American Sniper

[illusioNtEk]

Best movie i'v seen in quite sometime tbh..... watch it.

[Silver&Black]

Taking the wifey to see it on Saturday. Her friend told her it was awesome.....now she wants to see it. It must be good for two chicks to want to see a "war movie".

[Robz4000]

I heard it was clichéd as fuck from a couple friends, but I think I'll give it a shot.

[Strange Love]

I heard it was clichéd as fuck from a couple friends, but I think I'll give it a shot.

It was based on a real life tragedy. How cliche can that be?

I liked the movie, not the best but I appreciated it.

[Robz4000]

It was based on a real life tragedy. How cliche can that be?

I liked the movie, not the best but I appreciated it.

I know it is. The way he died irl was fucked up. Still, movies based on real life events can go overboard pretty easily.

[DJR210]

Best movie i'v seen in quite sometime tbh..... watch it.

Is this your alt, tbh?

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138941&highlight=clubber

[Strange Love]

Is this your alt, tbh?

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138941&highlight=clubber

I've wondered this also. :lmao if same.

The originality!

[boutons_deux]

Critics of American Sniper Chris Kyle Threatened with Violence and Rape Fantasies

Kyle wrote in his memoir, American Sniper,


Our ROEs [Rules of Engagement] when the [Iraq War] kicked off were pretty simple: If you see anyone from about sixteen to sixty-five and they’re male, shoot ‘em. Kill every male you see. That wasn’t the official language, but that was the idea.



So Kyle was ordered, he says, to systematically execute every male between 16 and 65.

It happens, as historian Christian Ingrao tells us in his study of intellectuals in the Waffen SS, the German soldiers of the Einsatzgruppen (death squads) also “systematically shot” all “male adult Jews between fifteen and sixty” during the first eight weeks of Barbarossa, Germany’s invasion of Russia in 1941.

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/04/critics-american-sniper-chris-kyle-threatened-violence-rape-fantasies.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+politicususa%2FfJAl+%28Politi cus+USA+%29

Hero? Kyle, in his own book, was pathological killer, a sicko, murdering monster.

[DJR210]

I've wondered this also. :lmao if same.

The originality!

:lol they both have the capital n of all the letters..probably is him

[SupremeGuy]

:cry
Do you really have to fag up every thread with your nonsense?

[Franklin]

women watch such movies for the same reason why men watch beach volleyball, imho.

[CosmicCowboy]

The ROE in Viet Nam was to kill anyone moving at night Male or Female.

[MultiTroll]

I know it is. The way he died irl was fucked up. Still, movies based on real life events can go overboard pretty easily.
Did Clint portray him dying?

[illusioNtEk]

:lol they both have the capital n of all the letters..probably is him

it is me lol

I'v grown since then tho... that was like 7 years ago lol

[JudynTX]

Another movie about a soldier dying? No thanks.

[DJR210]

it is me lol

I'v grown since then tho... that was like 7 years ago lol

:lmao

Paging mouse...we need some chops, now!

[Infinite_limit]

The ROE in Viet Nam was to kill anyone moving at night Male or Female.
BUT we were liberating them

[Infinite_limit]

Another movie about a soldier dying? No thanks.
Prefer the monthly Hollywood film bout Nazis?

[Strange Love]

it is me lol

I'v grown since then tho... that was like 7 years ago lol

Clearly not enough to come up with a better name. :lol

[DJR210]

Clearly not enough to come up with a better name. :lol

:lol

[angrydude]

Good movie as far as movies go.

The main character is stale as shit though. Made the movie pretty boring IMO. I think it's because his dad threatened Eastwood if he made his son look bad so instead he made him a cookie cutout caricature of the perfect soldier.

[illusioNtEk]

Clearly not enough to come up with a better name. :lol

Why come up with a different name? I'm not trying to hide or anything lol

[Strange Love]

Why come up with a different name? I'm not trying to hide or anything lol

Then why did you make this name? Why didn't you keep posting with that other one?

