Hacksaw Ridge (2016) movie reaction

[@joeshaver1104]

I grew up about 2 miles away from Desmond doss and his wife (not the wife in the movie. She passed away). Used to go his house and fish in his pond. He was an awesome neighbor. Great guy. Whats interesting is now dead on some of Andrew Garfields facial expressions are. At some points I thought I was looking at my neighbor again. Miss you Mr. Doss.

[@mikealvarez2322]

Anyone that knew Desmond personally was twice blessed. First for being alive and second for knowing a legend.😊

[@joeshaver1104]

@mikealvarez2322 I feel that way. I was 8 years old when I finally asked this guy (didn't know who he was) if I could fish in his pond. He was very happy I finally asked. He had seen me riding by on my bicycle with my fishing pole several times. First time I went fishing there, he fed me lunch and told stories. I saw a lot of military stuff around. He said yeah I was in the army. Here. Gave me a copy of his book, unlikelyest hero, said to have my mom read it to me so she could skip over the "rough stuff". I'm 42 now. I would love to let my son meet him. Sadly my son will just have to make due with stories.

[@mikealvarez2322]

Andelain, Iove your reactions. You say little verbally during the movie but speak volumes with your facial expressions, especially your eyes. I so glad I came across your channel.😊❤

[@mikealvarez2322]

The man that played Ralph is a double amputee from Australia who lost his legs in the Afghanistan War.

[@mikealvarez2322]

The knot Desmond tied is called a Spanish Bowline, used in mountain rescues.

[@mikealvarez2322]

By the time the 77th finished training, which was beyond difficult, Captain Glover and all the men that knew Doss already had a tremendous amount of respect for him. You have to watch some of the documentaries and especially the Fat Electrician to really get an idea of what the 77th went through in their unique training. Suffice it to say that some men DIED in training and some went AWOL. The 77th was an experimental unit which is why they got some of the toughest jobs. During the latter stages of the Battle for Okinawa, the Japanese began to surrender. BUT they refused to surrender to anyone wearing the Statue of Liberty patch because they were known as fierce older warriors. So the 77th got hold of their younger replacements and tore their patch off so the Japanese would surrender to them. The stories about the 77th Division are truly amazing and Desmond Doss was a part of it.

[@terryjohnson5579]

Hey man I was gonna make this comment. Frickin battalion of legends. Heroes among men all of em. All honor and respect to the men of The 77th ID aka the old bastards. Only unit to be labeled a marine division by the stubborn ass devil dogs themselves.

[@charlesh796]

I am a combat veteran and once again you honor us by doing this . I don't have the words to tell you how much this kind of reaction means to veterans. Thank you for this and may God bless the rest of your life,

[@HTxGhost24]

@@charlesh796 Thank you for your service!! 🙏 We're forever indebted to you and your fellow soldiers!! Happy Holidays!! May God Bless You and yours!! ❤️

[@charlesh796]

@@HTxGhost24 Thank you for your kind words . They mean more than you could ever know . May God bless you

[@mikealvarez2322]

What Desmond did on Hacksaw Ridge is even more amazing when you consider the following: 1. He was suffering from tuberculosis that he picked up somewhere in the Pacific. He had a hard time to keep from coughing. The TB was diagnosed in 1946. 2. He was a vegetarian which means he did not have the extra energy one gets from high quality protein. 3. Desmond was not a big man. He was 5ft. 8in. tall and weighed 145 lbs. Despite all this Desmond Doss carried, dragged, assisted walking and lowered a🎉t least 75 men who probably averaged a minimum of 150 lbs. Doing a little math here 75 X 150= 11,250 lbs. I've done some roofing work and lugging around 75 lbs of shingles for even part of a day will wear anyone out. So how did he do it? Go back to the beginning of the movie where Andrew Garfield is reading from the Bible, Isaiah 40: 31, "The Lord gives strength to the weak...." The rest of Desmond's life was not easy. He had a lung and 5 ribs removed because of the tuberculosis. He had to fight the military to get his benefits. Dorothy was being treated for brain cancer when she died in 1991. Her death was due to an auto accident she was in while on her way to cancer treatments. To make this situation worse was Desmond was driving. With all the man went through he always praised God. A true Christian if ever there was one.😊

[@rileytruax766]

he was also a part of a experimental unit nicknamed "the old bastards" becuase it was made up of almost all middle aged men. the reason was becuase they didnt know if they had enough 18,19, 20 ect. year olds to win the war so they wanted to know what an older person was capable of on the battlefield. spoiler alert they kick ass, becuase they already have life experience, plus a lot of them were ww1 vets anyway.

