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Hacksaw Ridge - what a film..

Injera

31 Jan 17 18:14

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Mel Gibson has excelled himself with this one.

Incredible scenes of horror, bravery and the sheer futility of war. Not for the faint hearted..

The true story of a medic (Desmond Doss) who refused to carry a gun, faced court martial, a beating by his fellow soldiers and labelled as a coward.

He proceeded to save dozens of men in impossible conditions and win the respect and love of his comrades.

One of those 'important' films which highlight the best and worst of mankind.

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Report twizzle22 • January 31, 2017 6:26 PM GMT

Watched it on Sunday and i have to agree a very good film and superior to Saving Private Ryan imo..10/10

Report cardifffc • January 31, 2017 6:26 PM GMT

story stolen from dads army episode branded

Report s.kenbo • January 31, 2017 6:28 PM GMT

I watched the first hour and had to stop it. I agree it looked very good, I will definitely watch the rest of it.

It's a true story Cardiff, so it's not really stolen from Dads Army.

Report ooO{Alpha Centauri}Ooo • January 31, 2017 6:46 PM GMT

Seeing this Thursday, from what I hear, a 15 rating seems quite leniant.

Report cardifffc • January 31, 2017 6:47 PM GMT

skenbo.......I was joking........though private godfrey in the story was a real life hero in ww1

Report s.kenbo • January 31, 2017 6:48 PM GMT

Report Injera • January 31, 2017 6:52 PM GMT

15 is very low, agreed.

I looked away more than once...

I was relieved the first part of the film was quite different and gave a build up for what was to come..

Report GRANTCKING • January 31, 2017 7:07 PM GMT

have seen it, first hour was a bit slow, bird was hot as feck tho

Report s.kenbo • January 31, 2017 7:12 PM GMT

I said to my missus "How the fook did he pull her?".

Report mad mad moon • January 31, 2017 8:23 PM GMT

Saw it Saturday and thought it was excellent. 9/10

Report GRANTCKING • February 1, 2017 12:16 AM GMT

Jan 31, 2017 -- 1:12PM, s.kenbo wrote:

I said to my missus "How the fook did he pull her?".

Report trilby22 • February 1, 2017 12:23 AM GMT

I thought you had left the building, Seaking?

Report GRANTCKING • February 1, 2017 12:28 AM GMT

Jan 31, 2017 -- 6:23PM, trilby22 wrote:

I thought you had left the building, Seaking?

I threatened to take them to the court of human rights and they retracted the ban

Report trilby22 • February 1, 2017 12:39 AM GMT

Good lad. Glad to see you're still around.

Report Steve Voltage • February 1, 2017 10:13 AM GMT

Tempted to go and watch this film.

Is it anything like inglourious basterds which I thought was total Hollywood crap?

Report Facts • February 1, 2017 12:21 PM GMT

I doubt it. The film you mentioned was directed by Tarantino, who is a genius at script writing and film making.
HRidge is directed by someone who definitely isn't .

Report Injera • February 1, 2017 2:36 PM GMT

As a true story it carries a certain gravitas. If the events were fictional one could easily say it was Hollywood taking liberties making the impossible seem possible.

Report s.kenbo • February 1, 2017 5:42 PM GMT

Tarantino's over hyped imo. I've not been a huge fan of his post 2000 work.

I've still not watched all of HR, but I think Gibson's done a great job.

Report TheBaron • February 1, 2017 6:05 PM GMT

Did he manage to work in an anti English angle into the film?

Report toonangel • February 1, 2017 6:45 PM GMT

good film would have been a lot better if vince vaughn was not in it. his acting was dire.

Report Just Checking • February 1, 2017 6:48 PM GMT

"inglourious basterds" isn't very good as it's the overrated Tarantino who doesn't make very good films but it's "kewl" to like him, leading to a generation or two of students sticking reservoir feckin dogs posters on their walls.

Interestingly it's title is taken from a 70s Italian film from an era when the Italians used to do War Films that were like Spaghetti Westerns, known as

.. wait for it ...

"Macaroni Combat" films