[The Reckoning]

I know it is. The way he died irl was fucked up. Still, movies based on real life events can go overboard pretty easily.


Thanks for ruining it

[Robz4000]

Thanks for ruining it

No problem :tu

[HI-FI]

I might check this out on a discount day. Clint is one of my favorite actors and I enjoy his directorial output though it's very hit or miss. He doesn't have any films I hate, but at his worst his films can feel lazy or unpolished.

[unleashbaynes]

Prefer the monthly Hollywood film bout Nazis?

don't forget that you could also see yet another shitty superhero movie...

[chunticakes]

*SPOILER ALERT*

They don't show shit at the end. Just a little text saying a veteran he was helping offed him.

I think Eastwood bought into Kyle's dad's complaints too much tbh.

[SnakeBoy]

Good movie as far as movies go.

The main character is stale as shit though. Made the movie pretty boring IMO. I think it's because his dad threatened Eastwood if he made his son look bad so instead he made him a cookie cutout caricature of the perfect soldier.

Uh the main character was a real person. Watch an interview with the real guy and the movie character is pretty spot on


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiVDtNjORbY

I quite liked that Eastwood didn't Hollywood up the story like they did with Lone Survivor.

[AussieFanKurt]

I love war films but didn't find this overly compelling tbh. There just wasn't that much special about it. Still an above average film but nothing to write home about

[lefty]

meh

I was hoping for a Marvel Easter egg tbh

[SupremeGuy]

Clearly not enough to come up with a better name. :lol:lol

[boutons_deux]

The ROE in Viet Nam was to kill anyone moving at night Male or Female.

And just like Iraq, VN was American criminal clusterfuck, which according to you, justifies killing any and all "sand n!gg@s" and "slants"

[monosylab1k]

meh

I was hoping for a Marvel Easter egg tbh

:lol

[Trill Clinton]

fuck this dude and his movie.

[Strange Love]

fuck this dude and his movie.

That's right, it doesn't star a black dude.

[SupremeGuy]

fuck this dude and his movie.Go watch annie faggot, someone has to. Your bitch foxx is nothing more than a culture vulture, tbh. Wouldn't be surprised if he invested in the film. Pathetic. Why do your people feel their own stories and characters aren't worth shit?

[DJR210]

That's right, it doesn't star a black dude.

What doesn't make sense with his shtick is this coon is as white as they get..claims his parents are rich so he probably lives in some ultra safe white suburb on the far Northside, posts pictures of his faggy knitted socks and loafers, tries to boast but posts pics of a Volvo or whatever car only a white girl would drive, yet tries to use his "blackisms" in every post to remind everyone he's a coon. I'm sure his girl is white too :lol

[TheyCallMePro]

Saw this last week (thanks to Katproxy) and didn't like it at all.

It was blindly patriotic and unrealistic. Talking to his wife on his cell phone while sniping/riding in an open vehicle and getting shot at? And Coopers wife's character was utterly pathetic. Every line of hers was the same: "You're just not the same man!" Hated every scene with her in it (half the movie).

It just wasn't good. I get that a lot of people will like it, but I want an intriguing story line with interesting characters in war movie. American Sniper's characters were dull (Cooper), pathetic (Cooper's wife) and souless and uncharacterized (everyone else, especially the bad guys).

Just play CoD and snipe bad guys for two hours instead. 3/10.

[.G.]

