Watching *HACKSAW RIDGE* for the FIRST TIME | MOVIE REACTION | COMMENTARY | REVIEW

[@KimberMcC]

They actually toned down his heroics for the movie, thinking audiences wouldn’t believe everything he did. Gibson butchered history in Braveheart, but did a beautiful job with this story!

[@imikey535]

Reports say that Desmond saved over 100 men. Desmond himself said it was 50. Both sides agreed on 75. What a Hero!!

[@MrValentineReacts]

🫡 astounding

[@Damianzukowski-xi1nt]

@@MrValentineReacts hey react wołyn 2016(polish movie) movie is have English subtilles)

[@DBCuzitis]

Not to mention he sent down several Japanese wounded soldiers too… though I’ve heard none of them survived (one way or another).

[@jtphenom0811]

Every aspect of this story, except a few very minor lines, is true. Read and watch all you can about Desmond Doss. He did a LOT more for his country than what's portrayed in this movie.

[@mikealvarez2322]

This is one of the best reactions to HACKSAW RIDGE I've seen. Way to go. I'm looking forward to more of your reactions.

[@Subxenox15]

Lmao I love your personality and wit

[@SantiAgo-eg5to]

I'm not Japanese but I am Asian. For what it's worth, I found the 'sayonara' comment pretty funny. 🤘

[@stuartlynn-q8q]

That call of duty used to be real in our nation Not just in the military but in every citizen The game doesn't show the 49,000 casualties incurred the including 12,000 men killed on that one island

[@mikealvarez2322]

At the beginning of the movie you hear Andrew Garfield reading from the Bible; Isaiah 40:31. ....God gives strength to the weak....you will run and not grow weary. Now let's look at what Desmond actually accomplished. First we must consider that Desmond was not a big man. He was 5 ft. 8 in tall and weighed 145 lbs. He actually fought in 2 previous campaigns for which he earned 2 bronze stars with a V for valor. He also picked up tuberculosis which was diagnosed in 1946. As we saw in the movie Desmond was a vegetarian which means he didn't have the benefits of extended energy one gets from protein. Keeping these things in mind let's look at what Desmond eas able to do. Desmond carried, dragged, assisted, and lowered 75 men to safety. Assuming an average weight of 150 pounds per man let's do the math. 75 X 150= 11,250 pounds that Desmond moved. That seems to be an almost impossible task for a strong healthy man. So how did Desmond do it? Go back to Andrew Garfield's reading of Isaiah 40.

[@jeremybuckalew2741]

I love the way you break down the film...props, instasub

[@MrValentineReacts]

much obliged for your sub!!

[@reichensperger1847]

Mr Valentine's sincere reactions are very moving. He doesn't only have a big vocabulary; he has a big heart.

[@davehenry159]

hear hear

[@davehenry159]

or better said, hear FUCKIN' hear

[@MrValentineReacts]

much obliged for your generosity and for watching!

[@BigGator5]

"With the world so set on tearing itself apart, it don't seem like such a bad thing to me to want to put a little bit of it back together." Fun Fact: The film received a standing ovation lasting nine minutes and forty-eight seconds at the Venice Film Festival in September 2016. Mel Gibson timed it. Casting Notes Fact: Teresa Palmer wanted a role in the film so badly that she auditioned via her smart phone and sent the recording to Mel Gibson. She heard nothing back for three months, until Gibson called Palmer to tell her that she landed the role. Location Location Fact: The battlefield sequence, overseen by Mel Gibson's longtime stunt double Mic Rodgers, was filmed on a small dairy farm (about one hundred square kilometres) near Sydney, Australia. Smoke trucks circled the perimeter to make sure any scenery that didn't look like World War II Okinawa was effectively blocked out. Historical Fact: When asked how many lives he saved, Desmond T. Doss said approximately fifty. However, witnesses said it was closer to one hundred. A mutual agreement was reached at approximately seventy-five. PFC Doss was not wounded and evacuated in a daylight assault at Hacksaw Ridge. He was wounded a couple of weeks later in the Okinawa campaign during a night attack near Shuri. As per his Medal of Honor citation (noted above), he was wounded in the legs by a grenade, but had to wait five hours before stretcher bearers could reach him, during which time he dressed his own wounds. While being carried back to safety by three stretcher bearers, they were attacked by a Japanese tank. Doss crawled off the stretcher to a more seriously wounded man and insisted the others evacuate that soldier and then return for him. While waiting for the stretcher to return, he was shot by a sniper as he was being carried by another soldier. This caused a compound fracture of his arm, for which he improvised a splint using a rifle stock. He then crawled three hundred yards to an aid station for treatment.

