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re: Hacksaw Ridge trailer - Mel Gibson film
Posted on 7/28/16 at 8:21 pm to YumYum Sauce
Posted on 7/28/16 at 8:21 pm to YumYum Sauce
Looks good.
The youtube comments have a few gems. One: "after the first 30 seconds of the trailer I assumed the movie was going to be about a homosexual soldier in WW2?"
The youtube comments have a few gems. One: "after the first 30 seconds of the trailer I assumed the movie was going to be about a homosexual soldier in WW2?"
Posted on 7/29/16 at 12:14 am to YumYum Sauce
frick Mel Gibson but holy shite that movie looks great.
Definitely will watch.
Definitely will watch.
Posted on 7/29/16 at 12:41 am to VaBamaMan
Say what you want about Mel Gibson.
The man knows how to make great movies!
Will watch!
The man knows how to make great movies!
Will watch!
Posted on 7/29/16 at 1:37 am to Meatball
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.
Posted on 7/29/16 at 2:57 am to YumYum Sauce
Wow, an unexpected story, considering the other films Gibson has made. I'm gonna say this was very deliberately chosen to help rehabilitate his image.
Posted on 7/29/16 at 4:11 am to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Holy sh*t that looks fantastic.
Posted on 7/29/16 at 5:29 am to bcoop199
I like that they are going to show, just like in real life until he finished praying the company would not attack, later the regiment.
Everyone in the 77th Division knew this man was close to God and learned to listen to him.
Everyone in the 77th Division knew this man was close to God and learned to listen to him.
Posted on 7/29/16 at 6:44 am to tigger1
Is that actually true? It's a little bit hard to believe, especially at the regimental level.
Posted on 7/29/16 at 7:08 am to YumYum Sauce
Looks ok except for Vince Vaughn
Posted on 7/29/16 at 7:24 am to JW
Ahhh.... that's why they have so many Aussies in it.
Posted on 7/29/16 at 7:36 am to Hermit Crab
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Its from "The Academy Award winning director of braveheart"
Can't even put his name on it.
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.
Posted on 7/29/16 at 7:39 am to YumYum Sauce
Gibson knows how to film war porn
I'm excited about this
I'm excited about this
Posted on 7/29/16 at 7:45 am to GetCocky11
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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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Posted on 7/29/16 at 7:48 am to terd ferguson
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The bloody struggle for the Maeda Escarpment continued for weeks. On the night of May 21st the Americans launched a bold attack. When the return fire forced the Americans to take cover, Desmond remained in the open to treat the wounded. Then he, and three other soldiers, crawled into a hole to wait out the darkness. Suddenly a grenade landed among them. Three men scrambled out but Desmond was too late. Reflexively he covered the grenade with his boot, then felt it detonate beneath him and hurl his body into the darkness of night. When he fell back to earth the leg was still there, but bleeding badly from numerous wounds. Rather than call for another medic to leave shelter and risk his own life, Desmond bandaged his own wounds and waited the five hours alone until daylight broke. As the litterbearers arrived with the dawn and began to carry the wounded medic out of danger they passed another critically wounded soldier. Desmond instructed them to put down his litter, then rolled off it and told them to take the other man. While he awaited their return he was joined by yet another wounded soldier. Together the two of them set out for safety, leaning upon each other.
Once again rifle fire split the morning. Pain stabbed Desmond's arm which was curled across the shoulders of his new comrade. The sniper's bullet went into his wrist, exited through his elbow, and then lodged itself in his upper arm. Had the bullet not hit Doss, it probably would have struck his wounded compatriot in the neck. Desmond borrowed his friend's rifle and used the stock to fashion a splint for his useless arm. Then the two continued to crawl to safety.
This post was edited on 7/29/16 at 7:49 am
Posted on 7/29/16 at 8:45 am to YumYum Sauce
Doss appears to have been one hell of a man. Can't wait to see this one. Gibson usually doesn't let you down.
Posted on 7/29/16 at 9:08 am to YumYum Sauce
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.
Posted on 7/29/16 at 10:02 am to Kracka
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
Posted on 7/29/16 at 10:09 am to Shiftyplus1
this guy is the very definition of a Hero.
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