Wonder how many imbeciles cheered usa usa usa throughout the film, stood up and the end of the film and saluted all the dumb bubbas for "serving" their country, went out to a bar afterwards and downed gallons of budweiser. Soon you'll be seeing the bubba masses (including culturally confused hiSPanICS---never my fellow niggas --I wonder why that is?) sporting the punisher emblem as if it's some indicator of their lethal nature. Just good 'ol, silly, mindless, 'murican propaganda.
:lol 'murican sniper

[lefty]

Wonder how many imbeciles cheered usa usa usa throughout the film, stood up and the end of the film and saluted all the dumb bubbas for "serving" their country, went out to a bar afterwards and downed gallons of budweiser. Soon you'll be seeing the bubba masses (including culturally confused hiSPanICS---never my fellow niggas --I wonder why that is?) sporting the punisher emblem as if it's some indicator of their lethal nature. Just good 'ol, silly, mindless, 'murican propaganda.
:lol 'murican sniper
:lol

[SnakeBoy]

Best thing about this movie is that it gets the liberal faggots panties up in a wad for some reason.

[Trill Clinton]

Wonder how many imbeciles cheered usa usa usa throughout the film, stood up and the end of the film and saluted all the dumb bubbas for "serving" their country, went out to a bar afterwards and downed gallons of budweiser. Soon you'll be seeing the bubba masses (including culturally confused hiSPanICS---never my fellow niggas --I wonder why that is?) sporting the punisher emblem as if it's some indicator of their lethal nature. Just good 'ol, silly, mindless, 'murican propaganda.
:lol 'murican sniper


:lmao:bobo

[DMX7]

Saving Private Ryan was great, but to me there could still be a better WWII film than that.

[CosmicCowboy]

Anyone seen Fury?

[TheRealCB]

Not an American, so I don't care about the patriotic stuff. Great movie, 8.5/10

[SnakeBoy]

Anyone seen Fury?

Yeah, not great but it's a solid movie.

[200 miles]

Wonder how many imbeciles cheered usa usa usa throughout the film, stood up and the end of the film and saluted all the dumb bubbas for "serving" their country, went out to a bar afterwards and downed gallons of budweiser. Soon you'll be seeing the bubba masses (including culturally confused hiSPanICS---never my fellow niggas --I wonder why that is?) sporting the punisher emblem as if it's some indicator of their lethal nature. Just good 'ol, silly, mindless, 'murican propaganda.
:lol 'murican sniper

But... but Jesus loves America and the Christian soldiers sent to liberate the Middle Eastern non-believers. Oh wait.

[monosylab1k]

:lol Seth Rogen said this move reminded him of the fake Nazi propaganda film from Inglourious Basterds.

[DMX7]

:lol Seth Rogen said this move reminded him of the fake Nazi propaganda film from Inglourious Basterds.

That kat was beasting in Stolz der Nation.

I would take that as a complement.

[CosmicCowboy]

:lol Seth Rogen said this move reminded him of the fake Nazi propaganda film from Inglourious Basterds.

:lmao Seth Rogan

[Strange Love]

Seth Rogen has been desperately looking to be somewhat relevant again since his shit movie got relagated to third string media like youtube and random streaming sites. :lol

[Spurminator]

Seeing as all he did was send out an observation via Twitter and he's become co-Public Enemy #1 with Michael Moore in the conservative hivemind, he's apparently still got some relevance to them.

[spurraider21]

apparently Michael Moore was offended by the movie, so it must be good. will prob check it out tonight

[Infinite_limit]

That kat was beasting in Stolz der Nation.

I would take that as a complement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI1fqOELQ48

[HI-FI]

Saving Private Ryan was great, but to me there could still be a better WWII film than that.
Ryan is all that's great and bad with Spielberg imo. The plot still annoys the shit out of me, and I find it cloying like a lot of Spielbergs stuff. But that beginning and ending are still incredible, just virtuosic filmmaking that very few could emulate. There are also some really good scenes throughout, it just feels like it fell short of being as good as possible.

[UZER]

Ryan is all that's great and bad with Spielberg imo. The plot still annoys the shit out of me, and I find it cloying like a lot of Spielbergs stuff. But that beginning and ending are still incredible, just virtuosic filmmaking that very few could emulate. There are also some really good scenes throughout, it just feels like it fell short of being as good as possible.

Agreed. Something was missing from that movie. But that opening hit you in the gut hard.