[@MrValentineReacts]

that standing ovation was 9 minutes and 48 seconds well earned

[@beevang7884]

This is one of my favorite movies. Everyone needs to see it and know Desmond's INCREDIBLE story. The most moving parts for me were Smitty not making it and Doss trying to hear God, the moment right after he gets off the ridge with the other soldiers, and seeing the real life footage at the end, makes me cry every time. Also, I wanted to say that his fellow soldiers did go back to find his Bible but in real life, I believe it took 3 days to find it, but they did it for Desmond. ❤

[@iKvetch558]

I hope you don't mind if I copy/paste my standard comment here... In some significant ways, this excellent true story of Desmond Doss was toned down to make it more believable. However, there are some things that were changed that you might want to know about. Doss and his unit had actually taken part in two previous Pacific island invasions before they got to Okinawa, and Doss had actually been decorated with the Bronze Star for Valor twice in the second battle, so Desmond was already a well respected member of the unit before Hacksaw Ridge. You can understand why they decided to compress the story entirely to the Okinawa campaign to keep the story easier to understand. Some of the other changes they made are also understandable, such as they amped up the drama of the trial a lot, and the situation where he leaves his wife at the altar while he sits in a cell is not quite the way that happened. The website History vs Hollywood article on this movie is pretty good, and covers most the of the stuff that they changed or were mistaken about.

[@mikealvarez2322]

The knot Desmond used to get the men down is called a Spanish Bowline. He used it in conjunction with a double bowline. The knots are used in mountain rescues.

[@jtphenom0811]

"How long you been dead, son?" One of the best lines of the movie.

[@johnsmathers190]

Great reaction, he fought in Guam, and the Philippines before going to hacksaw ridge. There is another movie based on a true story about WW2, called Unbroken. It's a good movie, you should check it out.

[@RickHunter512]

Hello Mr. Valentine, I appreciate your reaction to this film. It's a very powerful example of what we as humans can be and do, if we just stay true to our selves. Fighting is easy. The hard part of life is making things better for someone else. Without expecting to be rewarded. Please keep up your good work. May you and your family be blessed.

[@davehazel5632]

Mr Valentine, I truly love the reactions you do. I hope you come across the movie Ony The Brave with Josh Brolin and Miles Teller or the movie Jojo Rabbit. I would really love to see your reaction to those two GREAT movies. You blow me away with your intellect, though I'm not that smart, but it really gets me with all your reactions that I've seen. I only have a 9th grade education, but listening to you my brother, it really gets to me with all your reactions that I've watched. Keep it up.

[@BenMan8881]

idk if someone told you yet in the comments... but they actually downplayed much of what Desmond did during the war... even just during the Battle of Okinawa. They did that because otherwise people would think that it was unrealistic. For instance: His wounds were not from him kicking away a grenade... It was from him stepping on it out of reaction. And then, while waiting to be carried out, he continued to aid those around him. When they got him on a stretcher, he spotted a more critically injured soldier. He then rolled off the stretcher and told the stretcher bearers to take the other soldier instead.

[@neildavis1639]

Desmond Doss was in the 77th infantry division also known as the old bastards. The KZbin channel the fat electrician has a history video about the 77th infantry division. He has a lot of great videos on mainly US military history. That would make some great reaction videos.

[@ysc4606]

Cara vc cortou a melhor parte do começo do filme... nem vou ver o resto... Já ate imagino o porque vc cortou essa parte.... você deve ser do grupo de hipócritas que dizem as pessoas o que elas podem dizer, o que elas devem gostar.... Imagino que sua ideologia seja a única correta e você um ser de conhecimento de um ancião... É uma pena, estava ansioso para ver seu react... mas é uma pena como a esquerda gosta de censura, racismo e segregações...

[@williambranch4283]

Most violent most religious war movie.

