American Sniper

[FoRiZon]

Murdered kids, Murican Seals, Murican Jingoistism (subverted), PTSD, The Punisher, Murdered kids, and lastly, #fakebaby.

And some people says it deserved an Oscar instead. Great movie but probably not get that far.

Discuss the movie here.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

How dare you sir, Bradly Cooper is an american hero. You best recognize!


*I'm joking about taking offense, he is a good actor but let's not get carried away about defending a movie dealing with 'Murica military might.

 

[JKgo]

.........Haven't seen it yet. Will wait until on blu-ray......or Netflix, probably. Eastwood is an interesting director, but last couple of his movies didn't get my attention, so I'm waiting for it to hit home video...

 

[FoolKiller]

I too was not sold on this film.

Spoiler

War is fun, my wife sucks, kids are a hassle (even the fake one), back to war x4. Come home, beat PTSD in 10 minutes.

Done.

 

[JKgo]

I too was not sold on this film.

Spoiler

War is fun, my wife sucks, kids are a hassle (even the fake one), back to war x4. Come home, beat PTSD in 10 minutes.

Done.

........You should start writing reviews for IGN....

 

[FoolKiller]

........You should start writing reviews for IGN....

I gave a more in-depth review in the What Movies Have You Seen Lately thread when I saw it back in January. I haven't even gotten into some of the bad editing and directing mistakes that I point out there.

 

[FoRiZon]

I just love how he is flailing his fingers to make the baby arm move.

I just flat out facepalm.

 

[Danoff]

Spoiler

Was anyone else really disturbed by the scene at the end where he points the gun at his wife jokingly? Then, before he heads out, he just sticks it on a shelf. Um... The first lesson of handling a gun is that you never point it at anything you don't want to shoot. I don't know who came up with that scene or how it got greenlighted, but I really hope it wasn't in the book because it was really irresponsible firearm handling.

My wife read about half of the book and explained that the real guy was less "conflicted" about killing people. He seemed more content with offing people who seemed suspicious.

I thought that the movie was a bit of a mess. Interesting material, but not well executed.