Hacksaw Ridge . Mel Gibson does it again!

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Dabutcher
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I hope it wins best picture,best actor,best director tonight! Watched it last night. Wow. Peace. D
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  • pitdogg2
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    Watched it last night great movie
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  • jeremymarcinko
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    Also watched last night. One of the best movies I have seen.
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  • gudnoyez
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    Watched it with the wife last evening in UHD, the picture and audio was fantastic stuff was zinging all over the room, felt like yelling out incoming a time or two. I will get a second viewing here shortly as the grandson wants to see it.

    As much as I liked it I still think When We Were Soldiers was better, along with Saving Private Ryan. It is still a very enjoyable flick, and as said the audio portion was mastered very well.
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    La La Land is going to win much of it. Saw that, Manchester by the sea....which sucked, Moonlight....which sucked way much, Fences....good flick and Viola Davis better win something. Denzel was great too. Still liked Captain Fantastic as an all around enjoyable flick but I don't think any awards will be granted to it.
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    I have an issue with anything Mel Gibson does from some of his drunken outbursts.
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  • Ricardo
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    erniejade wrote: »
    I have an issue with anything Mel Gibson does from some of his drunken outbursts.

    No one is perfect. I still think he's one of the best. :)
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  • pitdogg2
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    erniejade wrote: »
    I have an issue with anything Mel Gibson does from some of his drunken outbursts.

    like you have had no drunken out burst's LOL....I know I did in my youth :pB)
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  • rooftop59
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    erniejade wrote: »
    I have an issue with anything Mel Gibson does from some of his drunken outbursts.

    I agree, he's a horrible raving anti-semite (and all around bigot), something I have zero tolerance for. But I love almost everything Clint Eastwood makes, and he's a raving republican (not at all the same admittedly). Like @Ricardo said, no one is perfect. If I only watched films by actors/directors I respected as people, I would have even less to watch ;-)

    Having said that, I would like to see the film but there is no way my wife will watch it. So it goes on the very long list of things to watch alone, meaning I might never get to it
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  • nooshinjohn
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    rooftop59 wrote: »
    erniejade wrote: »
    I have an issue with anything Mel Gibson does from some of his drunken outbursts.

    I agree, he's a horrible raving anti-semite (and all around bigot), something I have zero tolerance for. But I love almost everything Clint Eastwood makes, and he's a raving republican (not at all the same admittedly). Like @Ricardo said, no one is perfect. If I only watched films by actors/directors I respected as people, I would have even less to watch ;-)

    Having said that, I would like to see the film but there is no way my wife will watch it. So it goes on the very long list of things to watch alone, meaning I might never get to it

    Then you must also think the same of the rest of Hollywood... which is far more antisemetic than Mel. They just don't get branded as such despite their anti-Israel, pro Palestine stance.

    Hollywood is full of hypocrites.
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    erniejade wrote: »
    I have an issue with anything Mel Gibson does from some of his drunken outbursts.

    I agree, he's a horrible raving anti-semite (and all around bigot), something I have zero tolerance for. But I love almost everything Clint Eastwood makes, and he's a raving republican (not at all the same admittedly). Like @Ricardo said, no one is perfect. If I only watched films by actors/directors I respected as people, I would have even less to watch ;-)

    Having said that, I would like to see the film but there is no way my wife will watch it. So it goes on the very long list of things to watch alone, meaning I might never get to it

    Then you must also think the same of the rest of Hollywood... which is far more antisemetic than Mel. They just don't get branded as such despite their anti-Israel, pro Palestine stance.

    Hollywood is full of hypocrites.

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  • rooftop59
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    Being pro-Palestine does NOT equal being anti-semitic. There are significant human rights issues on both sides. Complex issues call for complex solutions.

    But that is a whole nother issue...
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  • erniejade
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Hollywood is full of hypocrites.

    That sums it up!
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    rooftop59 wrote: »
    I would like to see the film but there is no way my wife will watch it.

    I ripped it, then took a quick sampling from the movie. My wife will also take a zero for attendance, on that day as well. Something about the horrors of war and human dismemberment blah blah blah...

    Maybe this Saturday!
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    rooftop59 wrote: »
    Being pro-Palestine does NOT equal being anti-semitic. There are significant human rights issues on both sides. Complex issues call for complex solutions.

    But that is a whole nother issue...

    Sure it does.....what's complex about one side that wants the other dead ? What's complex about one side not even recognizing Israel exists ? If your pro Palestinian, that means you subscribe to their wishes, right ? Those wishes are to remove the state of Israel, reclaim Jerusalem, even if they have to kill them all to do it.

    So yeah, that makes you an anti-Semite in my book if you want to claim a pro-Palestinian stance.

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    Yup, hard to argue with someone across the table who would rather see your head "on" the table...
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    Politics and religion should be off limits...............
    Just like when we have all of the family over for Thanksgiving or Christmas :)
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    machone wrote: »
    Politics and religion should be off limits...............
    Just like when we have all of the family over for Thanksgiving or Christmas :)

    agreed....should also be removed from other areas also that they previously did not exist in.
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  • motorhead43026
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    It does not make sense to be Anti-Semite in Hollywood, were the Jewish are the majority of the Hollywood elite. Then again if you dislike your owners may be it does.
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    Hollywood Jews are some of the most anti Semitic people I have ever met. I know that sounds hypocritical, but then again , Hollywood is full of hypocrites.
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    ^^I don't know anybody in Hollywood anymore. I did know Mr. Ed but he was agnostic.
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  • rooftop59
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    No time or reason to argue with ignorance. More important things to do. I'm out.
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    Mr. Ed was gnostic, not agnostic. I knew him well. A real mystic.
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  • pitdogg2
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    3 2 1 annnnd this one is CLOSED
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    Yep, this one veered to the hard right and crashed and burned.
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    For the record, I still think Mel Gibson is one of the greatest actors. Right up there with Jack Nicholson, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Russell Crowe....
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  • gudnoyez
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    It won an Oscar for best sound mixing and we'll deserved, watched it again last night, in 7.2 it did a good Job of sounding realistic, one of the better mixes I have heard lately.
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    Good war flick, nice editing, and even some pretty good acting. Best picture, director, or...? I don't think so. Even Gibson said so right before the start of the show.

    Among recent WWII films, I preferred Fury.
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    andrew82 wrote: »
    Among recent WWII films, I preferred Fury.

    Fury was a good flick! Loved the shells bouncing off the armour.

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    Bought it on blue ray and will watch when I get a chance...
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Bought it on blue ray and will watch when I get a chance...

    Now that right there is funny....considering. You do realize watching movies at ref level now is out for years to come. War movies need to be played loud bro....babies need quiet, Momma needs quiet....John needs a room a block away to watch movies again. :)

    When you get a chance is when Momma takes that kid for school supplies in 5 years. :p
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