[vander]

seriously how hard is it to just make a solid movie about reality like this one? yet who else but Eastwood is doing it?

also, that Will Tippin sure has come a long way

[baseline bum]

Saving Private Ryan was great, but to me there could still be a better WWII film than that.

I like The Longest Day.

[baseline bum]

I might check this out on a discount day. Clint is one of my favorite actors and I enjoy his directorial output though it's very hit or miss. He doesn't have any films I hate, but at his worst his films can feel lazy or unpolished.

I thought Million Dollar Baby was an overly sentimental piece of shit. With that said, I love everything else Eastwood has done that I have seen.

[baseline bum]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI1fqOELQ48

I thought this was good

GHs2coAzLJ8

[baseline bum]

Ryan is all that's great and bad with Spielberg imo. The plot still annoys the shit out of me, and I find it cloying like a lot of Spielbergs stuff. But that beginning and ending are still incredible, just virtuosic filmmaking that very few could emulate. There are also some really good scenes throughout, it just feels like it fell short of being as good as possible.

Tom Hanks and his sickeningly sweet character ruins that movie for me as great as the first few minutes are.

[UZER]

I thought Million Dollar Baby was an overly sentimental piece of shit. With that said, I love everything else Eastwood has done that I have seen.


I hate movies that take a turn that doesnt make any sense, example...Hancock. Thought the movie had potential, then just went wide right.

[spurraider21]

was better than i thought. i figured it would be more MURKA

michael moore and seth rogen are faggots tbh

[Big Empty]

What a bad ass movie.

[Aztecfan03]

was better than i thought. i figured it would be more MURKA

michael moore and seth rogen are faggots tbh

they probably haven't even seen it.

[DJR210]

Seth Rogen is a fucking jew bastard with man tits, what does he know

[baseline bum]

Seth Rogen is a fucking jew bastard with man tits, what does he know

I like Rogen, but god damn The Interview was a worthless piece of shit. I couldn't make it through 30 minutes.

[DJR210]

I like Rogen, but god damn The Interview was a worthless piece of shit. I couldn't make it through 30 minutes.

I liked The Interview, but Rogen was more than worthless in it. He didn't say anything funny, or even memorable IMO. The only line of his I can recall is "Eminem is gay on our show"

[lefty]

I like Rogen, but god damn The Interview was a worthless piece of shit. I couldn't make it through 30 minutes.
Thats why they tried to block it

they wanted to do a favor to everybody else

[SnakeBoy]

I like Rogen, but god damn The Interview was a worthless piece of shit. I couldn't make it through 30 minutes.

Wimp. I watched the whole thing. It was difficult but I'm no quitter.

[baseline bum]

Wimp. I watched the whole thing. It was difficult but I'm no quitter.

Sorry son, I'm not going down with the ship when it comes to shit movies.

[InRareForm]

Good movie. Kept me wanting to watch. And it wasn't too long.

[DJR210]

I agree with the criticism about this fool talking on a satellite phone or whatever it was with his wife in the middle of battle..:lol that's real fucking stupid..don't understand how not one person with authority thought that was stupid a fuck while they were filming those scenes.

[DarrinS]

Didn't think it was that great of a movie, tbh

[The Reckoning]

So did he shoot the little dune kid with the bomb or not?

[AussieFanKurt]

So did he shoot the little dune kid with the bomb or not?


yes

[Infinite_limit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1421914688&v=DqkdZ9weAlA&x-yt-cl=84503534#t=97

[DMC]

Whatever, these guys aren't supposed to talk about their work for profit after they retire. Many of them get PNG from the teams by doing this, but Kyle seems to have gotten a pass.

[ChumpDumper]

Did they show him picking off looters from the top of the Superdome?

[ohmwrecker]

Did they show him picking off looters from the top of the Superdome?

He didn't do that. He was lying. Dude was a lying piece of shit.

