Underrated, Misunderstood

Rating: 10/10 (8 May 2020)

Great movie. Mel Gibson has done a fantastic job once again. He surpasses the typical Hollywood garbage of recent years; this is how movies should be made.
One strange thing is that many seem to interpret this as a pacifist film. While it does have some of those elements, I would disagree. The film shows Desmond Doss's opinions, but it also shows the unique circumstances that brought them about. Him joining the war is shown as something good, and the fellow soldiers he saves are not shown as committing evil acts while they are killing. In fact, while war is shown as an evil, it is also shown that there is great nobility in the sacrifices the men make for their country and goodness. The pacifism of Desmond Doss is in no way preachy, and he makes no effort to force his views on others. His seems to be the moral side of pacifism, not an objective belief that all killing is evil, but a personal belief forbidding it; akin to the personal beliefs some hold against drinking alcohol.
My respect to the real Desmond Doss