Movie #1331 "Hacksaw Ridge" -- I waited a long time to see this film, but I always try to see all the nominated films for oscars, so I finally sat down to watch this on the day of the Oscars. The reason I waited is that I have a tough time watching any man's inhumanity to man so war pictures offer challenges for me to watch --- I still can't get certain images out of my mind from "Saving Private Ryan" and I am here to tell you, this film is worse. So if you are like me, you will also find more than an hour's worth of this film so very difficult to watch --- it's "Braveheart" to the nth degree. I remember saying about that film that I felt I was in the middle of the battlefield experiencing every attack, every hit, and I felt the same way here. I wanted to turn it off several times, but the way I got through it was to be doing something else "while" watching. Until.....the meat of the film. When Dos makes his heroic moves to save some 75 men that day on Hacksaw Ridge. It was a wondrous thing to watch ---- such heroism ----- almost as if God were taking each step with him. And I'm not one to enjoy preachy films, but this spiritual heroics came along with this man --- he lived and breathed being a Christian and worrying about the other guy , and to me, that was so heroic that I couldn't keep my eyes away from what he was doing. I'm sorry I can't explain this any more, but it truly was a great cinematic achievement , and one that I was glad to have experienced. That being said, I think it is worth watching the first hour so you can get to the last 40 minutes; however, it isn't a film for everyone, but I do recommend it. 4 stars out of 5. And wow on Andrew Garfield's acting!!!
'HACKSAW RIDGE" 2016 2 hours and 11 minutes 4 stars out of 5 rated R
Based on a true story, this World War II drama focuses on Desmond T. Doss, a conscientious objector who becomes a hero while serving as an unarmed medic during the brutal and bloody fight for Okinawa.
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