Posted on 12/09/2016 7:51:05 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
I like SOME of Scorsese’s movies. This one does sound boring. I really want Mel Gibson to take home best director he deserves it. That movie he did was the best since American Sniper. It was THAT GOOD. I think it is called Heartbreak Ridge, but no matter the name, please go see it. You will not be disappointed I promise.
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Heartbreak Ridge” was the most excellent Clint Eastwood movie. Required viewing.
Hacksaw Ridge
Shusaku Endo and Ayako Miura were Japan’s Christian authors in the postwar era. My favorite Endo book is The Samurai, but Silence is his best known work. For Miura, my favorite is The Wind is Howling, but she is best known for Shiokari Pass.
Thanks. I knew I screwed up the title. I agree Heartbreak Ridge was a good movie. Clint is excellent. Mel is finally getting back to work.
Thank you. I can’t keep names correct at all. And to be honest from day one this one seemed more difficult for me to remember then many other movies.
I hope Mel Gibson is coming out of the wilderness. He has great talent
Oooooooh. And I’ve been worrying about that all month...
The lead actor in Heartbreak Ridge is in this film too. I have seen a reviewer write that it is more of a question of which of these movies he will win the best lead actor award for, not who will win it.
I read this book years ago. I just hope anti-Christian Hollyweird hasn’t ruined the Catholic/Christian dimension of this.
Am I missing something here? What's unusual about people speaking English even though they're supposed to be Japanese and Portugese? Hasn't this been done hundreds of times in movies?
Don’t forget the Oscars were sold to BLM
I keep seeing very positive reviews about this movie, but I’m wary - Scorcese hasn’t made a good movie in decades. I’ll give it a try, I guess - I’m certainly not going to see the latest Star Wars anti-Trump effort.
Yup, we won’t be seeing Star Wars.
Hope it does as well as grrrl power Ghostbusters did.
“...Hacksaw Rdige. But where that movie is hackneyed and dopey with heavy on the nose Catholic imagery...”
Isn’t Hacksaw Ridge about a Seventh Day Adventist?
I remember reading some interesting stuff years ago about the Japanese persecution of Christianity. The faith was driven underground, its practitioners had to outwardly adapt Shintoism to survive while passing their faith down in secret, by word-of-mouth, and often with no priests or written Scripture available. By the time the prohibition was lifted and underground Christians were able to practice their faith openly, it had evolved into a hybrid between the two, one that still exists today.
I’ll have to check out The Wind is Howling. The rest I’ve touched on.
I guess you didn’t read the article.
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It’s almost to the point that if Silence had delayed a bit he might have had back to back wins - he’s been that good in both is what I’ve heard.
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