years, starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Keith David, Hugh Grant, and several more great actors. It's a little of everything, action, sci-fi, historical period piece, spy thriller, and all the actors play parts in each time period, and each tiem period affects the others in different ways. It didn't do well at the box office, which is too bad because it's a beautiful movie, imo. Hugo Weaving is also great in Priscilla: Queen of the Desert. 🤘🏽 I forgot to add that Cloud Atlas is directed by The Wachowskis (The Matrix) and Tom Twkwer (Run, Lola, Run and Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, both of which should be on every movies-to-watch list). S tier storytelling, directing, and acting. 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
Question for my American friends; I'm from South America and I understand Andrew Garfield is from the UK. Does the dude talks with a convincing southern American accent? I honestly don't know
You should have a look at WE WERE SOLDIERS another true story with Mel Gibson as the lead I read the book that was written by the officer that Gibson plays and the only reporter that made it to the field before the shooting starts the movie stays pretty true to the book
34:35 The sham of a trial is a bit more nuanced. Essentially, the Army upholds the constitution under oath. Today it's been interpreted that as long as it doesn't impede mission readiness, and even with some exceptions to even that, the first Amendment should be followed and exercised by all Citizens under the Military's employ. By directly ordering Doss to perform blasphemy of his own religious customs, the Army had already violated itself down to the core. Desmond's father is able to write to and receive word from a General allowing his son to serve as a conscientious objector, as is his right. So besides at a base level being wrong, now it's essentially the Company Officer's word against a General's. That's why he immediately retracts the charges, as even continuing from that point on was career suicide. The judge was mostly non-partial and was seemingly trying to interpret the law as was stated. It should be noted that even the United States Military encourages soldiers to disobey illegal orders, or orders that do not pertain to their purview of function. Difficult in practice, but still possible. So in conclusion, Doss, even by the Army standard, was well in his rights the entire fucking time.
"You look like a fucking pig in heat. If you get raped by a pack of n*****s, it will be your fault." Google Mel Gibson rant and you'll find a bunch. Most of it is awful. Quite a bit of it is unintentionally hilarious lmao.
He hates Brits, very very vocally indeed. As a Brit, I dislike that. It would never occur to me to hate everybody in a specific nation. Also, he has a nasty, rather sado-mascochistic, love of cruelty and gore. It worked in Hacksaw Ridge, which makes it the only film of his I care for.
Funny enough, i just so happened to watch this movie for the first time the same day your video came out. It is a great movie! The one interesting thing I did find, and I think was genius was they showed Doss's religious zeal more in association and thru the character's convictions. I think this film could have gotten bogged down at the early part if we had Doss attending mass or listening to a sermon. Mel Gibson could have easily included that type content. Instead we Have Doss cleaning a church, holding a bible (with his beau's picture in it mind you), being a pacifist and great monologs. All implying he's deeply religious without making it the focal point. At no point really did you feel preached too, or feel a basis towards religion. Very well crafted film. The only thing I disliked was the seppuku scene. If you arent going to flesh out a perspective and context for that scene it more feels exploitive and without purpose.
Odd that you had nothing to say of the miracle, which was the focal point of the movie. And it was clearly a miracle. No one would have been able to save so many people under such conditions without an enormous amount of faith. But that is only the half of it. The other half was the obvious reward for that faith as it could not have happened without divine assistance. In other words it was a collaborative effort. Take away either element and the miracle evaporates. It is also a prime example of what one person can accomplish when they have the strength of character to do things God's way no matter how much the world tries to make you do things its way. And it applies not just to war but to every aspect in life. If you stand with God to the extent where you are displaying heroic virtue (as Doss did) He will raise you up as an example for all to see of what they too can do,.
dont cast stones unless you have had no sins. Bashing Mel Gibson was not cool. I guess you never did anything wrong...never said a bad word towards a white guy etc,,. I think I will pass on subscription...
I still don’t get how he was perfectly fine supporting the war machine as long as he himself didn’t have to kill anyone, but that war was necessary, needed winning just as long as it wasn’t himself doing it. The war wouldn’t have been won with an Army of Desmond Doss’s
The older you get, the more you realize that they were right. Well, apart from the whole abuse thing. If you don't want to use a gun, that's your right, but then don't enlist on the frontlines and do literally anything else if you want to help. Or even don't enlist, you have the right. The only reason he's vindicated is that despite everything he managed to actually do something heroic and not just get shot along with his patients or something. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with him being a hero, but the whole pacifism thing, yeah, I'm on the side of the military here. Not to mention that this wasn't even a personal choice he consciously came to, but cult brainwashing planted into him from early childhood.
