Mel Gibson = Our generation’s John Huston.
Hacksaw Ridge is doomed, like Doss himself, to be unpopular. The film's heart-wrenching violence is unpalatable, but even more off-putting is the tacit indictment offered by the quiet courage of men like Doss to a generation wringing its hands over pronouns, gluten, and microaggressions. Had he come of age today, his homespun background and obsession with the Bible would have secured for Doss a place at the bottom of the nation's "basket of deplorables." As the world darkens again with the gathering strength of barbaric enemies, we had better hope there will be enough faithful deplorables like Desmond Doss to save us.
This was a well made movie, worth seeing as opposed to most of Hollywood’s trash. The fact that it was a true story made it even better. The clips of the actual Desmond Doss at the end are priceless. I can only thank God that such men exist.
My very close personal experience with a combat medic in my company in an intense all day/night firefight that ended up with my company losing so many effectives that it was merged with another company. All I can say is true life Desmond Doss types were battlefield angels swooping from fallen to fallen, tracer fire following their every move. There has to be a special place in heaven for these true heros. I am alive only because of our companys combat medic.
See the real Desmond Doss:
If you want to see and hear the REAL hero I recommend this highly.
Keep your sports stars. Keep your Hollywood stars. Keep your empty celebrities. To say they pale in comparison to this simple Christian man is an immeasurable understatement.
God bless his memory.