[@mikealvarez2322]

​@@rileytruax766 Thanks for the additional information. I recall either reading or watching one of the documentaries about Desmond that his Dad actually signed up for the draft (the military stopped taking enlistments because they were getting too many men in one part of service and not enough in another). Thomas Doss was completely misrepresented in the movie. He was not abusive and was proud of his sons.

[@rileytruax766]

@@mikealvarez2322 yeah it sucks Hollywood feels the need to do stuff like that to add extra drama and shit to the story

[@garyzink1927]

Bless you for your heartfelt reaction. My brother passed couple weeks ago served 23 years in the navy. Love our military! Peace from Northern Michigan!

[@chuckhilleshiem6596]

I get his father I am a combat veteran and I have struggled for years so when you react to a movie like this it really helps a lot of us . Thank you for this and may God bless you for the rest of your life.

[@cbobwhite5768]

Dodd contracted tuberculosis on Leyte and was diagnosed in 1946. After being treated for 5 and a half years he lost a lung and 5 ribs, he left the hospital in 1951 with a 90% disability. An overdose of antibiotics rendered him completely deaf in 1976. in 1988, he regained his hearing after receiving a cochlear implant.

[@kevinprzy4539]

There's quite a few cool little things in the film that shows the difference of how objects are used in the beginning, the brick that was used to hit his brother well you see a brick used to help prop up the car to get the boy out from underneath the car, the belt (which represents the object used to "discipline" him) is now used to create a tourniquet to save that boys life.

[@cbobwhite5768]

There was one thing they didn't put in the movie. When Desmond was being carried on the stretcher, they passed a badly wounded soldier. Desmond saw him and rolled off the stretcher and made them carry the other man out, first,

[@Christian_Adonis1]

Side note: The director had to tone down the acts of heroism this man performed as they thought no one would believe it, he actually went on to save so many more men in other battles. Just a remarkable man and I never make it out of the movie without blubbering like a baby, Garfield really did get robbed of the Oscar.The main actor is Andrew Garfield also known as the second iteration of Spider-Man. I believe that all told, Doss ended up saving upward of 200 soldiers in all his missions.

[@HTxGhost24]

That's awesome!! Bad MF!!

[@micheletrainor1601]

It was actually way more as this incredible human was saving men even in a camp they were sent to in the middle of the desert but that number is not included in what am on about.

[@andreww1225]

This guy is a real hero.

[@mikealvarez2322]

The Battle of Hacksaw Ridge was extremely bloody because of the defenses the Japanese built around it. The underground fortifications were described by men there as an underground battleship. Furthermore, the Japanese used a Reverse Slope defense which was aimed to inflict maximum casualties on your enemy. The Japanese had to fight for the Maeda Escarpment, Hacksaw Ridge, because next in the Battle for Okinawa was Shuri Castle and the Shuri Line. Once Shuri fell Okinawa was done for as far as the Japanese were concerned. The Fat Electrician has a video on You Tube about the 77th infantry, Desmond Doss's unit aks The Old Guys. In it he talks about Desmond's heroism. It is well worth watching.

[@shaneH1]

Very much worth watching, fat electrician is one of the best story tellers on YT

[@WhatTheExpletive]

Great reaction (heart felt)!! Please, as you continue to grow, keep reacting to the films your watching. It is so distracting when reaction channels start talking about the filmography, cast, director, shots, guessing whats next, etc... They often are blabbing on and on while missing things as they are watching. I keep coming back here as you remain fresh and it "feels" like a true watch along! Thanks for that Ande ~

[@HTxGhost24]

She's awesome!! ❤

[@Robertz1986]

There are a lot of famous people in this. Andrew Garfield (Desmond Doss) has been in a ton of films. The father is Hugo Weaving, who was Elrond in Lord of the Rings and V in V for Vendetta, Agent Smith in The Matrix, etc. The Sgt was Vince Vaughn. There are a ton of famous actors in this.

