>From "Braveheart" to "Apocalypto" Mel Gibson has a proven track record of creating highly original & mesmerizing historical epics. In his latest effort, "HACKSAW RIDGE", he adapts the true story of Desmond T. Doss who, due to his religious upbringing as a Seventh Day Adventist, became a conscientious objector during WWII because he was horrified at the idea of killing another human being. As a result the Army made him a medic & shipped him out to the Pacific where he ended up finding himself in The Battle of Okinawa, the largest & deadliest battle of the Pacific Theatre. There, among all of the dangerous carnage, and despite his conscientious objector status, he would end up performing one of the most stunning feats of heroism in American History for which he would earn The Medal of Honor.
>In all honesty, when it comes to violence, I've always appreciated Gibson's approach over anyone else's, including Tarantino. In Gibson's world, violence is misery, and pain, and suffering. But he has such a beautiful vision that it makes watching his work a paradoxical experience of viewing violence with fascination and disgust. Although the movie is laden with brutal violence, it upends the idea and concept of what a hero is which is a message we desperately need in our hyper masculine culture. Desmond Doss never killed a single person and yet had more bravery than the men around him. This is a violent war movie about non violence and it seems that Gibson has made this apparent contradiction work in the best way possible.
Parker Diaz
>Braveheart >highly original & mesmerizing historical epic
Connor Lee
how not ?
Juan Jones
Gibson attempting to stir up social unrest in Britain due to his own anti-English sentiments. Shockingly inaccurate to the point of satire
Andrew Bell
Well, fuck the British, so I don't give a fuck.
Jordan Wood
>King Edward was bad, not because he oppressed the Scottish people but because he did it in a bit of a gay way
Robert White
>straight from a comment on r/movies
Kill yourself, faggot.
Ian Bailey
Back to reedit you go
Joshua Wood
>our hyper masculine culture
Andrew Lopez
Fuck off you jew.
Dylan Sullivan
Mel's back, it's over for the jews
Jack Mitchell
what happened to the viking flick? I was looking forward to it t b h
Levi Gomez
oh look its mr i hate english people
fuck that cunt
his shit accounts for half the votes the snp get
Evan White
FREEEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
Jace Morales
And how would you know that, reddito?
Joshua Robinson
wtf i love Mel now
Benjamin Nguyen
>hyper masculine culture >in the age of nu-males, cuckold and estrogen in the water supply
Juan King
>it upends the idea and concept of what a hero is which is a message we desperately need in our hyper masculine culture.
there we go. found the most stupid thing I read today here.
Zachary Rodriguez
The only time the english were even remotely oppressed is when they were invaded by a bunch of french speaking vikings one millenia ago.
Quit your whining.
Brandon Smith
Sowwwwwy about Brexit :(((( You gonna be ok?
Nolan Gray
>ifunny.co
Zachary Foster
why the fuck are kikes and anglos so but blasted by Mel?
You tried to squeeze him out of the industry for a decade, but now he's back and you're still mad?
