First Time Watching HACKSAW RIDGE (2016) | Movie Reaction

แชร์
ฝัง

ความคิดเห็น • 70

  • @repeter
    @repeter ปีที่แล้ว +52

    75 was the compromise number. The Army believed it was 100, but Doss thought it was 50, so they went with 75. Also, this movie is toned down from what he really did to make it more "believable" because of how amazing his real story is.

  • @LukeLovesRose
    @LukeLovesRose ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Hacksaw Ridge is arguably the greatest WW2 movie ever made. This is easily Andrew Garfields best performance

  • @atexandude8303
    @atexandude8303 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    As a veteran of the current conflicts, I’m incredibly thankful I didn’t have to deal with this kind of warfare. I’d much rather take chances with an ied than a trained, competent fighting force employing like-tactics. Full respect to the gents who fought in these wars. It takes a whole other kind of heart to charge into that hell.

    • @Jetz316
      @Jetz316 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      My full respect to you young man. My way younger cousin served in Iraq. My grandfather and 5 great uncles served in WW2. Uncle Bob fought in the Pacific against the Japanese… He held a grudge against them until he passed away at 98 years old.

  • @AspieKing26
    @AspieKing26 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fun Fact: Desmond never told his kids or grandkids about what he did until one day, A reporter for TIME showed up at his door and asked, "Mr. Doss, would you mid giving me an interview about what you did and all the people you saved?" And it was only then, that his family really knew how much of a hero he was.

  • @riahw3750
    @riahw3750 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Every single actor in this movie did an incredible job. Especially Andrew even his body language alone is fascinating. He deserved all the awards for this movie.

    • @micheletrainor1601
      @micheletrainor1601 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The gent who played his father did a truly incredible job at capturing the effects of PTSD and the effect it has on them which in turn effects their family. Truly devastating. It's worth pointing out his father was awarded the bronze star, for similar acts of bravery in WW1, sadly it was his best friend's he couldn't save. Desmond was awarded the bronze star for saving people in previous battles in the Pacific. It took nearly 9hours to find his bible and his brothers in arms would not rest till they found it another two companies joined in the search out of respect for what he did.

  • @leepagnini6273
    @leepagnini6273 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I paused @6:46 to answer your question; in the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's, movies would show "newsclips" and cartoons before each showing. The newsclips were to show people what was going on in the world, before we had news shows on TV.

  • @gk5891
    @gk5891 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    At the Theater, that was a news reel. They played them before the feature film. Most people didn't have televisions then.

  • @BuntingClipClop
    @BuntingClipClop ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm so glad you gave this movie the wonderful heartfelt reaction it deserves. I was left speechless and shocked at how incredible a human being could be. I find it inspirational even in the comfort of my loungeroom. I can't imagine how it would have affected those on the ground at the time.

  • @abigailredclutchbarn
    @abigailredclutchbarn ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Really enjoyed your reaction (and your accent)!
    The actor who has both his legs blown off and is telling Doss that he has kids is an actual war veteran. He lost both his legs in Iraq or Afghanistan (can't quite remember). Also, if you have time to watch an actual documentary about Doss's life, I highly recommend it! Mel Gibson actually toned down the story because he didn't think people would believe it.
    Finally, if you have a chance to react to the mini series "Band of Brothers" definitely do! It is so good! There are interviews of the actual veterans at the beginning of each episode but they don't tell you their names until the final one so that you don't know who survives.

  • @msj2677
    @msj2677 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is such a great movie and to think it was about an actual person is amazing.
    Another great movie is “Unbroken” which I highly recommend.

  • @CosmicKingGeorge
    @CosmicKingGeorge ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi Vision! Great Reaction.
    Love Andrew, he's one of my favorite actors. 🙂.

  • @glowface79
    @glowface79 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love this movie. It's simple, but such a powerful story. And so well filmed. It gives you 'nough feeling to fill a grinch's heart.
    Oh, and incidentally, mr. Vision loving someone's accent, it's a nice switch. :)

  • @katherinedinwiddie4526
    @katherinedinwiddie4526 ปีที่แล้ว

    Coming from a family of military this movie is awesome. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @jimpaquette8007
    @jimpaquette8007 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is my all time favorite movie I love true stories thanks for your reaction!

  • @arkikali5632
    @arkikali5632 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love your reactions. So the Prelude to War thing was a news snippet. This was before TV. People had radios and newspapers and could get the news that way, but they'd also put news / propaganda in short pieces before the main movie.

