Hacksaw Ridge : The first battle scene was shocking

The first battle scene was shocking

Literally felt sick as soon as that supposedly dead soldier jumped out and a bullet went straight through his head. Felt like it was straight out of a Sam Raimi film.

From that point on it was just pure mayhem.

Gibson made a brilliant contrast between the two acts. The one back in his hometwon was overromantacized and cheesy.

As soon as Desmond arrives in Japan we get a completely different picture which creates this very abrupt change of tone and makes it even more shocking to the viewer.

Mel Gibson knocked it out of the park with his battle scenes. They are some for the ages.

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Totally agree. The first battle was violent and reinforces any anti-war sentiments you may have

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Did you notice there was zero music in the first battle?

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There are many older folks watching this, and I'm afraid they will have a heart attack during some of the jump scenes.

The lady by us the other day needed a warning; her popcorn and drink went flying lol.

Nothing cheesy at all. What happened to sweet & lovely. Now it's considered cheesy? NOPE. This world is falling to sh!t.




"Guys like you don't die on toilets." Mel Gibson-Riggs, Lethal Weapon

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Cheap and obvious CG blood is more annoying than shocking, to me. It looked like something out of some japanese exploitation film from the early 2000's. Cartoonish.

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Cheap and obvious CG blood is more annoying than shocking, to me. It looked like something out of some japanese exploitation film from the early 2000's. Cartoonish.




LOL so not true. Some people watch too much video games no doubt.



"Guys like you don't die on toilets." Mel Gibson-Riggs, Lethal Weapon

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"LOL so not true" ?

Nice to see a 12 year old girl showing interest in a WWII film.

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The fighting, although fierce and grouse, is way overdone.

It may feel like this when you are there, but in reality, it's nothing near this unrealistic storm of steel and flames.

It was on the verge of becoming comical.

"We were heroes" and the all-American "Shaving Ryan's privates" is most likely much more realistic when it comes to this.
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