[ChumpDumper]

He didn't do that. He was lying. Dude was a lying piece of shit.Well, most of these biopics have gone out of their way to lie about their subjects, so why not put in the really good lies?

The Superdome sniping and carjacker snuffs would make great cinema. Maybe a different director would be needed.

[ohmwrecker]

Well, most of these biopics have gone out of their way to lie about their subjects, so why not put in the really good lies?

The Superdome sniping and carjacker snuffs would make great cinema. Maybe a different director would be needed.

Maybe Eastwood had already fulfilled his lie quota.

[Spurminator]

Did they show him picking off looters from the top of the Superdome?

American hero!

[The Gemini Method]

Watched it. Wasn't surprised as it was some Americana propaganda...but still entertaining. The fake baby and the way-to-ominous look to the Marine who ends up killing him was hilarious (That part reminded me of the dastardly villain films of the turn of the 20th Century). Not a movie I'd watch again but definitely not terrible. Calling during a snipe shot or in the middle of engagement was lame. So was the wife being super whiny. You knew what he was when you dicked down with the guy. You get knocked up and think he's going to just stop. Dumb broad.

[spurraider21]

Watched it. Wasn't surprised as it was some Americana propaganda...but still entertaining. The fake baby and the way-to-ominous look to the Marine who ends up killing him was hilarious (That part reminded me of the dastardly villain films of the turn of the 20th Century). Not a movie I'd watch again but definitely not terrible. Calling during a snipe shot or in the middle of engagement was lame. So was the wife being super whiny. You knew what he was when you dicked down with the guy. You get knocked up and think he's going to just stop. Dumb broad.
:cry he's not the man she married

[The Gemini Method]

:cry he's not the man she married

I married a licensed killer...he'll be normal when he gets back! :cry

[Trainwreck2100]

I married a licensed killer...he'll be normal when he gets back! :cry

dude what the fuck man.






I don't think they're officially licensed

[ohmwrecker]

dude what the fuck man.






I don't think they're officially licensed

Might as well be tbh. Semantics.

[The Gemini Method]

dude what the fuck man.






I don't think they're officially licensed Not licensed in a traditional sense--he was trained to kill. He was set up with the technique to kill cleanly and from a distance. It's something my Marine friend (who was a trained sniper refers to it as). It's something that bothered him when he got back and it made his marriage rocky but his wife knew what she was marrying into. The wife in AS acted like this was all a surprise. She was horrible in that role and the consistency of the writers to continuously harp on this emote really didn't do the movie justice.

[Pauly D]

read the book years ago, going to see the movie this Tuesday in the middle of the day (hate crowded theaters). But first, could some of you faggots look at this, please?

http://takimag.com/article/superman_is_boring_gavin_mcinnes#axzz3PeTRwpH1

a shorter version

http://streetcarnage.com/blog/stop-sanitizing-heroes/

so, tell me why I should give a shit about completely irrelevant and inconsequential lies? Becomes a SEAL, becomes a sniper, gets record numbers, buuuut he lied about stuff that had nothing to do with any of that. In fact, the only one of those lies he told in the book was the Ventura thing and he didn't even use his name. It took Opie and Anthony to get him to say it then pompous O'Reilly claims Kyle's confession as his exclusive and makes it known everywhere. The way people are reacting to this "LIAR!!!!!!" you'd think he never even made through training

[Biernutz]

I saw the movie today and I liked it. It had a lot of dramatic moments like where he had to decide
to or not to shoot a little boy carrying the rigged RPG round at the Marines in the street when the kid was
going to throw it......I wont say what happened after that if you haven't seen the movie. This movie was
based on his book and life. I said based like other movies based from books. I didn't know he killed 160
of the enemy in the four tours. He also had a bounty on his head and was hunted from the other side. He was a
sniper in support of ground troops going door to to door. If he shot that many as he did, he saved countless American
solders lives by taking out the bad guy who were there to kill our Marines. I recommend this movie......

