History YMMV / HacksawRidge

** [[Film/WonderWoman2017 This isn't the last film Rupert Gregson-Williams would score that dealt with a hero who didn't kill on the battlefield of a World War.]]

* {{Glurge}}: Some of the heavy-handed imagery and faith-based messages from the film are difficult to take in as they stick out like a sore thumb. It is repeated time and time again that "KILLING IS BAD," and Desmond Doss, while he himself has no personal issues with his status as a conscientious objector, ultimately causes more problems for his love interest and for his family in a prolonged trial that also brings embarrassment and hatred for all his loved ones.

* ShownTheirWork: When Desmond’s father shows up at the Court Martial wearing his WWI uniform an officer refers to it as “The Great War” since the terms WWI and WWII had not started being used yet.
* SpecialEffectsFailure:

** Also Smitty Ryker confides to Desmond in a foxhole the reason for his abrasive attitude in general was because he was a victim of ParentalAbandonment at age five by his mother who dropped him off at an orphanage, resulting him to judge people quicker and hate people quicker as he fend for himself since childhood.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: During the film, the battleships at the Battle of Okinawa are very obvious CGI. It looks out of place with the rest of the film and really doesn't fit. To add to that in the battle scenes during the beginning frames of the film feature poorly rendered fire effects on two bodies. This is pretty odd considering the actual battle scenes have spectacular effects.

** There are multiple shots when bullets hit dead bodies during the assault that are laughably fake looking blood spurt effects.

* HeReallyCanAct: People have nothing but praise for both Andrew Garfield and Vince Vaughn for their performances as Desmond Doss and the sergeant respectively.

** ''Rescue Continues'' starts out dramatic enough, but at the 2:19 mark turns into a stirring TriumphantReprise of I Can't Hear You.

** ''Praying'', a five minute epic playing over the Americans ''finally'' taking Okinawa.

** Finally, ''[[https://youtu.be/ZG3PPJV2b94 Historical Footage]]'' brings us ''two'' [[TriumphantReprise Triumphant Reprises]] of the main theme: the first one being so good they used it as the DVD/Blu-Ray menu music.

** Okinawa Battlefield, the opening theme of the movie.
** I Can't Hear You, a profoundly heartbreaking piece.
** One Man At A Time: "[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Please, Lord... help me get one more]]."
** Rescue Continues starts out dramatic enough, but at the 2:19 mark turns into a stirring TriumphantReprise of I Can't Hear You.
** Praying, a five minute epic playing over the Americans ''finally'' taking Okinawa.
** Finally, [[https://youtu.be/ZG3PPJV2b94 Historical Footage]] brings us ''two'' [[TriumphantReprise Triumphant Reprises]] of the main theme: the first one being so good they used it as the DVD/Blu-Ray menu music.

** [[Film/WonderWoman2017 This isn't the last film Rupert Gregson-Williams would score that dealt with a hero who didn't kill on the battlefield.]]

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Surprisingly, despite the American viewpoint, the film has been well received by Japanese viewers.

** This film features a protagonist who steadfastly refuses to even learn to drill with a gun. It was directed by [[Creator/MelGibson Mel Gibson]], who starred in [[Film/WeWereSoldiers We Were Soldiers]], in which photographer soldier Joe Galloway is handed a rifle, states "I'm a noncombattant", and is told by the Sergeant Major "Ain't no such thing today."

** This film features a protagonist who steadfastly refuses to even learn to drill with a gun. It was directed by [[Creator/MelGibson Mel Gibson]], who starred in [[Film/WeWereSoldiers ''We Were Soldiers'']], in which photographer soldier Joe Galloway is handed a rifle, states "I'm a noncombattant", and is told by the Sergeant Major "Ain't no such thing today."

* This film features a protagonist who steadfastly refuses to even learn to drill with a gun. It was directed by [[Creator/MelGibson Mel Gibson]], who starred in [[Film/WeWereSoldiers ''We Were Soldiers'']], in which photographer soldier Joe Galloway is handed a rifle, states "I'm a noncombattant", and is told by the Sergeant Major "Ain't no such thing today."

* This film features a protagonist who steadfastly refuses to even learn to drill with a gun. It was directed by [[Creator/MelGibson]] who stared in [[Film/WeWereSoldiers]] in which photographer soldier Joe Galloway is handed a rifle, states "I'm a noncombattant", and is told by the Sergeant Major "Ain't no such thing today."