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In reply to the discussion: Things NOT to say when seeing "American Sniper" [View all]tclambert
(11,085 posts)14. I read Kyle's book, and from the movie trailer it looks like they give him a lot more anguish
and regret than he admitted to in the book. From the book, he seemed remarkably unreflective and unconflicted. He satisfied himself early on that he was saving more lives than he took, saving the lives of American servicemen, often his close friends. After that, he spent almost no time soul-searching, debating the rights and wrongs of his situation. He just did his job as competently as he could.
He didn't question the reasons for the war. Someone higher up the chain of command ordered his team out on missions, and he did his best to keep his team members alive. He didn't have any interest in deeper philosophical issues.
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The biggest propaganda coup is that a movie that celebrates fighting the wrong
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2015
#1
Thank you for summarizing, you've just changed my mind I think I will go see it after all.
2banon
Jan 2015
#52
does it explain that the war was based on lies? that we invaded for no reason?
Skittles
Jan 2015
#60
I would not nominate a propaganda movie personally, but we live in an 'Empire now' airc being told.
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#69
The story that he shot a woman with a grenade in one hand and a toddler in the other is absurd
Ash_F
Jan 2015
#38
I can't put into words how I feel beyond what I've said, not without getting banned here.
Ford_Prefect
Jan 2015
#23
Yes I saw it. Wish I had not but I wanted to see the view from the "other side".
Ford_Prefect
Jan 2015
#27
Its kind of like the movie The Green Berets during the hight of the Vietnam war
project_bluebook
Jan 2015
#11
I read Kyle's book, and from the movie trailer it looks like they give him a lot more anguish
tclambert
Jan 2015
#14
"Why doesn't he just shoot at the ground and get rich like Jed Clampett?"
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2015
#17