[unleashbaynes]

you know how in Inglorious Bastards the Germans have that propoganda film about the brave sniper guy who fights off like 400 enemies or whatever? felt like that.

[Infinite_limit]

I saw the movie today and I liked it. It had a lot of dramatic moments like where he had to decide
to or not to shoot a little boy carrying the rigged RPG round at the Marines in the street when the kid was
going to throw it......I wont say what happened after that if you haven't seen the movie. This movie was
based on his book and life. I said based like other movies based from books. I didn't know he killed 160
of the enemy in the four tours. He also had a bounty on his head and was hunted from the other side. He was a
sniper in support of ground troops going door to to door. If he shot that many as he did, he saved countless American
solders lives by taking out the bad guy who were there to kill our Marines. I recommend this movie......
There as in their own homeland? Marines were the invaders = bad guys

[Pauly D]

^ Great reference, Seth Rogen.

[Infinite_limit]

you know how in Inglorious Bastards the Germans have that propoganda film about the brave sniper guy who fights off like 400 enemies or whatever? felt like that.
I posted that clip on Page 2

[Pauly D]

^ Fuck, that's for the faggot above you. And as for you, suck a cock. I thought you were a reasonable, "the more of those fuckers dead the better," type person

[Infinite_limit]

^ Fuck, that's for the faggot above you. And as for you, suck a cock. I thought you were a reasonable, "the more of those fuckers dead the better," type person
Would you react differently if Putin flew on over and started busting down your door?

[Pauly D]

If we had psychopaths all throughout this country that go around the world bombing civilians I might think he had a reason for being here.




(wtf I'm not even for the war but I sure as fuck don't have a bleeding heart for those people like you seem to)

[Biernutz]

you know how in Inglorious Bastards the Germans have that propoganda film about the brave sniper guy who fights off like 400 enemies or whatever? felt like that.

The Nazi propaganda film you were talking about is quite a stretch if you are to compare it to
American Sniper movie........here is the clip fro the bastards movie...


http://youtu.be/aI1fqOELQ48

[Infinite_limit]

If we had psychopaths all throughout this country that go around the world bombing civilians I might think he had a reason for being here.




(wtf I'm not even for the war but I sure as fuck don't have a bleeding heart for those people like you seem to)
Collateral damage occurs. Marines bomb civilians around the world.

My issue is with how the OP worded his explanation. I'm trying to find out if it's a byproduct of watching such a Nationalistic film. He seems to disregard that we invaded them and they are simply defending their homeland. Poles and/or Jews did the same exact stuff in WW2 against the Nazis.

[Pauly D]

Collateral damage occurs. Marines bomb civilians around the world.

My issue is with how the OP worded his explanation. I'm trying to find out if it's a byproduct of watching such a Nationalistic film. He seems to disregard that we invaded them and they are simply defending their homeland. Poles and/or Jews did the same exact stuff in WW2 against the Nazis.

I watched Schindler's List last week for the first time in years. Thinking about it made me laugh at this comment. Again, I'm all for leaving that part of the world to live in their own misery and enduring a terrorist attack every once in a while

[Infinite_limit]

I watched Schindler's List last week for the first time in years. Thinking about it made me laugh at this comment. Again, I'm all for leaving that part of the world to live in their own misery and enduring a terrorist attack every once in a while
Schlindler's List is a 2nd rate Holocaust film made by a Hollywood Jew. If you want a more accurate depiction of what occurred, watch the Pianist.

I'd say it's naive to assume Europe/the West had no negative influence on how the Middle East is today

What World War I Did to the Middle Easthttp://www.spiegel.de/international/world/world-war-i-led-to-a-century-of-violence-in-the-middle-east-a-946052.html


"World War I may have ended in 1918, but the violence it triggered in the Middle East still hasn't come to an end. Arbitrary borders drawn by self-interested imperial powers have left a legacy that the region has not been able to overcome."

