Hacksaw Ridge
Directed by Mel Gibson
Released in 2016
Genre: Drama, History, War
Themes: Religion, love, death, morality, virtues, resistance, family.
Mel Gibson is more known to be an actor than Director but has dabbled in the art some what. His only previous involvement in directing a war based film was Braveheart which took place during William Wallace's assault on King Edward the first of England. This film is set during the second world war, also on a true story, following the tale of Desmond Doss, A decorated war hero. Due to his strict religious views, he vowed to never kill or bear any sort of arms. However when many of his friends and family take up their rifles in the army, Desmond feels as though it's his duty to serve his country as well. With these conflicting views, he makes a decision to serve in the war as a medic with no weapons at all.
Performance: It was simply brilliant. The lead, Andrew Garfield, who was raised in the U.K, did a good job of replicating an old American accent. I was completely immersed by every performer in the movie. The camaraderie felt genuine and I felt as though Desmond was visibly fighting his own war against what he thought was right and what everyone else told him was right. The many teary eyed scenes never seemed constructed. The relationships between the lead and every other character also felt scarily real. Desmond's determined face of refusal whenever he was fighting his superiors over holding a gun made us root for him as well. He seemed like the underdog and so we respected him and his values, even if we didn't agree with them.
Mise-en-scene: I've discovered this as a reoccurring technique among serious war films. The colour schemes seem to be bright, happy and plentiful in it's assortment of various tones and hue's during the scenes where the lead (or leads) are happy and life is normal. But as the plot furthers and we get closer and closer to scenes of battle, the colour scheme's all seem to blend into one another, becoming less and less various as time goes on until eventually it's sapped of all life and energy, leaving only a grey, dull scheme. It seems that Saving Private Ryan is an exception to this however, as it starts with one of the most brutal battle scenes in the history of all film however, in the few scenes where there isn't death in nearly every shot, we can see this difference in vibrancy. It's worth mentioning that before the fight started, the uniforms of the soldiers shown below were green but just like most other colours, it's been deprived of all liveliness.
Released in 2016
Genre: Drama, History, War
Themes: Religion, love, death, morality, virtues, resistance, family.
Mel Gibson is more known to be an actor than Director but has dabbled in the art some what. His only previous involvement in directing a war based film was Braveheart which took place during William Wallace's assault on King Edward the first of England. This film is set during the second world war, also on a true story, following the tale of Desmond Doss, A decorated war hero. Due to his strict religious views, he vowed to never kill or bear any sort of arms. However when many of his friends and family take up their rifles in the army, Desmond feels as though it's his duty to serve his country as well. With these conflicting views, he makes a decision to serve in the war as a medic with no weapons at all.
Performance: It was simply brilliant. The lead, Andrew Garfield, who was raised in the U.K, did a good job of replicating an old American accent. I was completely immersed by every performer in the movie. The camaraderie felt genuine and I felt as though Desmond was visibly fighting his own war against what he thought was right and what everyone else told him was right. The many teary eyed scenes never seemed constructed. The relationships between the lead and every other character also felt scarily real. Desmond's determined face of refusal whenever he was fighting his superiors over holding a gun made us root for him as well. He seemed like the underdog and so we respected him and his values, even if we didn't agree with them.
Mise-en-scene: I've discovered this as a reoccurring technique among serious war films. The colour schemes seem to be bright, happy and plentiful in it's assortment of various tones and hue's during the scenes where the lead (or leads) are happy and life is normal. But as the plot furthers and we get closer and closer to scenes of battle, the colour scheme's all seem to blend into one another, becoming less and less various as time goes on until eventually it's sapped of all life and energy, leaving only a grey, dull scheme. It seems that Saving Private Ryan is an exception to this however, as it starts with one of the most brutal battle scenes in the history of all film however, in the few scenes where there isn't death in nearly every shot, we can see this difference in vibrancy. It's worth mentioning that before the fight started, the uniforms of the soldiers shown below were green but just like most other colours, it's been deprived of all liveliness.
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