Posted on 01/17/2015 9:31:02 AM PST by jazusamo
Clint Eastwood’s latest film “American Sniper,” based on the autobiography of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, is set to rake in more money in one day that any Eastwood-directed film.
Late night industry estimates show the film bringing down $29.1 million in its first expanded release day on Friday, Deadline Hollywood reported Saturday.
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MountainSon tells me he served with Kyle in Fallujah, 2004.
They are doing man dates in my family.:)Bet they go out for beers afterwards.
Patriots all!
I'm not put off by the violence, just making a point.
Same with my wife and me. We went to see it Thursday night and showed up 5 minutes late. They were still in coming attractions, but there are no seats except for the front few rows. My neck hurts a bit, but the movie was fabulous.
Interesting note: As we were walking out it was dead quiet. It felt like we were walking out of a wake.
What will make the Leftists’ heads explode will be when some patriotic Texas school district names a school after this hero. It should be Odessa, Texas, his birthplace.
He will join the illustrious ranks of Texas men who have served this nation proudly: Admiral Chester Nimitz (who headed the Pacific fleet in WW II), Audie Murphy (the most decorated soldier in WW II, Doris Miller (the most decorated sailor in WW II, a Black man from Dallas), Vice Admiral Wm McRaven, who commanded the Navy Seal team that killed Bin Laden, and many others. These men are one of the reasons that Texas is proud.
So which idiot judge will be handing Jessie “The Fraudie” Venture a portion of the profits to soothe his bruised ego this time?
We have a date for the early show this afternoon! :-)
Bump...The sooner it happens, the better!
The slob is probably having fits that he didn’t rip Chris Kyle’s wife off for more.
My cousin who claims to be to the right of me texted
to see if I wanted to join him in seeing the movie. The
3:45pm show worked for both of us. It was very well attended
and the next showing was shaping up to be packed by the
looks of the lobby crowd and ticket line.
My cousin had read the book and deemed the movie OK
although the long range Carlos Adcock style hit was
not in the book. I thought Brad Cooper played a
credible role. We went for beer and clam chowda after
and it was then that cuz told it was opening day. I
hardly ever go to movies and especially on opening days.
Sort of makes one wish ghosts were real and they would find Fraudie in a psychotic episode the next morning with an unexplainable mark on the skin of his forehead the exact diameter of one of Kyle’s projectiles.
Saw it last Thursday night “sneak peek” with my oldest son. (college age) Very powerful and moving. Wife has heard so many good things about it she now wants to see it.
Totally agree about the ending...dead quiet. But story was great and so was acting...showed Muslims for the evil they are...
If the movie is so good, why didn’t Eastwood get a “Best Director” nomination?
Talk about an amazing entertainment career, still making movies of this caliber in his mid 80s.
He’s anything but an empty chair. Just saying.
I thought it was one of the better movies I have seen in a while.
The quiet at the end lasted until people were out of the building. I dont know if it was reverence or shock.
My wife did not know how the story ended. She was shocked when she saw it and when I explained what happened.
Makes me hate Jesse Ventura more than I already did.
Not. Even. Close.
The movie was very good. But the Sienna Miller role was a little weak.
Clint did a good job, but he will probably never win another oscar. Especially for a war movie.
When someone says “gore,” I think of garbage horror movies like the “Final Destination” series or “Saw.” That’s gore for the sake of gore. It’s over-the-top to get a reaction.
“Reality” gore is more palatable to me. Gunshot wounds, knife wounds, those are “real life,” but having seen plenty of blood in my day, I suppose those realistic injuries don’t phase me.
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