"To understand how this historical anomaly came to pass, several factors must be considered: the region's depressing history prior to World War I, the failure of the Arab elite and the continual intervention by the superpowers thereafter, the role of political Islam, the discovery of oil, the founding of Israel and the Cold War."

[redzero]

I just saw the movie and I enjoyed it. It wasn't as black or white as people were making it out to be, but it still was an "America, Fuck Yeah!" kind of film. Kyle's portrayal would be criticized no matter what: if he lied about his military exploits, he would have been called a coward and if he didn't, he would have been called a murderer (some have called him both). I think the chief issue, from an accuracy standpoint, was movie Kyle's struggle with PTSD. The real Kyle seemed to have loved every moment of his four tours, but the movie Kyle is haunted by his experiences in Iraq.

What I would have liked to have seen--which would probably piss off people on the other side of the political spectrum--would be a Full-Metal-Jacket-Chopper-Gunner portrayal of Chris Kyle, which would have been far more entertaining.

[unleashbaynes]

^ Fuck, that's for the faggot above you. And as for you, suck a cock. I thought you were a reasonable, "the more of those fuckers dead the better," type person

I don't care one way or the other, but if you don't see this movie for the hurr durr American soldiers are really the good guys even though we're raping these people's culture propoganda shite that it is, you're a dumbass.

[Pauly D]

I haven't seen the movie yet but the book is nowhere near the description you just used. He was pretty pragmatic about the whole thing. The only time you saw he had passion about anything in the war was when he referred to them as savages.

[Malik Hairston]

Is it worth watching if Bradley Cooper is on your top 3 list of punchable celebrities, tbh?

[Pauly D]

pretty meh. They flew by everything. The SEAL training looked like just a cold weekend at a water park. I didn't care when anyone died. The action was a little overdone. The cat and mouse thing they had going was half-ass. The ending should've been way more subtle. Don't Put the fucking date up there like "OK GUYS, THIS IS HIS LAST DAY." And then depicting the marine like he's the Joker sneaking up on Batman instead of a tragic case of irony as it really was. As a fan of Chris Kyle and Clint Eastwood and stoked at how legit Cooper looked and played him, I'm bummed it didn't turn out better



Critics of American Sniper Chris Kyle Threatened with Violence and Rape Fantasies

Kyle wrote in his memoir, American Sniper,


Our ROEs [Rules of Engagement] when the [Iraq War] kicked off were pretty simple: If you see anyone from about sixteen to sixty-five and they’re male, shoot ‘em. Kill every male you see. That wasn’t the official language, but that was the idea.



So Kyle was ordered, he says, to systematically execute every male between 16 and 65.

Hero? Kyle, in his own book, was pathological killer, a sicko, murdering monster.


you need some context. This is hilariously ridiculous


fuck this dude and his movie.

why?


It was blindly patriotic

nope. It did lean in that direction but it was hardly the "cheering after every headshot" type movie.


Wonder how many imbeciles cheered usa usa usa throughout the film, stood up and the end of the film and saluted all the dumb bubbas for "serving" their country, went out to a bar afterwards and downed gallons of budweiser. Soon you'll be seeing the bubba masses (including culturally confused hiSPanICS---never my fellow niggas --I wonder why that is?) sporting the punisher emblem as if it's some indicator of their lethal nature. Just good 'ol, silly, mindless, 'murican propaganda.
:lol 'murican sniper

your bitterness isn't very subtle, is it? Geez


Best thing about this movie is that it gets the liberal faggots panties up in a wad for some reason.

it really is. Above all else it makes me smile seeing how it's making some grind their teeth in anger


But... but Jesus loves America and the Christian soldiers sent to liberate the Middle Eastern non-believers. Oh wait.

why can't the movie just be about one incredibly efficient soldier's life? No need to get worked up


Tom Hanks and his sickeningly sweet character ruins that movie for me as great as the first few minutes are.

