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Proud Australian!

posted 7 years ago by Para_Freako_1990 (13)
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As a fellow Australian and filmmaker, I'm so glad that Hacksaw Ridge got so much love and recognition. It's not everyday you get an Australian film with global recognition and even various Oscar nominations too.
Mel Gibson is turning the Australian film industry around and I always love everything he directs and acts in.
I'm usually not big on Australian films myself (although there are quite a few wonderful films), this one is absolutely amazing. The acting, the story and dialogue. The ending made me teary.
Watching this film, I knew most of the Australian actors (even met one personally last year while meeting Van Damme) and Americans too, and you wouldn't think this film was made in New South Wales, Australia.

Amazing film. Couldn't recommend it more to anyone. :)

Para

[–] DancingDaffodils (18) 7 years ago

The Aussie filmmaking community seems like a tight knit group. You'll be happy to hear that the odds at Goldderby favor Hacksaw's Australian sound team to win the Oscar for Sound Editing.

[–] Mahrez99 (236) 7 years ago

Didn't know this was an Australian production. Wow, hats off! Best war-movie I have seen in a long time and a contender for Saving Private Ryan as the most realistic one at that.

[–] god_of_war (77) 7 years ago

most realistic war movie???/ you clearly smoked crack or something while watching this movie. the war scenes in this movie are the most stupid and unrealistic that ive seen ever. no real soldiers charge like idiots in tight formation where one shell can kill all of them. plz check your facts before making a stupid statement

[–] Mahrez99 (236) 7 years ago

Yeah sure. Because in all wars everybody does everything exactly how it should be done and nothing happens that should not happen..

[–] god_of_war (77) 7 years ago

hmm soldiers who were trained in boot camp practice different strategists and ways of attack. what do you think they did in boot camp? smoked crack? those arnt civilians who just got rifles. those are trained soldiers you idiot. not bunch of random peasants. yeah soldiers die in war but they dont throw their life like its nothing.

[–] god_of_war (77) 7 years ago

[–] [email protected] (65) 7 years ago

Yes, excellent film, probably the best Australian war movie since Breaker Morant.

[–] god_of_war (77) 7 years ago

your patriotism is fake because you live on a stolen land which your ancestors stole after commiting genocide against the aboriginal people. you arnt australian. you are british. your country is a british colony. you look,talk,and sound exectly like brits.