mixed reception

Rating: Null/10 (11 February 2017)

So i just watched this movie last night. After 'We were soldiers' which was very historically accurate except for the glorious charge ending. I got the impression that this was going to be another historically accurate movie. Nothing can be further from the truth. I watched this movie with a buddy of mine and we both had the feeling of 'ooh right that guy is gonna die', 'what the hell is this call of duty?'. The only 2 parts that are accurate to a certain degree is the trail, but he was not saved by a letter from his father and the suppressing fire when attacking the pillbox. I am really struggling to understand why this movie has such positive reviews.This movie was 10 years in the making and it feels pretty bland. Americans shooting down entire Jap squads FROM THE HIP. Spider nerd kicking back grenades. There is even a scene where Vince Vaungh is being pulled on a blanket shooting back at enemies (call of duty anybody). I think the only reason this movie is getting positive scores is because it portrays certain American values to the limit. So thing that never happened: - Okinawa was not their first battle: guys are seen throwing grenades like a 2 year veteran; this would have worked if they showed their previous missions in Gaum and Leyte. - Doss by this point was already accepted by the soldiers: movies shows this as a grinding process of being accepted. - He was not saved by a magical letter from his father - This movie does show in a special way what shrapnel does to people - Movie does not show what Doss did the following days ( read about in on Wikipedia) just shows him saving a lot of people in one time(apparently this was done by Gibson as not to confuse people?) - Soldiers except for the ones that he did really save feel like disposable men All in all i only found 2 parts of the movie as previously mentioned that are partly accurate ( he does pray to help me get one more) Apparently this movie got a 10 min standing ovation at the end. At the end of the movie me and my buddy were already looking trough the internet trying to find if this movie was by any means accurate. That being said. I have mayor respect for all personnel that served and continue to do so. thank you for your service. This movie just left me with a pretty mixed feeling. I think if you're not a American you will look at this movie with different eyes than the America F*** yeah feeling this movie gives you.