I'm sure when some of us sat down to watch this movie it began with "okay anti-semite...whaddya got?" You know what he made? A movie no American can hate. I am a super sucker for American patriotism movies. Even though they paint the Japanese as kamikaze nuts. Which they are...let's be honest. In this movie, they just happen to be the grass which needs to be mowed. Keep in mind...the Japanese haven't bitched and moaned like some women I know, about being painted the animals. I guess...when you LOSE, yes...ladies, y'all lost the election...best to keep your trap shut and preserve your dignity.
This is a solid movie. Director Mel Gibson knows all the buttons to push. Andrew Garfield plays Desmond Doss, a volunteer who goes into the Army as a "conscientious objector." He doesn't bear arms. Though, this isn't the point of the movie. It is about principle. Which Gibson slams home. You feel that he will be an annoying shit bitching about murder and guns, but discover it's a deeper cause. Whether or not you like this type of guy (personally...he's squaresville to me) they paint him out to be...that guy that just builds ships in bottles. Some higher being may have given him purpose, but he answers a call. Very very similar to another Garfield flick "Silence" What isn't completely tackled is his religious zeal. Which is actually thankful that it doesn't get overbearing. It's not completely a religious ideology that creates his objection. Something in him as a person of principle. Which, again, harkens to "Silence."
The battle scenes are brutal. Something about Mel Gibson...you sense he gets a kick out of gore. Maybe in another life he should've been a horror director. This movie is worth a watch though. As a Best Picture Oscar nod though? Yeaaah...okay. Would have rather seen "Nocturnal Animals" in there.
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