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American Sniper (2014)

Regardless of its occasional fakeness, American Sniper is a tense, shocking and thought-inducing biopic that is one of Clint Eastwood's better works since Invictus even though I'm going to be pissed if the Academy loves this movie so much that it gets the Best Picture award over Boyhood and Birdman.

Very well crafted film, and well acted by Bradley Cooper.

Intense film that leaves you wrung out by the end.

My main issue is how the people of Iraq are seen as nothing more than targets. I wish there was even one character that wasn't a caricature.

I don't think that this film necessarily glorifies the Iraq war -- it more tells the toll on the soldiers.

I'm not sure why this film has resonated so much with the American public and become a lightning rod. The Hurt Locker dealt with many of the same themes, but maybe we're ready to see it now.

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Clint Eastwood's biopic of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, starring Bradley Cooper as Kyle and Sienna Miller as his wife, is as clear-eyed and alert as its subject

In American Sniper, the 34th film to be directed by Clint Eastwood, Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) rarely has a clear view of the field of battle. As perhaps the #most-accomplished marksman in US military history, he

American Sniper is a beautiful movie. It is enthralling and emotional. It tells the story of Chris Kyle, the best sniper, who went to Iraq and Afghanistan at the request of his country.
The film shows us how war affects the minds, bodies, and hearts of the people that experience it. It shows us the effects on not just the soldiers but on their families. I saw no attempt to justify the politics of the war.
It's not a story of a war. It's not a story of a great battle fought by America. It is a story of a man. A man who was a sniper. Snipers are labelled as cowards by some people. This story shows how a life of a sniper is. How they stay in dangerous territories just to save the lives of their fellow soldiers. It tells the story of both sides. Clint Eastwood, my favorite actor/director knows how to show you the both side of a story. He did it in Flags of our Father and Letters from Iwo Jima.
Bradley Cooper, take a bow lad. He was brilliant in this movie. He made the character real, human. I was moved by his role and portrayal of Chris Kyle.
If anything, American Sniper should be seen by every American so that next time the people's government decides to send young men and women off to war, the American people will have a better idea of what they are sending those young men and women into and will demand a stronger justification for the war.
God Bless America. Thank you veterans!