A Wonderful Tale of a True War Hero Who Managed to Save Lives Without Lifting A Single Weapon

Rating: 9/10 (5 November 2016)

Wow, this movie was very very good. At first I had my doubts about watching it, as when I saw the trailer, it seemed to be a too heavy movie for me. But as I said above, since there was not a lot of new interesting movie during this weekend (the other one was a horror movie which most likely I would be watching by myself sometime later), I really did not regret watching this one. It has everything from touching scenes, powerful moments, cool special effects, good make up effects, nice sound effects & music, and wonderful performances from the main characters.
My wife and I really enjoyed the movie and I think unanimously the audience (which was almost full house by the way), were amazed at this one and some of them even clapped their hands after it was finished. Despite around half of the movie was a little bit dramatic, with some romance and the other half was about the war, we really did not feel the movie too long even though its running time was 2 hrs 11 minutes. And surprisingly, the movie that I saw was fully without cut scenes.
Please be reminded though that the war scenes here were very brutal. Mel Gibson as the director did not make the war to be with elegant action scenes. They were totally what I believe a war would have been like. The scenes were gruesome and I really think that this is not a suitable movie for kids. So I would be surprised if parents would bring their children to watch this (which did not happen when I watched this one). The romantic scenes between Desmond and Dorothy was brief but nice and they seemed to have a believable chemistry.
The movie also has so many morale messages and I think each one of us would have our own impression. My wife was truly inspired with the scene of Desmond's confusion of what he was supposed to do in the war when the answer came to him in such a manner. While I myself was amazed of how strong Desmond can stand for his beliefs even with so many challenges were thrown at him. Even though this was a war drama movie, it also has some few funny moments. My most memorable scene was during the first training of Desmond and his fellow infantry unit led by Sergeant Howell. Those were priceless scenes.
Anyway, I think I am running out of praises to this movie. I understand that the movie got a 10 minute standing ovation after it was screened in the 73rd Venice Film Festival and it was widely considered as an Oscar worthy movie. I think that you can just simply go to the cinema and watch it.
For my complete review, pls see michaelnontonmulu.blogspot.co.id