We all know how Vaughn is notorious in ad-libbing, and it seemed to help because the other actors bounced off it well. Maybe it was the introduction of Vince Vaughn's character. It was also in this phase of the film that the dialogue and characters began to shine. It was here when the true purpose of the story began to evolve, that of Doss' moral and internal conflict with using a gun! What he had to endure and stand-up for was a courage I greatly admired. By the 2nd act, I was put on high alert in the military training with our protagonist, Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield who I at first felt was wrongly cast, but he really came through in the end). The performances were maybe a little let down by the clumsy dialogue, but all directed safely with a natural sense of storytelling. I was proved wrong because after the first thirty minutes I wasn't sure if this was a Mel Gibson film when I was placed into a comfort zone, with its melodrama set in a small Virginia town during the Forties, a schmaltzy romance, and the cliché violent drunken father who survived a brutal war. ![]() I thought 10.30AM on a Sunday was too early for a Mel Gibson movie, that I might be in for something along the lines of the heavy-handedness of THE PASSION OF THE Christ, and the adrenaline pumped brilliance of APOCALYPTO. I was lucky enough to sneak into a cast & crew screening at the Newtown Dendy cinema.
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