tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post3160265522142743942..comments2024-03-22T14:48:09.697-04:00Comments on Dell on Movies: Hacksaw RidgeDellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-5512736696809278922017-07-18T06:55:02.060-04:002017-07-18T06:55:02.060-04:00Weaving is fantastic. No argument there. As for th...Weaving is fantastic. No argument there. As for the timeline, the movie contracts it to a couple days while it actually took a couple weeks. <br /><br />I fully accept what happened. My issue is the perfection with which Doss is presented. Save for the whole brick incident, which quickly washes away, he is shown as a faultless messiah whose only suffering is due to the sins of those around him. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-26283294387823595322017-07-18T06:13:25.335-04:002017-07-18T06:13:25.335-04:00Gotta disagree with you here dude: Weaving deliver...Gotta disagree with you here dude: Weaving delivers a career highlight performance, and about the only significant creative liberties the film takes is contracting the time Doss spends up on the ridge. I think the official story has him up on the ridge for about two or three days lowering people, not the several hours the film appears to depict (unless I missed something critical). <br /><br />Maybe people are just too cynical to accept a premise and outcome like this?Rodneyhttp://www.fernbyfilms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-75997675284271571072017-07-16T17:52:44.642-04:002017-07-16T17:52:44.642-04:00I find it very heavy handed, but I still say see i...I find it very heavy handed, but I still say see it. I might be wrong as everyone else seems to love it. It even earned a BP nom. Besides that the visuals are awesome. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-67504651521958182612017-07-16T17:49:30.818-04:002017-07-16T17:49:30.818-04:00It was very impressive from a technical standpoint...It was very impressive from a technical standpoint. The other aspects were deeply disappointing to me. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-67492844616597947872017-07-16T16:51:39.609-04:002017-07-16T16:51:39.609-04:00It's coming on HBO in a month or 2 as I might ...It's coming on HBO in a month or 2 as I might see it though I'm wary of the whole Christ-like thing as I'm not fond of anything religious used in film as it's often heavy-handed and preachy. thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-39179065047785367492017-07-16T15:33:34.597-04:002017-07-16T15:33:34.597-04:00The whole jesus imagery was pretty heavy handed in...The whole jesus imagery was pretty heavy handed in what was a technically impressive film (they were indeed the best war scenes since Saving Private Ryan). The depiction of the Japanese was 1940s standard.Myerlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772428029534463716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-25162049386425514052017-07-16T15:00:33.455-04:002017-07-16T15:00:33.455-04:00Correct, nuance is definitely not one of Gibson...Correct, nuance is definitely not one of Gibson's strong suits. Thanks for reminding me how his filmography is pretty consistent in that manner.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-18925984120906337502017-07-16T13:56:43.416-04:002017-07-16T13:56:43.416-04:00The Christ imagery is pretty heavy here, which is ...The Christ imagery is pretty heavy here, which is hardly surprising with a film coming from Mel Gibson. <br /><br />What I object to more and more with Gibson's films is how he depicts the bad guys. For Gibson, anyone working against his hero in any way is subhuman. The Japanese in this film are depicted as violent, kill-crazed animals. It's exactly how he portrayed the Romans and Jews in The Passion of the Christ, exactly as he portrayed the "other" tribe in Apocalypto, and exactly as he portrayed the English in Braveheart. <br /><br />The man has no sense of nuance, which certainly fits in with how heavy-handed he is with Doss here.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.com