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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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1 posted on 01/18/2015 10:37:10 AM PST by beebuster2000
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To: beebuster2000

Surely you jest.

Have you never seen “The Wackiest Ship in the Army?”


2 posted on 01/18/2015 10:39:41 AM PST by ifinnegan
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To: ifinnegan

no, but i saw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qafnJ6mRbgk&spfreload=10


3 posted on 01/18/2015 10:41:08 AM PST by beebuster2000
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To: beebuster2000

Oh and by the way, nice post. Well done.

“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.”

Well written and quite succinct. You don’t need to say more.

You paint such a good picture there.

I hardly ever go see movies anymore.

Your description above is so captivating that I wonder if I want to have such emotions with a bunch of random people also at a movie theater.


4 posted on 01/18/2015 10:44:34 AM PST by ifinnegan
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To: beebuster2000

We’ve got a lot of Chris Kyle/Clint Eastwood haters roaming the board today. A lot of them are upset about a fake fight mentioned in the book supposedly between Kyle and some guy who made a living participating in fake fights on TV.


5 posted on 01/18/2015 10:44:45 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (When the hell do I get MY white privilege? I'm tired of busting my @$$ for a living.)
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To: beebuster2000
Wasn't "Kelly's Heroes" the greatest war movie ever made (and a young Clint Eastwood even played the main character in that one!)?

:-P

6 posted on 01/18/2015 10:47:02 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
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To: beebuster2000

I felt like a fly on the wall, watching Kyle’s life unfold, rather than sitting in a movie theater thinking, “Hey that’s Bradley Cooper.” I was completely pulled in.


7 posted on 01/18/2015 10:49:19 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: ifinnegan

Is that wrong? The same thing happened in theater I was in. I’m not ashamed to cry in public and I found it gratifying that others were similarly moved. I will certainly by the DVD when it comes out and enjoy crying in the privacy of my home again and again, as I do when I watch Lone Survivor. Chris Kyle had a remarkable and short life but he accomplished a lot for the country and his family.


8 posted on 01/18/2015 10:53:21 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: rabidralph

Nothing wrong. If anything is wrong it would be with me.

I just don’t know I want to experience such deep emotions with all these strangers.


9 posted on 01/18/2015 10:56:03 AM PST by ifinnegan
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To: ifinnegan; beebuster2000

I second ifinnegan’s praise. The movie must be great, it’s breaking all kinds of box office records, and your’s is certainly the best short review I’ve ever seen.

Probably the most emotional moment I’ve ever had in the movies was when my friend’s dad took her and me to see “Captains Courageous” in one of the great old revival theaters, back in the day.

At the end there was literally not a dry eye in the house, even my friend’s dad was treary eyed, and I’m sure he’d seen the movie before, maybe many times before.

I actually love that experience, it’s a real part of what makes going to the movies fun. I used to esp. like to go see action movies with the rowdy crowds in Times Square.


10 posted on 01/18/2015 10:58:57 AM PST by jocon307 (Tell it like it is.)
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To: beebuster2000

Is there any sniping in the movie? The previews I’ve seen only show him talking to his wife on the phone.


11 posted on 01/18/2015 11:00:01 AM PST by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: beebuster2000
Can't wait to see it. I'm sure it's awesome but I don't see it topping Kelly's Heroes!!

Woof woof, that's my other dog imatation.

12 posted on 01/18/2015 11:03:56 AM PST by precisionshootist
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To: ifinnegan

I understand. I’m an introvert, yet, I didn’t mind the outpouring of others’ emotions. The theater was pretty dark and everyone was focused on the screen. I was too engrossed to wonder whether others were looking around at what everyone else was experiencing.


13 posted on 01/18/2015 11:04:02 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: rabidralph

Perhaps I will go see it in the theater.

I have not gone to a movie in a long time.


14 posted on 01/18/2015 11:11:54 AM PST by ifinnegan
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I was shocked to hear Greg Gutfeld and Juan Williams tell Eric Bolding on “The Five” that they were sympathetic to Jesse Ventura in his suing Kyle’s widow and children. That is just about as low as a human can get, and I think much less of both of them.


15 posted on 01/18/2015 11:12:49 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: beebuster2000

Gone with the Wind, Sands of IwoJima,The Deer Hunter


16 posted on 01/18/2015 11:17:40 AM PST by Rider on the Rain
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To: beebuster2000

Better even than “Saving Private Ryan”?

Whoo boy, must watch it.


17 posted on 01/18/2015 11:23:07 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: beebuster2000

Me thinks Chris got Breitbarted by order that came from the top. If nothing else I hope Chris’ wife and children are set for life from a $$$$ cut of this movie. I know Eastwood would never ever let her down. All is good for the Kyle family now, financially.


18 posted on 01/18/2015 11:29:46 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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To: ifinnegan

I watch that movie a few times a year love it


19 posted on 01/18/2015 11:30:07 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: beebuster2000

“The Big Red One” was a very good war movie and some what underrated because it didn’t pull in big numbers at the box office.


20 posted on 01/18/2015 11:31:49 AM PST by Ticonderoga34
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