America Fuck Yeah war is not so glorious as we thought! Hello fellow film connoisseurs B-rod to talk about a movie that is either oscar worthy masterpiece or glorifying a man who killed people. (Yes I've seen some people make that argument). American Sniper is that movie and I personally loved it; well to a point. The plot of American Sniper for those who may be unaware is about real life soldier Chris Kyle. The man with two first names. (cue in dramatic music) He currently holds the record for the most confirmed kills as a sniper. When you see these deep and emotional trailers you might think this is a character piece about him during and after the war. I personally thought that most of the movie would be about him suffering from PTSD more than just his tours in Afghanistan. If you think that you are half right the movie is all about Chris's time overseas with a touch on how it affected his home life. While this movie truly captures the horrors of war, and how war is not like the latest Call of Duty game, it still feels a bit more like a action movie drama hybrid. There actually was a central antagonist that Chris is after the entire film. I am not to say that wasn't the case, but it seemed a bit Hollywood with the rival sniper he is chasing after. The movie has some very strong emotional parts that had me close to tears, and super gory parts that had me going "ohhhh shiittt", which is a nice mix in my book. The cast consist of very few if not only one really big name. That name is Bradley Cooper. Cooper captures this character and becomes him in every sense of the word. While you may disagree with the characters moral views, or completely agree the true honor of this character is how deeply and willingly able to sacrifice himself for them. Bradley Cooper is suave, badass, and emotional in his portrayal of Chris Kyle. The other cast did well, but ultimately overshadowed by how well Bradley Cooper was, also the fact the movie is about him and him alone the others get about a third of the screen time. The director is good ole Dirty Harry a.k.a Clint Eastwood. Clint known for directing Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino this goes right in his best of list. Clint made a movie that in a few years film teachers may use to demonstrate how to make a good and emotional character piece. The writer Jason Hall is pretty fresh meat to this screenwriting game. Sadly I do not recognize much of his work.(all two other movies) I honestly think that he wrote great dialog to help create a likeable character. From what I hear from those who have read the book he adapted this very close to the original work. Overall the movie is a gut punch in the fact that much like seeing Lone Survivor it takes a lot out of you to see more realistic war, and some of the horrors of the home life after four years of war. I do believe some people take away the wrong message from the movie thinking that it promotes war. It doesn't the ending is well proof to show war is hell just or unjust. I truly enjoyed this film and think it worthy of a nomination at the very least. I give this a 4/5. I leave with a question. Is it just me or are hardcore war films becoming a mid January kind of thing? This is two years in a row.
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