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Great movie. I've had a man crush on Chris Kyle for a long time. He was a great down to earth man.

It made $100M on its opening weekend, breaking all records. That shows that people are interested and supportive of the military, unlike when I came back from Viet Nam.

The gnashing of teeth in Hollywood against the undeniable popularity of this movie (and the book, before it) is almost laughable. They all think they are so "brave", and they lash out while claiming vicarious "courage". That pimple on the hindparts of culture, Michael Moore, making some claim about his uncle having been killed by a "cowardly" sniper - and ignoring the facts of history in the process about American and allied snipers in the same war. For crying out loud, there was probably a "cowardly" American sniper somewhere within a few hundred yards of where his uncle was killed, trying to find and take out the "cowardly" enemy sniper. In the process, these warts ignore the background truths.......stuff like, you don't get to even go to sniper school unless you're known (and proven by testing) to be a psychologically very stable personality. Most of these Hollywood jerkwads could not pass the psychological barriers to becoming a sniper, let alone the physical and training barriers....... even if they could somehow romantically project themselves into some movie like "Enemy at the Gates", where they get to portray a heroic communist.

And that's the problem in itself..... they equate acting out something with actually doing/being something. Even their self-promoted "bravery" is just acting. And in the case of this movie, Hollywood's reaction to it is so obviously motivated that it is downright funny. The latest criticism? That in a scene with the Kyle's newborn baby, an animatronics baby was used. Apparently, it is being mocked big time. The REAL story? http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a ... ked-764702

However, it's worth noting that real babies appear to be used in a nursery scene earlier in the movie, just after the couple's daughter was born.

But shooting in California poses some challenges when employing a real baby given the state's strict laws (part of the movie was shot in Los Angeles). Infants must be at least 15 days old, and babies from that age up to six months can be employed for only one period of two consecutive hours in any given day. Moreover, that time frame has to be between 9:30-11:30 a.m. or from 2:30-4:30 p.m., and one studio teacher along with one nurse must be on set during filming.

According to American Sniper screenwriter/executive producer Jason Hall, there's actually a good explanation as to why fake babies were used on the film. In response to journalist Mark Harris' tweet "That plastic baby in American Sniper is going to be rationalized by Eastwood auteur cultists until the end of days," Hall replied: "hate to ruin the fun but real baby #1 showed up with a fever. Real baby #2 was no show. (Clint voice) Gimme the doll, kid."

Get that? California's own child-labor laws limit the use of real babies in movie-making, and the real babies they did have scheduled were either sick or no-shows on filming day....... and that is why Hollywood thinks this is a crappy movie.

Wow.

Seeing what one man can do with a rifle, and showing the whole country what can be done, must really shake up their plans for imposing their socialist utopia.

Saw American Sniper last night with one of my sons. WOW! It was riveting and I felt I got to know this great American and his family and their sacrifices for our freedom. Clint Eastwood did an amazing job telling this story on the big screen. Our theater was also silent when everyone left. RIP Chris Kyle and God Bless his wife and children.

Ron

GeekwithaGun wrote:

LabRat wrote:My wife and I saw American Sniper this weekend. A very powerful movie.
Its not about war so much as it is about a man and his life before, during and after war.

I was impressed by his heart and desire to do good. I think it speaks highly of American soldiers in general and the desire to help others. This quality is what makes America, as a whole, great.

The theatre audience was completely silent during the exit. Most stayed just about all the way thru the credits.

I would pay to see it again.

My wife and I saw it Saturday, I was struck by the silence in the theater at the end as well, very moving.

we saw it yesterday and our entire full house of folks were silent as they exited the theater.
very powerful story, and as a wartime veteran i really appreciated how the fog of war and its events were portrayed as real and not over the top nor dismissed as passing thoughts. Then add in the story of his life from a small child to a post service veteran.
as a navy veteran it held a bit more feeling for me and brought back lots of suppressed memories, which i think are healthy in the path to better living.
of course i didn't sleep much last night, but closure and healing never really take a back seat to sleep

Very impressed with Bradley Cooper. He did such a good job in this role. Hollywood hates Eastwood. We love him.

Just watched it. Excellent.

Also quiet in our theater. One thing that enhanced that, and a very clever move by whoever decides the sound track for the movie, the credits were silent also. Every other movie I can remember, there is some usually forgettable tune rambling along as background. This time, dead silence. Very effective.

Maybe it speaks poorly of me, but this movie was life changing. I watched the show alone and made it through the entire thing without tearing up too much. That is pretty amazing because I cried at Nemo! The theater I was in was like everyone here...silent like a funeral exit. When I exited the building and looked around at the enterprise that is Texas/America...that's when it hit me. We live in the greatest place in the world because of freedom. Every death depicted in that film shows people the cost of what I and many others take for granted each and every day. I assume that there must have been a restaurant cutting up onions somewhere because my eyes got real wet on the walk to my truck. I'm guilty. I thank Veterans on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and the 4th of July with a picture of a flag on my Facebook and a "Thank You Veterans" line. But that isn't enough. I need to thank them on Wednesday January 21st and Monday October 2nd, and on December 23rd, and on and on. I need to donate money to Wounded Warriors. I need to see them in the line at the supermarket and let them go to the front. I need to and pledge to change. This is what the movie did for me.