[@william_santiago]

The number he saved is a compromise. Kind of like how pilots need to have confirmation about their kills, medics need the same. It's not something they keep track of during combat. The medics and doctors are just trying to save lives. The officers are trying to achieve their objective. Everybody has a job and none of them are counting who rescued whom. We have to remember, Doss wasn't the only medic. The range was from 25 to over 150, but the Army averaged the reports to 75 on Okinawa. By the time Desmond got to Hacksaw, he was an already seasoned medic in the Leyte Campaign in the Philippines. He would prowl the battlefields and rescue those that were often written off. This was his "thing", for lack of a better word. The total people he saved during his time in the Pacific is unknown and range from insultingly small to WAY too many to be real. In the end, I'd like to think it was pushing into a couple hundred men, though I did find that there was a total of 19 Japanese, that was very specific.

[@cbobwhite5768]

Doss was played by Andrew Garfield. He was the 2012/2014 Spiderman.

[@micheletrainor1601]

If you want to see more of this incredible man watch The Conscientious Objector which is a incredible documentary that has desmond alongside his siblings and his brothers in arms reunited once more to take you through his life before, during and after the war, the interviews at the end are from it. It's absolutely mind-blowing as what u see here is really, really toned down as his heroics were far greater than depicted here in the movie. it's on KZbin. You will absolutely love it, and to see the bond between him and his brothers in arms is so beautiful to see. ❤ ur reaction.

[@patticriss2238]

Some of these men, in their actual, real lives are worth another look. Desmond Doss was one. Colonel Hal Moore is my personal favorite. “We were soldiers one, and young”, is the book. The movie is “We were soldiers” starring Mel Gibson. Beautiful human, was col. Moore. And his wife. Just amazing humans.

[@MarcoMM1]

Great reaction like always. This movie is so emotional, there are some fun-facts about it. Doss’s son watched the screening of the movie. It’s said he was moved to tears as he saw the great job that Andrew Garfield did in portraying his father. And the real story is WAY crazier he saved over 150 people but wouldn't take credit for it, he was wounded like 19 freaking times, it's UNREAL that he did all that most of the time while starving since he wouldn't eat the meat based rations... Insane hero, EVERYONE should know who he was. I read that Desmond insisted he saved 50 that particular night. The army said it was 100. So they compromised and reported 75. Certain people's real lives exceed what fiction can handle. Doss was one of them, he was a fcking Superman. Mel Gibson said that the war scenes were based on his nightmares. Mel Gibson’s father was a WWII veteran that would tell his son of his days on the battlefield as bedtime stories. There’s no doubt that there would be a few restless nights following that. Mel Gibson was originally mean to take the role of Sergeant Howell but wanted to stay focused on directing instead. Doss was not the only man to serve without a weapon. There were several individuals that refused to carry a weapon and were granted the opportunity to serve without touching a rifle. Keep up the good.

[@Snoopydoop]

Don't remember this movie in all its entirety but I remember it made me cry 🫢

[@mikealvarez2322]

The battles in the Pacific were so violent because the Japanese violated every rule of war as set by the Convention of the Hague 1899. and the Geneva Convention of 1929. In the movie you see them commit 3 War Crimes: 1. Killing medics or any non-combatant medical personnel was a war crime. The Japanese routinely bombed Hospitals and Hospital ships. When General Yamashita accepted the surrender of Singapore the Japanese murdered the doctors and nurses at the hospital. 2. It was a war crime to kill helpless wounded soldiers. 3. It was a violation of the rules of war to fake surrender in order to attack your enemy. While atrocities are committed in all wars and by all waring parties, Imperial Japan did so as a matter of policy. The other factor that made the war in the Pacific so violent is the fact that the Japanese would fight to the death. There's was a culture of death believing that their lives belonged to their Emperor god. You see the contrast of 2 cultures at the end of the movie where one man retrieves a Bible symbolizing a culture of life while another commits sepuku because it was a disgrace to surrender.😮

[@bcyomassey649]

He actually saved somewhere between 75 and 125 but Desmond refused to let them put more than 75 in writing

[@mikealvarez2322]

The combat you see in the movie is as real as it gets. The Japanese were masters at building fortifications using materials around them. The machine fortification was probably built into the coral rock and probably had anywhere from 3 to 5 feet of reinforced concrete in front of it. That's why they had to used a satchel bomb to blow it up. Hand to hand combat was prevalent in the Pacific Theater.

