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I saw it this morning at the 10 AM run and I now understand why it is nominated for Best Picture and Bradley Cooper as Best Actor. I really can't say anything about the movie without giving out spoilers except to say I took a few deep breaths when I came out of the theater.
 
Jar wrench got to see special screening last week and they all loved it. I planned on seeing it this weekend but region band duties say otherwise.
 
I did not care for it. In large part because I read the book. I did not think the movie came close to the book in any aspect. They portrayed Kyle as having to have PTSD because he was a killer. His wife came across as a selfish nagging bitchy woman. As with many of Eastwood directed movies it has a violence is always bad view. It got nominated for many awards by Hollywood. That should tell you something since those voters are for the most part liberals that hate the military.
If you know anything about guns and the military you will find many technical errors. Lots of scope turrent turning, target is super close and he is turning the windage turrent. A 7.62x54 rounds shoots through both sides of a plate carrier, that's two plates of penetration, from extreme range. Large drone aircraft flying at 500 ft or lower, I believe they are normally so high you have a hard time seeing them. The prop guys couldn't even do a good job on the M1 tank.
I do not think it did justice to Chris Kyle.
 
My wife and I just returned from the movie. I found it riveting and very moving. My wife was only vaguely familiar with Kyle's story and she was really blown away.

The most striking thing was at the end of the movie the theater was chillingly quiet. I think folks wanted to clap and discuss it with each other, but it was like there was a sense of respect and maybe even awe.

This is a must see movie for everyone.
 
An excellent movie. I highly recommend it.

Some people who prefer to worship Chris Kyle as a killer rather than as a patriotic American might find it too sophisticated. It was the same with his book; there were people in the customer reviews basically complaining that the book had too much about Chris' feelings and not enough details about exploding heads. Well, to each his own. The review I read in my newspaper complained about the opposite, that Clint Eastwood showed all this well-staged violence without questioning the reasons. In my experience, if people are beating up on something from both sides, it's probably doing a good job.

Be that as it may, I think it's a good sign that, quite apart from any debates over politics and strategy of our recent and current wars, people are making and flocking to see movies like "Lone Survivor" and now "American Sniper" that show our soldiers as unabashedly positive characters, unlike after Vietnam.
 
Straightshooter2 said:
I saw it this morning at the 10 AM run and I now understand why it is nominated for Best Picture and Bradley Cooper as Best Actor. I really can't say anything about the movie without giving out spoilers except to say I took a few deep breaths when I came out of the theater.
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Right now its got around 5-6 nods. I cant believe they are snubbing Unbroken though??? I saw the Hannity special on the movie last night--and I plan on watching it next week=as well as Unbroken. A certain loud-mouth is complaining that the wrong movies are getting the nods. I think Clint Eastwood and Jolie both--did an outstanding job making those movies--as wel as the families of the men they are about. I think Cooper--looks great as Kyle.
 
Saw it last night. The house was packed solid. Not sure there was an empty seat and it was playing in at least two theaters in the complex. At the end about 50% of the audience clapped briefly and then deafening silence as everyone made their way out. Never experienced that quiet of an exit before.
 
Smith357 said:
...at the end the silence was deafening.
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That was the thing I was struck with, the silence. While our theater was far from full, it was a pretty good crowd for 10 AM. It was almost like people were trying to walk softly on the way out and I wasn't the only one wiping my eyes when we walked out either.
 
I don't know how Eastwood will ever do anything better.The photography was outstanding as was the special effects and sound.The combat made me feel I was in he midst of it,which didn't seem like a good place to be.The acting was quite believable.The tensions created at home by the intense combat experience was palpable.
We will never be able to really thank these volunteers who do the dirty difficult work most won't do,then go back and do it again.Thank God we have such men.
And by the way,the audience is given an opportunity to see how fanatical and evil the enemy really is,and sending them to meet their 72 virgins is the only solution.
Get ready,,they're coming to a neighborhood near you!
 
Excellent movie!

My wife and I saw it last night...very moving. Not to give anything away here about the movie, but there was only 1 scene in the movie that I did NOT understand why it had to be in the movie (or for that fact, why Kyle did it if he did): the scene at his house where he comes out of the other room holding a handgun and waves it around near his wife. Anyone else noticed this?

Sheep.....Predators.....Sheepdogs

Thank you for your service and RIP Chris Kyle...
 
my wife and I saw it today. it was very good. i, also, take issue with that scene. I just cannot see him waving any firearm around like that. other wise, the movie was well done.

no one even started to stand until all of the credits had run and the houselights came on. the whole time, there was absolute silence. i don't think a single word was spoken until we were outside, except for a few "thanks you's" to some vets that were proudly wearing their veteran hats. my guilt lies in that i was not close enough to any to convey my thanks.

my wife did not say a word for about 40 minutes after. every time she tried to speak, she would tear up. she did not read the book like i did(started just before his death, finished just after). her father has had it since. we did stop and buy her a new copy.

as good as the movie was, i enjoyed the book more. but that is normal so...
 
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I read the book and finally saw the movie. It was excellent. You have to over look the normal Hollywood goof ups but the ending scenes alone were worth it. I hope n pray that when Chris got to heaven GOD greeted him with a hug and a beer. ....He earned it.

Blessed are the peacekeepers for they are the children of God
 
News this morning said it broke all weekend opening records for January. 90 million plus.
 
We saw it yesterday. Big theater. The credits started.... not one person in the theater moved to leave. The scenes rolled of everyone who turned out in the rain for his procession. Not a sound in the entire IMAX theater. The ending finished and there were 15-seconds of absolute silence. And still not a soul stood. Then a quiet round of soft applause spread throughout the place and finally audience members began to wipe their eyes and silently shuffle for the exits without an audible word spoken.....
 
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