Mel Gibson’s ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ is the Best War Film Since ‘Saving Private Ryan’ (Rex Reed)

The Observer ^ | November 2, 2016 | By Rex Reed

[ColdOne]

ping

[Gay State Conservative]

A true story about a medic/corpseman (was he Army or Navy?) who won the Congressional Medal of Honor.Sounds damn good to me.

[NorthMountain]

Army medic, and ther’s no “e” in “corpsman”.

[NorthMountain]

But there are two “e”s in “there’s”.

[Sacajaweau]

Dontcha hate those “oh cr**” moments!!

[NorthMountain]

Caught it just as I was hitting “Post” the second time.

[real saxophonist]

I think he was making fun of Obama’s mispronunciation of Corpsman.

[Monty22002]

I saw it last night and it was excellent. It’s long, but it ramps up the action in a way that it doesn’t feel long at all. Highly recommended.

[4rcane]

but saving private ryan was horrible movie

[SES1066]

... the true story of a conscientious objector who played a big role in winning World War II ...

Is it me or is this more than a bit over-the-top? "A big role in winning World War II" is a really, really big statement to make about an individual on the front lines of a battle! I am the son of a US Army veteran who was awarded 4 Purple Hearts and every heroism medal below the Distinguished Service Cross and he was just one of hundreds of thousands just in the US Military! Add the members of the Allied military and that number is LARGE!

Far be it from me to advise a paid professional critic BUT would this slight modification be a more realistic yet still laudatory improvement? " ... the true story of a conscientious objector who exemplifies the heroism that played a big role in winning World War II ..."

[N. Theknow]

Viet Nam buddy, cannon cocker who's position was overrun, and I went to see Saving Private Ryan.

Afterwards we just sat silently in our seats.

Then he slowly said, "The only thing they didn't have in the movie was the smell."

Probably the same with this movie.

[jimmyray]

And 4 "e"s in Okefenokee, but that will be drained soon, and is totally off topic,

There are no "e"s in hijack.

[TomServo]

Saw it Saturday night - great movie!

[D Rider]

Read his citation, it is just plain ridiculous.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

“The Best Years of Our Lives,” is probably the best war movie ever made.

[MrThistle999]

Twould be nice if it’s so good.

It’ll have to be really good to be better than Fury.

[Gay State Conservative]

Army medic, and ther’s no “e” in “corpsman”.

Ooops...Yikes! But don't worry,even this old Army guy knows that it's *pronounced* "core man" even though I spelled it wrong.

[Afterguard]

There is in obamas lexicon

[Jack Hydrazine]

>snicker, snicker<

He said, “corpseman,” just like Obama!

That’s like the popular way to “aircraft” plural as, “aircrafts” or even “spacecrafts.”

I’ve even heard a millenial youtuber say the word “astronaut corpse.”

LOL!