My very own brother served USAF during 9/11 and spent a lot of time on an AWACS plane over Russia, the Middle East, New York and the heartland. He received about a 50% disability medical discharge in 2006 for a bum knee and is now a phone tech for Apple. This November, they removed a (benign) tumor from his brain that essentially ate the bones in his inner ear...leaving him deaf in his right ear. It has been out since December 8th and the tumor still hasn't been identified...the doctors have never seen one like this before. Adding to that...he now has a mass on his lung that they will scan tomorrow. Even though he doesn't have 165 confirmed kills, he was every bit as much of an integral part of the US Anti-Terror force as Chris Kyle. And like Chris Kyle, there is a very real chance that he will be dead way too early in life because of a government that doesn't take care of its greatest citizens medically. Our veterans should be able to walk into any doctor in America, go to the front of the line, and not pay one cent for the best healthcare. The kind that money CANT buy. Many of our citizens (myself included for many years) have no idea how bad VA healthcare is. We will protest over Ferguson, Open Carry, and Chick-Fil-A's policies...but we won't go to bat for this? Who are we as a nation? What is wrong with our soul?

This movie changed me. I'm glad it did. And Michael Moore can kiss it.

skeathley wrote:It made $100M on its opening weekend, breaking all records. That shows that people are interested and supportive of the military, unlike when I came back from Viet Nam.

I think this was only a record for openings in January.

Blindref757 wrote:Maybe it speaks poorly of me, but this movie was life changing. I watched the show alone and made it through the entire thing without tearing up too much. That is pretty amazing because I cried at Nemo! The theater I was in was like everyone here...silent like a funeral exit. When I exited the building and looked around at the enterprise that is Texas/America...that's when it hit me. We live in the greatest place in the world because of freedom. Every death depicted in that film shows people the cost of what I and many others take for granted each and every day. I assume that there must have been a restaurant cutting up onions somewhere because my eyes got real wet on the walk to my truck. I'm guilty. I thank Veterans on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and the 4th of July with a picture of a flag on my Facebook and a "Thank You Veterans" line. But that isn't enough. I need to thank them on Wednesday January 21st and Monday October 2nd, and on December 23rd, and on and on. I need to donate money to Wounded Warriors. I need to see them in the line at the supermarket and let them go to the front. I need to and pledge to change. This is what the movie did for me.

My very own brother served USAF during 9/11 and spent a lot of time on an AWACS plane over Russia, the Middle East, New York and the heartland. He received about a 50% disability medical discharge in 2006 for a bum knee and is now a phone tech for Apple. This November, they removed a (benign) tumor from his brain that essentially ate the bones in his inner ear...leaving him deaf in his right ear. It has been out since December 8th and the tumor still hasn't been identified...the doctors have never seen one like this before. Adding to that...he now has a mass on his lung that they will scan tomorrow. Even though he doesn't have 165 confirmed kills, he was every bit as much of an integral part of the US Anti-Terror force as Chris Kyle. And like Chris Kyle, there is a very real chance that he will be dead way too early in life because of a government that doesn't take care of its greatest citizens medically. Our veterans should be able to walk into any doctor in America, go to the front of the line, and not pay one cent for the best healthcare. The kind that money CANT buy. Many of our citizens (myself included for many years) have no idea how bad VA healthcare is. We will protest over Ferguson, Open Carry, and Chick-Fil-A's policies...but we won't go to bat for this? Who are we as a nation? What is wrong with our soul?

This movie changed me. I'm glad it did. And Michael Moore can kiss it.

Eloquently spoken.

My wife and I just got home from seeing the movie. It was an excellent movie. My wife's comment as we were driving home: "I never realized what a heavy burden a sheep dog carries."

Our veterans should be able to walk into any doctor in America, go to the front of the line, and not pay one cent for the best healthcare.

THIS

Find me a candidate who'll run on THIS platform and he'll get my vote.

A-R wrote:

Our veterans should be able to walk into any doctor in America, go to the front of the line, and not pay one cent for the best healthcare.

THIS

Find me a candidate who'll run on THIS platform and he'll get my vote.

Doctors that tried to extend this courtesy to the families of military and to the military themselves by not charging copay's were threatened with fraud charges by guess who--- yes---the government. No good deed goes unpunished. It is actually illegal to not charge. I believe the fine is $10,000 per occurrence or something like that.

Excellent movie. His death is a tragedy.

Bill Maher has joined the ranks of Michael Moore. I'm glad those two are allowed to voice disagreement. Those two will always look to others to keep them safe and criticize their actions when they do. Better men left them that ability. Men like them will never be able to keep it. It must be a terrible feeling to ones self worth being kept free by better men.