[@shoyohinata8563]

All of the movie was a true story

[@jtphenom0811]

Almost everything in this movie actually happened.

[@justintrefney1083]

You notice he almost killed his brother with a brick and as a punishment almost got the belt. Then he saved that boy using a brick to hold up the car and then used a belt to stop the bleeding.

[@Ironhead251]

If you want to know more, on KZbin, go to the Fat Electrician: Old age and Treachery, the 77th Infantry Division. This was the division that Desmond Doss was a part of. The 77th was one of the most Legendary divisions in American history.

[@cbobwhite5768]

I've seen this movie several times and every time, I end up a near basket case.

[@firstamendment2887]

Desmond Doss. The poster boy for toxic masculinity. Amiright?!😂 Seriously though, thank you for this reaction. What a story!

[@terryjohnson5579]

So his dad says he fought at Belleau Wood. Even if that was his only time seeing combat his attitude would make sense. It was a brutal slog to try and take over the woods and for June 1-26th they were stuck in place till a marine legend Dan Daly decided to get aggressive enough and charged the line inspired the men and they took the field of battle. 1800 dead and nearly 10000 injured. A meat grinder of WW1 france

[@RoadDoug]

You may be on the quiet side but, I do enjoy your reactions ❤❤❤❤❤

[@mikealvarez2322]

Last but not least. The only Japanese soldiers Desmond was able to help were those that were too injured to resist or kill him.

[@mikealvarez2322]

Anyone that knows anything about Desmond's life and how battles are fought knows that Mel Gibson took quite a bit of artistic license in making this movie. There are things in it that just didn't happen. To be fair anyone that knows anything about D-day knows that there are things in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN that just didn't happen. For example there were no flamethrowers on Omaha Beach and it is impossible for a bullet to travel hundreds of yards through the air, then travel through even a couple of feet of water, and finally go through a fully clothed human body. But adding such fantasy only makes the viewer aware of the horrors of Omaha Beach. Back to the things that didn't happen in the movie HACKSAW RIDGE. First let me say that Mel Gibson left out about 80% of what Desmond actually did because no one would believe it. For example he doesn't show how Desmond was wounded in the arm as shown in the real life picture of the man. When you read or see in documentaries (there are several) the things Desmond Doss did during the war you will instantly tell yourself, "I don't believe it or it's impossible." Some of the things in the movie that aren't true: 1. There is no evidence that Thomas Doss was ever abusive towards his family. Mrs. Doss would have called the cops on him in a heartbeat. Go on to #2 for proof. 2. The gun incident was between Thomas and his brother-in-law. The 2 men got into a violent argument (both had been drinking) and Mrs. Doss stepped in, took away the gun, gave the gun to Desmond to hide (that's when he swore to God he would never touch a gun), and called the police who promptly took both men away. Mrs. Doss wasn't a shrinking flower, she was tough. NOTE: Thomas Doss did serve in WW1 and he did suffer from PTSD. However his excessive drinking had more to do with his losing his job during the Great Depression than anything else. The Great Depression put all kinds of stress on the average family. Here in the 21st century we cannot imagine what it must have been like. Smitty Ryker tells the story of his mother giving him up to an orphanage. Families who couldn't feed their children and whose children could not contribute to the family's finance did just that. I think Gibson introduced a false narrative about Thomas Doss to show the stress the family was under during the Depression. 3. Desmond Doss was never court martialed. Instead he had a couple of Commanding officers that gave him hell. One Colonel in particular did everything he could to either drive Doss out of the Army or find something to bring him up on charges. This was mentioned by a couple of men who trained with Doss in one of the documentaries. They also said that the Army put Doss through hell. They didn't see how he took it all. 3. Doss was never denied leave to go to his wedding. Instead he was denied leave to see his brother, possibly for the last time, who was shipping out on the USS Lindsey. Hal had actually joined the Navy not the Army as shown in the movie. BTW, the USS Lindsey was in the Battle for Okinawa. The destroyer was hit by 2 Kamakazis, killing 54 men and wounding about another 100. The ship almost sank but was saved by the Captain and the crew. 4. Desmond was never physically assaulted by the men. They did give him a hard time, sometimes throwing objects like shoes at him while he was reading his Bible or praying. They really made his life miserable. 5. The Smitty Character is actually a composite of 2 men. One was a Catholic man that befriended Desmond. He was wounded and Desmond got him to the aid station but when he went back to check on him, the man had died. The other man, like Smitty, gave Desmond a hard time. After Desmond showed incredible courage on Guam and seemed to have God's protection, the man asked Desmond to pray for him. Desmond prayed and the man survived the war. Some the amazing things left out of the movie: 1. Desmond prayed B company going into battle on a Japanese position and no one was hurt while A company suffered casualties in the same engagement. 2. During the 77th infantry's dessert training the men were passing out from dehydration and Desmond gave his water always protecting his men. 3. There are pictures of Desmond Doss standing proudly atop Hacksaw after installing the cargo net. 2 other men volunteered along with Desmond. The photographer refused to go up there because he didn't want to get shot by a sniper. In the movie you see Desmond going up the ridge like it's his first time. No, he was one of the first of his unit to climb to the top of Hacksaw Ridge. 4. The Army credited Desmond with saving the lives of over 300 men. By the time the 77th got to Okinawa, they had already participated in 2 major battles from which Desmond earned 2 Bronze Stars for valor. The 2 battles were Guam and the Philippines. One one occasion one of the wounded men was pinned down by heavy machine gun fire. Everyone was ordered to stay put until they could get a mortar team on the Japanese. Desmond ignored the order, went out to render aid, and then dragged the man to safety while bullets were flying all around him. 5. On another occasion a Japanese sniper, who survived the war and told the story after hearing about Desmond, said that 3 times he had an easy shot at Desmond and 3 times his gun failed to fire. He would inspect his rifle and shoot at other but every time he drew down on Desmond nothing happened. He gave up trying to kill Doss as he believed the gods didn't want the man killed. On a personal note. I met a WW2 vet that was wearing a cap with Guam and the Philippines campaign written on it. I asked him if he heard of Desmond Doss. His answere, "Every body knew about Desmond Doss." This elderly gentleman was a Marine!!