    • @BasicVision
      @BasicVision  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ahhh okay gotcha! Thanks

    • @glowface79
      @glowface79 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey, in the 80s, maybe early 90s, we still had news in cinemas before movies. At least, here in Hungary. People long had TVs, but it still was how things were done.

  • @samanthawylie893
    @samanthawylie893 ปีที่แล้ว

    That Battle Hugo Weaving refers to as Belleau Wood was were Marines got the nickname Devil Dogs.

  • @xDRAGONSTARx
    @xDRAGONSTARx ปีที่แล้ว

    Movie Trivia: 29:20 Private Ford played by Milo Gibson. Yes, he has Mel's eyes!

  • @JohnPaul-ux4kp
    @JohnPaul-ux4kp ปีที่แล้ว

    one great underrated film that i see no one ever react to on youtube is Wind River. Best film in a long while

  • @jonathanp___________3606
    @jonathanp___________3606 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The documentary "The Conscientious Objector" has more of Desmond's own accounts of his efforts, including stopping the grenade (though not the same, the movie is pretty close to Desmond's description). The clips at the end are from that documentary.

  • @patrioticjustice9040
    @patrioticjustice9040 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "One more, Lord. Help me get one more."

  • @jamesnorthup7717
    @jamesnorthup7717 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite war movie without a doubt!

  • @willcool713
    @willcool713 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great reaction. I really love that you don't treat war like a video game. Saving Pvt Ryan is definitely a great movie about the horrors and moral ambiguity of war.
    If you haven't seen Apocalypse Now, that's a great psychological-intrigue war movie that really gets into the sheer insanity of modern warfare without devaluing the struggle, the chaos and the rules and the personal impact, and puts the viewer in that mindset alongside the characters. It's a real art piece, on most critics' top ten lists, stunning in its immersiveness, *and absolutely unsuited to first viewing on a reaction channel*. Second viewing, yes, sure. But do yourself a favor, watch it in a theater if you can, with surround sound or 5.1 if at all possible. But at least give it your full attention, because it will still reveal different things each time you see it, but there will only be a first viewing once and it's intended to be fully engrossing (you can't really over-think this movie). The theatrical cut flows better the first time, but go to one of the longer cuts afterwards, because Coppola has more to say that doesn't quite fit the central narrative and distracts the first time through. But I'm serious, watch it with a locked in focus, and see if it doesn't affect your perceptions. Apocalypse Now is one of my absolute favorites, though I don't watch it very often, because it's so deep and heavy.

  • @Hsixwheeler
    @Hsixwheeler ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I hope he's ok! I sent him a message on Twitter and he hasn't responded back! It's been almost a week since I sent him a message and he usually responds whenever I send him messages! If he quit TH-cam, that's ok if he did, I just hope he's ok!

  • @dudermcdudeface3674
    @dudermcdudeface3674 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In terms of war movies, I would strongly recommend "Letters from Iwo Jima." It's from the Japanese perspective in the battle of Iwo Jima, and it's made with so much insight and intelligence. I honestly think it's better than Saving Private Ryan or even this.

    • @MrMcbear
      @MrMcbear ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed, Fantastic movie and a perspective seldom seen.

  • @fasiapulekaufusi6632
    @fasiapulekaufusi6632 ปีที่แล้ว

    Faith CAN move mountains. Figuratively AND literally. If you believe enough.

  • @RoseCityRemnant
    @RoseCityRemnant ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends."
    -John 15:12‭-‬13

  • @CrazyhorseDK
    @CrazyhorseDK 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Doss a Legit Hero used to be a Combat Medic in Bosnia personally ,
    Desmond Doss
    Desmond Thomas Doss (February 7, 1919 - March 23, 2006) was a United States Army corporal who served as a combat medic with an infantry company in World War II. Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. Piedmont, Alabama, U.S. He was twice awarded the Bronze Star Medal for actions on Guam and in the Philippines. a brave combat medic in World War II who saved 75 men on the battlefield. Desmond Doss is credited with saving 75 soldiers during one of the bloodiest battles of World War II in the Pacific - and he did it without ever carrying a weapon. How many soldiers died on Hacksaw Ridge?
    2,500 US troops
    Over the course of several days in which 2,500 US troops lost their lives. Medic Desmond Doss managed save 75 or so soldiers from such a fate. In Hacksaw Ridge, how many Japanese fighters were saved by Desmond Doss only to be killed by other US Soldiers later? The US military estimates that 110,071 Japanese soldiers were killed during the battle. This total includes conscripted Okinawan civilians. A group of Japanese ...

