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American Sniper: best war movie of all time? I think so.....
self | jan 18 2015 | beebuster2000

Posted on 01/18/2015 10:37:10 AM PST by beebuster2000

and i don't say that lightly. Patton, Gettysburgh, Das Boot, Run Silent Run Deep, Fury, and on and on.

But Sniper is absolutely riveting in its portrayal of combat and the people in combat, i can't say more, except that when the movie ended in a packed theatre, a few people, me included, were drying eyes, but the theatre was absolutely silent and stayed that way. no one moved for a while then the whole theatre silently filed out.


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: americansniper; bradleycooper; clinteastwood; eastwood; moviereview; movies; sniper; warnerbros
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Is it rated R for the violence only? do you think it would be appropriate for 16-year-olds?


21 posted on 01/18/2015 11:32:43 AM PST by CharlotteVRWC
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To: beebuster2000

Just bought tickets for the 5:30 showing... hope it’s good.


22 posted on 01/18/2015 11:33:07 AM PST by Cementjungle
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To: ifinnegan

Let me just say it was freaking weird. Never had a movie experience like that. The silence was sincerely overwhelming.


23 posted on 01/18/2015 11:33:53 AM PST by Ajnin (Wolves don't lose sleep over the opinion of sheep.)
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To: beebuster2000
Best war movie? My choices would be
24 posted on 01/18/2015 11:46:46 AM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: CharlotteVRWC

There’s a lot of cursing in the movie. Lots of mofos and f-bombs and the like. There’s also a lot of taunting language from the SEAL trainers to the trainees, as well as people getting shot by auto- and bolt-action rifle fire. You can gauge your child’s readiness to see the movie. Also, I suggest you talk to your child about the movie afterward and maybe put things in perspective if anything bothered your child about the film. But it’s a film that everyone in America should see. The same goes for Lone Survivor.


25 posted on 01/18/2015 11:47:43 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: Veggie Todd

LOL! Well they’re not going to give away the action in the movie. Yes, there’s lots of sniping and a variety of 5.56 warfare.


26 posted on 01/18/2015 11:49:38 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: ifinnegan

Go to the theater early or buy your ticket online and get there early so you can get a good seat. I heard a couple of people griping that they bought their ticket online but then they show up during the previews and they can’t find two seats together. And yes, the concession stand lines were very long, too, so plan for that.


27 posted on 01/18/2015 11:51:51 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: beebuster2000

Mmmmm no. It’s a good movie. But it’s no Patton, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Bridge too Far, Tora Tora Tora, Das Boot, Longest Day... There’s a lot of pretty darn awesome war movies out there.


28 posted on 01/18/2015 11:52:47 AM PST by discostu (The albatross begins with its vengeance A terrible curse a thirst has begun)
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To: CharlotteVRWC

The f-bomb is used liberally throughout and there are many, in some cases, perverse, jokes with sexual innuendo - but hey, they’re Marines.

I don’t like graphic violence, and that didn’t disturb me too much. It was realistic and not gratuitous. I’ve seen comparable scenes on TV. Dittos for the “bedroom” scenes - pretty tame, really.

Depends on the 16 year old, but in general, I think the lessons the movie teaches outweigh the R rating (and I’m fairly prudish about movies). You could have some great family discussions about this one.


29 posted on 01/18/2015 11:53:42 AM PST by randita (Obama entrusted the transformation of the best healthcare system in the world to a scam artist.)
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To: Rider on the Rain

For me, the Russian movie, The Brest Fortress, is the best war movie I’ve ever seen.


30 posted on 01/18/2015 11:54:43 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: CharlotteVRWC

“do you think it would be appropriate for 16-year-olds?”

Yes.

Grandmother here—they know more than we think.

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31 posted on 01/18/2015 11:57:49 AM PST by Mears
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To: rabidralph

watching the closing credits...knowing that its actual footage they are showing, is almost unbearable to watch. Def one of the best ever.


32 posted on 01/18/2015 12:05:28 PM PST by basalt
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To: beebuster2000
Patton, Gettysburg, Das Boot, Run Silent Run Deep, Fury, and on and on.

I haven't been to a movie theater since the last century and I don't expect American Sniper to change that, although I do look for ward to the DVD or pay for you.

Since you started a list of great war movies, let's not forget The Longest Day, Bridge Over the River Kwai, The Sands of Iwo Jima, Platoon, Gunga Din, To Hell and Back, and Apocalypse Now.

33 posted on 01/18/2015 12:13:48 PM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: Veggie Todd
Is there any sniping in the movie?

uh, yeah, there is the odd sniping scene.....

34 posted on 01/18/2015 12:18:20 PM PST by beebuster2000
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To: basalt

It’s the best war movie I’ve seen. Other movies had me looking at my watch. I loved Patton and The Longest Day but those movies were long and I wasn’t riveted as I was with American Sniper. I will have to check out Kelly’s Heroes.


35 posted on 01/18/2015 12:20:11 PM PST by rabidralph
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To: rabidralph

I loved “Tora,Tora,Tora”.

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36 posted on 01/18/2015 12:23:55 PM PST by Mears
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To: beebuster2000

Tropic Thunder

Heh heh

But seriously one of my favorites has always been Midway


37 posted on 01/18/2015 12:26:40 PM PST by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S./CDC=Contagion Distribution Center)
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To: beebuster2000
I take you back to when the Iraq War was being fought, and our servicemen were in danger. The Hollywood left came out with one anti-war movie after another. (For example I offer Susan Sarandon's In the Valley of Elah).
Each and every one of these movies failed at the box office.

Clint Eastwood is a national treasure.

38 posted on 01/18/2015 12:29:22 PM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: dfwgator

Agree, Breast Fortress is an awesome movie,
ranks up there with Stalingrad.


39 posted on 01/18/2015 12:29:59 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

Brest Fortress, my mind must have been elsewhere.


40 posted on 01/18/2015 12:31:04 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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