It seems like all the "American Sniper" threads are full of people who haven't seen the film

[uhnope]

which I think is arguably antiwar and definitely complex (spoiler alert) : http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6106899

[HappyMe]

1. Look out!

You will be accused of being pro-war and be compared to those idiots and their nasty tweets.

Display the proper outrage du jour!

[BlueJazz]

2. I'll wait to see it on DVD. I loved the sniper story with Jude Law.

[BeyondGeography]

3. I'm having a difficult time getting fired up about this film because

fuck this guy

[bigtree]

4. I know my wingnut co-worker liked it

that's enough for me.

I don't watch war fiction.

[JonLP24]

5. A description of the opening scene was enough for me

It presents a choice when in reality 3 soldiers received (though didn't live to accept it) a medal of honor for diving on a grenade to absorb the blast so his combat buddies weren't killed. 3/4 were for absorbing a grenade blast with the 4th in a Smedley Butler style event.

Also DU(searches) as well as me knows the Chris Kyle story long before the movie came out and he is far from the sympathetic figure the movie attempts to portray which is my main opposition.

I'm antiwar who has been to war but reality is far more complex (& simplistic) than the movie attempts to portray, I could never get behind an Iraq war film because the inaccuracies bugged me (especially Hurt Locker) until today when I started watching Generation Kill. For accuracy & honesty I recommend that 1000%. I wish I gave it a chance much earlier but I was hesistant even though I knew David Simon's name was behind it.

On edit - Samuel L Jackson was in an anti-war movie but still bugged me because of the inaccuracies.

[arthritisR_US]

7. David Simon, what's the deal with him? nt

[JonLP24]

8. He was behind The Wire, The Corner, Treme

Homicide:Life on the street TV series came from his book but it wasn't the story he wanted to tell because it dramatized the truth.

[arthritisR_US]

9. I really liked Treme, the others I haven't seen. nt

[KingCharlemagne]

6. I've heard that audiences start clapping when Kyle kills his Iraqi

counterpart. That would be enough to cause me to walk out on the film anyway, so why bother?

[Go Vols]

10. Its online to stream

from many sites to watch on a PC, although I watched it at the drive in.

[tularetom]

11. It appears that this film can be viewed on several levels

You can sit there and cheer as the all American hero blows away a few ragheads.

Or you can shake your head sadly as you watch war take a normal American kid and turn him into a psychopath.

Which way do you think the average Fox News viewer will choose?

[uhnope]

13. I think you are right. The film doesn't tell the viewer what to think.

it's open to interpretation.
which makes it an arty film

[ileus]

12. Ok movie, seemed thrown together to me.

[hunter]

14. I don't find gritty films about serial killers entertaining.

Not my cup of tea.

[Enrique]

15. i'm skeptical

it sounds like they added some plausible deniability to their propaganda.