[@darcieturner5423]

best war movie ever created hands down xo

[@mostaley5049]

Great reaction man. As a Veteran I teared up on this one . I teared up watching you watch it. 👏👏

[@MrValentineReacts]

indebted to you for your dedication to this country. much appreciation

[@ignoremychannel697]

Generations of people live because of him ❤

[@DBCuzitis]

Still crying the whole second half of this reaction with you. 😢

[@MrValentineReacts]

💔 🤙🏽

[@LlamaLlamaMamaJamaac]

Also of note: 1) he was a vegetarian so starting out malnourished… but 2) made worse bc irl Doss got food poisoning from spoiled coconuts he’d foraged… 3) he contracted *TB* in Leyte. After the war he lost a lung and several ribs This man was superhuman

[@LlamaLlamaMamaJamaac]

Interesting point-the real Hacksaw Ridge was like 400 or 500 ft high. I once screenshotted a scene of them climbing, looked at one of the soldiers upright on the ladder, closest to a standing position. The cliff was about 7x the height of that actor. Assuming a 6’ height for ease of mathing, the cliff in the film would be only 42ft high. Climbing up and lowering wounded would have been a much more difficult feat even than it looks here

[@mikealvarez2322]

A good follow up to HACKSAW RIDGE is the series THE PACIFIC. A good follow up to SAVING PRIVATE RYAN is the series BAND OF BROTHERS. Check the out.

[@sianne79]

GLOVER: What are you gonna do, hit 'em with your Bible? DOSS: - bitchslaps grenade- JAPANESE SOLDIER 1: What are you doing?? JAPANESE SOLDIER 2: ......Going to cut down their nets? JAPANESE SOLDIER 1: What a stupid idea! JAPANESE SOLDIER 2: But we don't really want them up here, right? If we cut the net down, they can't get up here. JAPANESE SOLDIER 1: That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. JAPANESE SOLDIER 2: .................... JAPANESE SOLDIER 1: .....Wait til they're like...five feet from the top, THEN cut the net! JAPANESE SOLDIER 2: Right! COOMBS: Who the hell is Private Doss? GLOVER: Uhh, Spiderman last I heard.

[@marlarogers9304]

Shawshank Redemption The Green Mile Hacksaw Ridge My top 3 favorite movies! This man was truly a hero!!

[@mikealvarez2322]

In the Battle for Okinawa there were 7000 Americans killed. On Hacksaw Ridge alone there were 2500 KIA. The Japanese fortifications on Hascksaw was described as an underground battleship. The field on which the Battle was fought was also small compared to other battlefields, which is another reason it was so bloody. The Japanese wanted the Americans up on the ridge because that way they could inflict maximum casualties. There goal was to demoralize the Americans in hopes that they could negotiate a peace beneficial to them. This is why they didn't cut the cargo nets down.

[@reighniz4488]

Desmond Doss A.K.A. an Angel of Mercy. Every believer should have the same motto: one more, help me get one more.

[@mikealvarez2322]

The Japanese violated almost every rule of war. In this movie you see 3. 1. Shooting medics was a war crime. The Japanese paid a bounty on killing medics. 2. Killing helpless wounded was a war crime. The Japanese routinely killed the wounded. During the Bataan Death March Japanese soldiers target the wounded in a most vicious way. 3. Using a flag of surrender to attack your enemy was a war crime. The reason Desmond had such a hard time at first is because he was sent to a rifle company. But the military doesn't make mistakes 😂 Once he went to medic training his life did not improve. There was a Colonel that hated Desmond and gave him a hard time. You could make a movie by itself on the hell the army put Desmond through.😢

[@amybennett8447]

From what I've read, they had to downplay all of Desmond's heroics for the film because people would never believe it.

[@laurenherda2415]

I can't imagine the ptsd those men went through coming home, theres no therapy and help, they had a family and bills to pay, and majority of them drank heavily to cope. Im sure abuse to their wives and children were high, its hard to be upset at the dad in this, especially for the times, just a rough and awful thing. My grandfather was in WW2 and he definitely came back different, my dad fought in Vietnam, blessed to have them come home, many aren't as blessed 😢 War is hell and there's never a good outcome regardless of America "winning" we still lose 100s of thousands of men for what price?

