Posted on 01/16/2015 3:04:02 PM PST by Kaslin
I plan on seeing this tomorrow. I did not like “Jersey Boys,” and thought that the casting was a little off. I found it to be one of Eastwood’s weakest movies, ever.
Anybody seen it and like it/not like it and why?
My daughter and son-in-law are going to see it Sunday. I have read rave reviews.
“Must See” films, threads, pictures are usually to be avoided.
It’s a warning that you are going to waste some of life’s precious minutes, and I always appreciate people who include such in a warning, masked as it might be, in a title..
I liked it a great deal. I’m frankly surprised there hasn’t been more squealing from the Left about this film; it’s overtly pro-military and pro-WOT.
i believe that Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper and the entire cast of “American Sniper” have given Americans a film that comes once in a lifetime, at exactly the time our nation needed such a film and story to sustain our freedom, liberty and our union, our families, our loved ones, from the everyday failure of our present leaders (Obama, etc.).
Every single person in this country that calls themselves, an American, must see this outstanding movie. It is already breaking box office records before its wide release, and could take in up to $50,000,000 dollars this weekend...This is the film to see, if you love and treasure your country and, the good, brave, loyal folks that protect us, while their families keep up the home front!!! See it!!!
AMAZING movie...God bless the Kyle family - Cooper is Best Actor, hands down, and Eastwood did a fine job. I’ll be seeing this one several more times.
The Mrs and I went last night. The movie is pretty true to his book. The theatre was packed with young soldiers (we live @ 10 miles from Ft. Riley). You could have heard a pin drop as folks were leaving. We liked it very much.
MFO
I found the book to be true to the service of an American SEAL that believed in the US and what is here. The movie followed the book the best it could within a short period of time and was true. I remember the day Chris was murdered and it was a sad day as Chris was a true patriot and would have ultimately served in Congress or the Senate and would have represented his beliefs. The US suffered a great loss with his passing.
It’s OK
I did not like the phone calls from wifey during the fire fights.
Found it hugely irritating and unrealistic from an OPSEC position.
Did anyone ever make a movie about Lon Horiuchi, the hero of Ruby Ridge—and the “freedom-loving” President he gave blind obedience to?
Well, hopefully, those of us who are not familiar with OPSEC won’t be too bothered by that.
Enjoy.
Excellent. Cooper says the right things off camera that this is not a political movie and he nails the role. Like cmon, it’s Eastwood and not a tin-foil Oliver Stone movie, what else do you want?
Sniper going door to door with rangers army with a .308 clearing rooms?
I dunno.
You do not become the best sniper in history by revealing your position.
Do not get me wrong.
Kyle was a Hero.
Clearing rooms with a high power scope?
Just saw it, was terrific. Theater was packed and after credits, the place erupted in applause. On guy yelled, GO USA!
I viewed it with a academy award voter and producer. All there liked it.
Thanks. I’m getting interested. Not too many good movies out there these days.
The preview/movie ad thing is kind of funny to me. More often that not, the previews talk me out of seeing the movie - intuitively feels too hyped, trying too hard, contrived, or boring. But the reviews of American Sniper grabbed my attention and held it, like, “Looks like this might be a good one.”
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