[@dalewhiting2895]

Band of Brothers is a must watch

[@terryjohnson5579]

Also the escarpment was about 100 feet tall so after climbing that they had to deal with the ridge itself.

[@terryjohnson5579]

I'm an obsessive history nerd if you want the real history of this unit there a channel you can check out in your free time The Fat Electrician. They were the 77th ID known as the Old Bastards. Or the 77th Marine division despite being army battalion

[@patticriss2238]

My oldest son was a sonar man on a nuclear submarine in the first Iraq war.

[@patticriss2238]

My oldest foster son was an army sniper. Their experiences of war were totally different but they both had a lot to deal with and still Do. One has 4 kids and lives in Seattle, one lives here in Oklahoma Close to us and has two kids. They are making it well. Wasn’t always sure

[@backtoback6213]

Saw u react to war movies, instant sub. It's important to preserve our real history for our future generations.

[@tonyvoyles296]

He saved more than 100

[@bcyomassey649]

The entire story was true that’s why it said a true story and not based on a true story, they actually toned down most of what he did because no one would have believed it was a true story if they told the whole truth

[@HTxGhost24]

Hi Andy!! ❤ Keep it up!!

[@flashxdoe295]

in real life he got off the stretcher so someone else could use it.

[@daveberg3911]

Yes, and that is when he was shot in the arm, hence the photo of the real Desmond with a cast at the end of the movie.

[@Educated2Extinction]

To me, the further up the chain of command it got, the more annoying they were, excepting Gen. Musgrove.

[@arkadyfolkner]

Hullo Andy! Great reaction and subbed! I highly recommend you watch 'The Conscientious Objector ' documentary. A few here on KZbin have it loaded up and I am sure it is elsewhere on the net. The clipped the ending interview scenes from it and the documentary goes into Far More of Desmond's story, shows the difference between the movie and what really happened.

[@Filboid2000]

👍

[@browniewin4121]

Such an excellent movie, but hard to watch.

[@Turbo5150]

I have seen mannequins react more....