One of the best movies of 2016! (1st part spoiler free, the 2nd part with spoilers)

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2017)

***NO SPOILERS BELLOW***
This wonderful movie tells the story of Desmond Doss who joins the military but refuses to ever touch a gun. This is a powerful and touching movie about maintaining your beliefs and how those actions can inspire other people. The movie style resembles a lot with "Braveheart" and in general with Mel Gibson's way of directing a war-based movie. The performances are top notch especially from Andrew Garfield which gives one of the most original and different performance of his career. The story is original and challenging for both war-movie lovers and for drama-movie lovers.
***SPOILERS BELLOW***
One of the most powerfull scenes from the movie is one that was inspired almost word by word from Desmond Doss interview shown at the end of the movie. And the scene is the one where Desmond saves all those 75 soldiers. This scene summarized very well the authenticity of the movie and how much it stays true to the actual fact-based story which is rather odd for a Mel Gibson movie (you know what I mean if you've seen "Braveheart"). But, for me the most inspiring and also the best scene in the entire movie is when Desmond saves a Japanese soldier. This scene sends a powerfull message about how your actions even if they may seem very odd but as long as they are made from clean conscience and with a good motivation, can inspire other people to do wonderful things also. And this is what this movie tries to do with its message that as long as you keep yourself clean and strong in your beliefs you can become an inspiration for others. The way this movie is constructed is very much like a Gibson style movie starting with childhood then youth and finishing with adult period. This makes the viewer involved in both the story and the main character and also makes the movie message the more easy to send and be later understood. The characters are also very well developed along the movie especially Desmond but others as well. As an ecample for the previous statement we see Smitty more as a bully at the beginning of the movie and then during the battles and the time spent with Desmond he becomes more of a mature and likeable character. This thus further proves the movie message that one action can inspire so many other people to be better and do wonderful things as well.
The score is excellent with many memorable moments that I recognised even while I was watching the movie (can't say the same about John Williams' scores which weren't memorable not even when I listened the score separately without the latest Star Wars movie) which is surprising for a composer that I only heard in Wonder Woman before, but one that can be a one to watch (or listen) for from now on.
Overall a wonderful movie, one of the best I've seen in years, and up until now the best from 2016 along with Rogue One and La la Land. 10/10