what?! I though his character had the perfect amount of cynicism. When Ryan was talking to him when they were chilling before the last battle you see how reluctant he was. He showed a perfect lack of compassion quite a few times


Good movie. Kept me wanting to watch. And it wasn't too long.

should've been longer. They might've been able to actually DEVELOP some part of his story. If this had been done in the 60s or 70s it could've been an incredible over 3 hr epic, but that's never happening again


So did he shoot the little dune kid with the bomb or not?

yes. In the book it's his only experience he really dwells on. The whole PTSD thing was blown way past what he had expressed. Not saying he didn't go through that but it's obvious it was put in to fit a narrative


read the book years ago, going to see the movie this Tuesday in the middle of the day (hate crowded theaters). But first, could some of you faggots look at this, please?

http://takimag.com/article/superman_is_boring_gavin_mcinnes#axzz3PeTRwpH1

a shorter version

http://streetcarnage.com/blog/stop-sanitizing-heroes/

so, tell me why I should give a shit about completely irrelevant and inconsequential lies? Becomes a SEAL, becomes a sniper, gets record numbers, buuuut he lied about stuff that had nothing to do with any of that. In fact, the only one of those lies he told in the book was the Ventura thing and he didn't even use his name. It took Opie and Anthony to get him to say it then pompous O'Reilly claims Kyle's confession as his exclusive and makes it known everywhere. The way people are reacting to this "LIAR!!!!!!" you'd think he never even made through training

So, if they had made the movie years from now I think they could've really made him into the human badass that he was, faults and all. It would've been way too soon to see it as a realistic Lawrence of Arabia type depiction

[DMX7]

Chris is a hero! The arguments I've heard against him are weak as shit.

[HI-FI]

finally saw it. Like I said earlier about Clint, he can be hit or miss as a director and this film is a bit of a mixed bag, but it's still really good. Its success isn't a fluke, there's a certain energy or emotion to it that works.

8.5/10

the goods imo
1)sound design. from the opening Muslim prayer to the silence at the credits, just excellent sound design throughout the film. I liked the minimal use of music, reminded me of No Country for Old Men in that regard.
2)Tom Stern's cinematography. Clint's movies have a certain look and I thought his DP did some of his best work on this one.
3)Acting. Overall the performances were believable and good but Cooper took the movie and his career to another level. I wouldn't be shocked if this film wins an oscar for Best Actor and Sound Design.

It's not a perfect film, it had its cliches and flaws but other than some blacks in the theater talking, I enjoyed the experience.

[Pauly D]

I liked the minimal use of music, reminded me of No Country for Old Men in that regard.

normally I'd agree with you, I know EXACTLY what you're talking about, but I don't think it applies here. I can't remember specifics but I remember hearing the cliche snare drums and trumpets too many times. And I remember during some fighting the background tense builder music and thinking how much more realistic and intense it'd be if they stuck to the Saving Private Ryan philosophy.

[HI-FI]

normally I'd agree with you, I know EXACTLY what you're talking about, but I don't think it applies here. I can't remember specifics but I remember hearing the cliche snare drums and trumpets too many times. And I remember during some fighting the background tense builder music and thinking how much more realistic and intense it'd be if they stuck to the Saving Private Ryan philosophy.
I need to re-see it and I'll most likely get the blu ray, but I don't remember much music. If you check the credits and IMDB, they don't have any composer even listed. It was mainly the music editor and Clint who wrote some small pieces for it. There is music so you could be right but it's very minimal, even Clint's song is just him on the piano.

[Pauly D]

I guess it was just the timing. I think they over think it when it comes to music in action, especially the kind that's not supposed to be fun and adventurous. The action isn't effective unless I feel like I'm there and when there's music, no matter how subtle and quiet, I'm subconsciously reminded I'm just watching a movie

[DMX7]

I thought it was good. Bradley Cooper was excellent in it. It did not remind me of Stoltz der Nation. The criticism of the film from the far left was so petty, especially Michael Moore's dumbass tweet.