Out of Pod Experience

Recently saw Oscar-nominated American Sniper recently in a packed theater. Highly recommend it. Four and a half Rifters out of five.

For those who have been living under a rock, the subject of the movie is US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, a serviceman and cowboy from northern Texas who went on to serve four consecutive tours of duty in Iraq. Upon retiring from active duty, he volunteered his time helping veterans recover from the effects of PTSD. Tragically, he was shot and killed by one of these men at a rifle range in early 2013.

Walked out thinking it was probably one of the better war movies I've seen in while. (though I'd probably rank "Black Hawk Down" higher) Not just talking about production values - though they were quite good... except for one laughably obvious fake baby.

I wouldn't call it an 'entertaining' movie, per se. You walk out in silence as its a bit draining. Lots of people were standing outside the theater talking about what they had just watched.

I don't feel I need to go back and watch it again. It just wasn't a 'fun' movie you go and see with your friends.

But I think it was an excellent and significant movie that needed to be made. Clint Eastwood is exactly the right sort of director make it. It hit the right notes and gave an unflinching view of the Iraq War, spotlighting the heroism of our men and women in uniform - and the sacrifices they made while deployed.

American Sniper exposed the moral sickness and barbarism our soldiers were confronted with in Iraq on a daily basis, as they struggled to protect the lives of their comrades and innocent civilians. (While being mocked and belittled by red 'activists' and pampered journalists at home.)

And clearly, the positive tone of the movie was not lost on the American heartland "ie fly-over country" - as they've opened their wallets to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars - a major achievement when the big studios have suffered through a very poor 2014 season.

Currently reading the book, as well. Certainly some differences between the book and the film, but it kept me awake and turning pages for the entirely of a 10 hour flight over the Atlantic.

Curious about the thoughts of the greater Eve community?

Are you talking about 'Murican Sniper? It doesn't look very good.

So we will **** up this thread before it gets locked.

What looks to be a really good movie is getting overshadowed by the man. The Demigodery by the right and the character assassination by the left

So I finally saw this movie. I feel like the filming crew did themselves a disservice by trying to fit within the two hour limit. They could've easily done an additional thirty minutes without the movie suffering any of the negatives that being too long usually brings.

Other than that, it was good.

Moore? Not sure why anyone still cares what he thinks, especially relative to Clint Eastwood or CPO Kyle.

The only noteworthy thing accomplished by Moore in the last decade, likely, is the volume of hot dogs he's personally dispatched.
Admittedly, he was quite good in "Team America" though.

Still, this thread isn't really about washed up socialist filmmakers from the Y2K-era.

Or, for that matter, a good place for the trollpinions of people who clearly have not seen the film.

An aside, after arriving in London the other day, I kind of chuckled when the tabloid British press was pushing headlines about their own (unnamed, still active-duty) sniper with 170+ confirmed kills on Taliban forces in Afghanistan. Is this one-upmanship after Eastwood's film took #1 at the UK Box Office?

Of course, I didn't get the impression that the 'score' mattered much to Kyle (from his own autobiography), or for that matter, to the British serviceman.

Besides - nobody can hold a candle to the Finnish White Death, who, despite taking a disfiguring facial wound - earned a lifetime achievement award for ventilating 524 invading Soviet Reds in 3 months, all during the 'Winter War'.

Std run-of-the-mill Hollywood propaganda film. It serves to de-humanize the masses by manipulating the story and presentation - potraying whomever made the movie in a good light, while making the rest look like idiots or demi-humans that deserves whats coming to them. Real life has multiple facets to the story, the real truth rarely comes out. What's in Hollywood, stays in Hollywood.

It'll certainly whip up the sentiments to a frenzy, for those lacking grey matter. What better timing with the drums of war already beating.
The young and blissfully ignorant fresh meat will be lining up to volunteer.

This.

The world's going down the shitter at a rapid pace. I'm afraid to be alive when it gets flushed...

I'm not. experiencing the end is a once in a life time opportunity.

I was gonna pipe in with the brit marine`s kill rate . then I too realised that I had read about the finnish geezers kill rate then decided not to in case one of our finnish trolls owned my arse over it that geezer sure was one awesome fkn killing machine ... im pretty sure there was either a documentary or a film made about him .... geezer had more lives than ten cats !