  • @rburns9730
    @rburns9730 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This movie only tells a fraction of his story Desmond had already been awarded Two Bronze Stars with "V" device for valor in actions on Guam and the Philippines.
    Here is his Medal of Honor citation.
    "He was a company aidman when the 1st Battalion assaulted a jagged escarpment 400 feet high. As our troops gained the summit, a heavy concentration of artillery, mortar, and machine-gun fire crashed into them, inflicting approximately 75 casualties and driving the others back. Pfc. Doss refused to seek cover and remained in the fire-swept area with the many stricken, carrying them one by one to the edge of the escarpment and there lowering them on a rope-supported litter down the face of a cliff to friendly hands.
    On 2 May, he exposed himself to heavy rifle and mortar fire in rescuing a wounded man 200 yards forward of the lines on the same escarpment; and two days later he treated four men who had been cut down while assaulting a strongly defended cave, advancing through a shower of grenades to within eight yards of enemy forces in a cave's mouth, where he dressed his comrades' wounds before making four separate trips under fire to evacuate them to safety.
    On 5 May, he unhesitatingly braved enemy shelling and small-arms fire to assist an artillery officer. He applied bandages, moved his patient to a spot that offered protection from small-arms fire, and, while artillery and mortar shells fell close by, painstakingly administered plasma. Later that day, when an American was severely wounded by fire from a cave, Pfc. Doss crawled to him where he had fallen 25 feet from the enemy position, rendered aid, and carried him 100 yards to safety while continually exposed to enemy fire.
    On 21 May, in a night attack on high ground near Shuri, he remained in exposed territory while the rest of his company took cover, fearlessly risking the chance that he would be mistaken for an infiltrating Japanese and giving aid to the injured until he was himself seriously wounded in the legs by the explosion of a grenade. Rather than call another aidman from cover, he cared for his own injuries and waited five hours before litter bearers reached him and started carrying him to cover. The trio was caught in an enemy tank attack and Pfc. Doss, seeing a more critically wounded man nearby, crawled off the litter and directed the bearers to give their first attention to the other man. Awaiting the litter bearers' return, he was again struck, this time suffering a compound fracture of one arm. With magnificent fortitude he bound a rifle stock to his shattered arm as a splint and then crawled 300 yards over rough terrain to the aid station. Through his outstanding bravery and unflinching determination in the face of desperately dangerous conditions Pfc. Doss saved the lives of many soldiers. His name became a symbol throughout the 77th Infantry Division for outstanding gallantry far above and beyond the call of duty.”

    • @rburns9730
      @rburns9730 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should look up "Desmond Doss This is Your Life" here on YT. You'll get to meet his family and some of the men he saved but most of all you'll see how truly humble he was.

  • @tree6787
    @tree6787 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an incredible human being right

  • @robertfeightner5354
    @robertfeightner5354 ปีที่แล้ว

    watch sgt york circa 1939, won acadamy award for best picture, its a true story

  • @joannajohnson8210
    @joannajohnson8210 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There is no way that his medic kit would have enough bandages or morphine for all the people he helped. It's my opinion that God kept his kit full miraculously.

  • @brian19991
    @brian19991 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sure we understand ya mate. And beautiful reaction. new subscriber now :)

  • @ESPER_Power
    @ESPER_Power ปีที่แล้ว

    There is a similar story that was also made into a movie, I recommend it, it's called unbroken 2014

  • @ducklole
    @ducklole 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We miss u

  • @51tetra69
    @51tetra69 ปีที่แล้ว

    God bless Desmond Doss and his family! God bless all the courageous veterans with nerves of steel who risked everything and selflessly sacrificed so much to protect our countries and preserve the freedoms we enjoy today! God bless all the souls - military and civilian - that we have lost in times of war! God bless America! God bless us all and grant us peace!

