#hacksawridge

‘Do not look to him to save you on the battlefield’ and then he proceeds to save more than 40 lives off of that barren ridge, when he literally was the only force that was going to save their asses on that battlefield after the first battle was fought.

Over the course of what, two, three days he single handedly saved over 40 men from that hell-hole and even helped a few of the wounded enemy as well. But of course, they shouldn’t look to him to save them on the battlefield because he refused to weild, or even touch a gun. They never knew why he refused, why he couldn’t, he told them it was against his religious beliefs, which is still partly true, when the majority of the reason was because of his trauma and the abuse his father bestowed upon him from such a young age.

They mistreated him gravely because of his inability to pick up a rifle, it was war of course, and firearms are a big part of war, as is fighting and other serious things. But Desmond Doss was a hero, he saved so many lives and they realized the mistakes that they’d made.

Andrew Garfield portrayed Desmond Doss in such a way that he served his  sacrifices justice through his acting, because if you weren’t aware, this movie based off a true story.

‘With the world so set on tearing itself apart, it doesn’t seem such a bad thing to me to want to put a little bit of it back together’ that line is one of the things that keeps me watching this film over and over; those words hold so much power and so, so much emotion.