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In reply to the discussion: American Sniper... go see it [View all]rufus dog
(8,419 posts)37. Saw it
IMO, just an average movie, sure it had some serious glossing over of issues, but more so no in depth moment into Kyle's psyche. For example, after his last tour, he gets back to the U.S. and doesn't go home, he is sitting in a bar drinking beer by himself, why? Contrast that to Birdman and the scene with Keaton and Stone, she identifies exact cause for his fears, and the general state of all people.
Again, IMO, Sniper should be compared to Diehard, not Academy Award winners.
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If I watch it at all, and I have heard it has an "antiwar" component despite the hype,
MADem
Mar 2015
#8
the movie where america sends a sniper into a country that did nothing to us and then starts
Romeo.lima333
Mar 2015
#10
Heck no. A movie about some callous gun nut who thinks shooting is therapy for a vet with PTSD
Hoyt
Mar 2015
#13
I think if a DUers went to see it most would see what I mean about it being an excellent movie
glasshouses
Mar 2015
#26
Unforgiven is good though. The thing with Eastwood is he is a nuts and bolts director
el_bryanto
Mar 2015
#33
Anyone who at anytime voices an opinion about any film or book they have not actually seen or read
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2015
#71
I watched the film last week, and it's little more than a Lee Greenwood song
LanternWaste
Mar 2015
#75
No thanks. I know about Fallujah. Forcing male civilians back in to kill them, white phosphorous
mmonk
Mar 2015
#90
Sorry, when Chris Lyle told the story of how he shot 30 "looters" in Katrina
SomethingFishy
Mar 2015
#95
It doesn't matter what it is. What's disgusting is this is the movie America embraced.
Hissyspit
Mar 2015
#96