re: Hacksaw Ridge trailer - Mel Gibson film

frick Mel Gibson but holy shite that movie looks great.

Definitely will watch.

Is Mel personally financing this one too? If so, he is going to make another hundred million. Gibson is one hell of a director, I wish he wasn't such a psycho pariah, think of the great stuff he could've made the last decade.

Holy sh*t that looks fantastic.

Is that actually true? It's a little bit hard to believe, especially at the regimental level.

Ahhh.... that's why they have so many Aussies in it.

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Its from "The Academy Award winning director of braveheart"

Can't even put his name on it.

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It is a damn shame. Even though he hasn't directed a ton of movies, it can be said that he is one of the better directors out there.

At least he was able to get some recognizable actors in this movie.

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On May 5th the tide of battle turned against the Americans. Enemy artillery, mortars and machinegun fire began to rake into the ranks of Company B, 77th Infantry Division. Japanese soldiers swarmed out of their foxholes and caves in every direction. Almost immediately 75 men fell wounded, and the remaining men were forced to fall back and retreat to the base of the escarpment. The only soldiers remaining at the top of the cliff were the wounded, the Japanese, and Desmond T. Doss.

Heedless of the shells that burst around him and the bullets directed his way, Desmond tended his injured comrades. At the base of the escarpment those few soldiers who had managed to escape the onslaught could only sit helplessly by and hear the sounds of the battle as the wounded struggled to survive atop the cliff. And then...amazingly...a wounded soldier appeared over the face of the escarpment. Dangling from a rope, he slowly descended to the safety of its base as a tall medic fed the rope through his hands from the summit. First one, then another, and another....and another. Heedless of the advancing Japanese, Desmond Doss went about the work of sending the wounded to safety. Reports of that day tell of Japanese advancing with rifles and bayonets to within a few feet of the medic, slowly lowering his men to safety, before one of the wounded could kill the enemy before they shot Doss.

For five hours Doss lowered soldier after soldier down the face of the escarpment, using little more than a tree stump to wind the top edge of the rope around. Throughout the five hours Desmond had only one thought. He prayed, "Lord, help me get one more. Just ONE more!" How many men Doss saved that day, only God knows. One hundred and fifty-five soldiers went up the escarpment that day, and only 55 were able to retreat without assistance. The Army determined the conscious objector who had almost been court martialed or discharged as unfit for military service, had saved 100 lives. "Couldn't be," Desmond had replied. It couldn't have been more than 50. I wouldn't have had the time to save 100 men." In deference to Desmond's humble estimate, when the citation for his Medal of Honor was written, they "split the difference", crediting the intrepid soldier with saving 75 fellow soldiers.

That night General A.D. Bruce arrived from the 77th Division Headquarters. He was amazed when he heard the story of Desmond Doss and immediately began to prepare paperwork to award him the Medal of Honor.

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Im In . Mel has had personal issues in the real world but when it comes to movie making there aren't many better. I will see this.

I'm continually amazed that we keep hearing stories of men like this. I have never heard of Desmond Doss, but that is one of the most amazing feats ever. Add Mel Gibson as the director...I am in opening night