  • @dianeritthaler7792
    @dianeritthaler7792 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an Amazing man❤

  • @MalikSmoothOperatorWillis
    @MalikSmoothOperatorWillis ปีที่แล้ว

    I have came to this channel regularly waiting for a new upload for the past two months 😢

  • @philmullineaux5405
    @philmullineaux5405 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A brilliant violent bloody movie, by Mel Gibson. All his movies are like this, and usually based on an true events or true story. Braveheart, Once we were Soldiers, this, Passion of the Christ, The Patriot. Dawes was actually up for 2 CMH, and he saved many more. One report has him praying many times before a battle, and his unit coming out on top. One time he didn't or forgot or wasn't there, and the unit lost badly!
    He didn't do Blackhawk Down tho, some folks think he did. A short video to watch is about maybe the greatest soldier of all time, Roy Benevides! Type in here, The Lazarus Soldier! I met him once in early 90s when I was stationed at Bragg! Some other great true type or True story movies to watch are , Saving Private Ryan, 13 hours, Lone Survivor, Once We Were Soldiers, Blackhawk Down, Fury, Dunkirk, Thin Red Line, Unbroken, Big Red One, Hamburger Hill, American sniper, 1917. All based on true events or true story. Some other type movies to watch would be Good Morning Vietnam, Apacalypse Now, Heaven and Earth, Platoon. Not true story, more surreal, but still very good war movies!

  • @PuffTheMagicDragon86
    @PuffTheMagicDragon86 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude you okay? Not seen any uploads for a while!

  • @007videovixen
    @007videovixen ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Two other true story war story movies I'd like to suggest are Lone Survivor and American Sniper.

  • @johnnyd1790
    @johnnyd1790 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have about 300 movies in my all time favorites and I must admit, I don't think I have Saving Private Ryan there.😅

  • @dianeritthaler7792
    @dianeritthaler7792 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great reaction. Mel Gibson did an AMAZING job and so did the actors and actresses

  • @Vlad.Larionov
    @Vlad.Larionov ปีที่แล้ว

    It will be very interesting to see your reaction to the films Robocop and Robocop 3. This is a cool immortal classic 👍

  • @josephmclaughlin9404
    @josephmclaughlin9404 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve seen the movie a couple of times, and I’ve watched several commentaries like this. This movie is a testament as to why the American soldier was the best ambassador for freedom in the world. Mark Levin in his book “The Democratic Party hates America”. Makes the point that everything democrats despise about America, are the things that made American soldiers unique and widely regarded in the world. We are losing that, and if it is ever completely lost, the world will go to a very dark place

  • @CrazyhorseDK
    @CrazyhorseDK 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    next SABATON - 1916 motorhead cover beware of emotions

  • @martinstudnicky4635
    @martinstudnicky4635 ปีที่แล้ว

    And its his believe that is beeing attacked worldwide

  • @jeffreymcrae3853
    @jeffreymcrae3853 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👍😎

  • @philmullineaux5405
    @philmullineaux5405 ปีที่แล้ว

    U know what the saddest part of this is? Even just the guys who volunteered, much less were like Dawes, the west's education system of the past70 years, how many guys,😭 are left out there, like this? A American general, said long ago, and he's unnamed said, "I thank God for those that are called to service, and woe be the day in America, when no one hears that call anymore."

  • @LukeLovesRose
    @LukeLovesRose ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Desmond Doss is what all Christian men should aspire to be... if not Jesus Christ himself

  • @michaelpalmer7954
    @michaelpalmer7954 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THE DEFINITION OF LOVE:
    "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement." Romans 5:1-11. Also John 3:16...

  • @tracyfrazier7440
    @tracyfrazier7440 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mel Gibson is famous for his sensationalism of history. Love your reactions.

  • @elizabethluker8356
    @elizabethluker8356 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You're a beautiful soul ❤ love from Alabama

  • @americanswan
    @americanswan ปีที่แล้ว

    Batteries Not Included

  • @goolmaly7879
    @goolmaly7879 ปีที่แล้ว

    👋Hi

  • @ztomas1
    @ztomas1 ปีที่แล้ว

    What happened to this channel? I'm guessing he quit

    • @Riya15789
      @Riya15789 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe

  • @davidward9737
    @davidward9737 ปีที่แล้ว

    No Virginia... West Virginia is not a state

    • @BasicVision
      @BasicVision  ปีที่แล้ว

      I know this, I was just singing John Denver's country roads

  • @Jetz316
    @Jetz316 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wish humanity could just get along. What do you think is happening in Ukraine and Gaza… 🤮

  • @dragonage2112
    @dragonage2112 ปีที่แล้ว

    You shoul watch "The Fallen of WWII" it's a great video with a very good perspective on the war.✌