[@FreyaHiccup]

Please react to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." I promise you will like it!

[@BrokenInBeauty]

⛑️ Now you’re doing one of my ALL time favorite modern (2000s) movies as well as top 3 (for me personally) in the military (true story) genre 🪖♥️ Nah, 2 days is wicked torture…but will I still wait? You’re damn right I will. 😂

[@MrValentineReacts]

❤ 🙌🏽

[@jeffreymcrae3853]

You really should check out his actual story 🤔 They down played his injuries to make the story more believable 😮

[@joannajohnson8210]

Military chaplains do not carry weapons either. They do not always have to accompany the troops into battle, but most do. I had one D-day veteran hear that my Dad was a chaplain and his response was "oh, those chaplains came up on the Beach with us that day. They were right with us dragging wounded back to the boats, giving last rites with the bullets flying by and doing what they could to help the medics. Those men were heroes." Some nations don't understand what a chaplain's function is so they assume that the chaplains are disguised intelligence officers and so will target them.

[@BrokenInBeauty]

🍿 Almost time!

[@BrokenInBeauty]

⏰ 14 hours…let’s go!

[@MrValentineReacts]

@@BrokenInBeauty time is nigh!!

[@ft6205]

A true angel on earth but this movie doesn't really do him justice, as his feats has been downplayed to make it more believable. Please do a reaction to "The Medic Who fought a War without a Weapon" hope you will feel prouder when you really understand what a Hero he is.

[@kathystigger6020]

He was one of the younger. He was part of 77 th division. The old Bastards if u like it. The Fat electriction tells a good story.

[@TerriLynn-hf8xw]

Your observations and vocabulary is engaging.

[@pauldhoff]

Please check out Nimona, it was Nominated for an Oscar.

[@millardstone3650]

Doss lived in rising fawn just south of Chattanooga Tn. There is a park and statue of him n oltawa Tn. Doss lived in a log home.

[@sianne79]

He DID have to pass rifle training to be deployed though. He prompty returned the weapon after and left it in the States

[@catlady443]

I read the book when I was a kid. It was just great. but the book focused on his reasons for being a non combatant and the incident at hacksaw ridge

[@chaepark8720]

Please do Signs starring Bruce Willis

[@firstamendment2887]

37:30. I would have to say, that it is Jesus. Right?

[@chriso5374]

Great honest and heartfelt reaction.

[@DullGukat]

Beautiful❤

[@sventhorborsen7313]

I’m here to improve my vocabulary, I understood at least three words in this review- lol. Getting better with each one, as a veteran this one was special- Thank you Mr Valentine.

[@MrValentineReacts]

thank YOU for your service to this country

[@gingerbreadman1969]

Brother, you are a gift to the vapid world of reactions, please keep em' coming. 🙏👍😎❤️

[@MrValentineReacts]

appreciate you taking the time to watch!

[@rickperry3165]

I love how you're so intelligent with the way you word your reactions. You have a true voice for this kind of work and I'm so glad I subbed to your channel. Your intellectual insights are awesome.

[@MrValentineReacts]

grateful for your subscription!

[@itt23r]

Really looking forward to seeing your reaction to this one.

[@kennethwhitaker6816]

Yea I served but didn’t have the chance to be deployed, it was about the time of Desert Storm

[@MrValentineReacts]

thank you!

[@terrigail7]

One of my favorites ❤ loved your reaction. I still cry every time.

[@MrValentineReacts]

💙excellent film. thank you for viewing with me

[@alexdelpeuch1641]

The japanese doesn't sign the geneva convention

[@MrValentineReacts]

🫢

[@terryconnelly484]

I grew up near him in 1970s Lynchburg va.Went to school with his nephew

[@melanie62954]

I don't know if it's factual, but I love the detail of Desmond grabbing the rifle to make a stretcher. When it came down to it, he didn't hesitate to "break his vow" not to touch a rifle. He seemed so caught up in the letter of his vow in boot camp, but when it came down to immediate needs, he threw it all out the window to serve his core purpose--to save lives.

[@unstrung65]

Thought " Hacksaw Ridge " was way 'overdone ' -- can't compare to more realistic war movies .

[@MrValentineReacts]

what films are its superior?