Autobiography of an american sniper imdb rating

A war movie through the eyes of a sharpshooter

American Sniper is an American war film directed by Clint Eastwood and based on the self-biography about the sharpshooter Chris Kyle.

We don't know what it's like to face the mental and physical challenges our troops face during war. The war scenes look very similar to Stanley Kubrick's often used ones in Full Metal Jacket. I've read a review by a former Navy Seal (Brent Gleeson) that says it best… "The way the film was directed coupled with outstanding performances by Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller and the rest of the cast made for a heart wrenching and deeply accurate portrayal of the external and internal battles our service men and women face.

The film is relentlessly violent and disturbing but honors the life of the late Chris Kyle in a very admirable way. You've got to go all the way back to Gregory Peck in Pork Chop Hill or George C. Scott in Patton to get even close to an actor that gave a better performance in this genre. it doesn't, on the other hand, turn away from any of the ugliness, either...

The few Iraqis that did co-operate were either duplicitous or greedy for money (by the way the got what they deserved, everybody else did according to Chris Kyle's autobiography on which the film is closely based)

I've been watching Bradley Cooper over 10 years now since his regular appearance in the acclaimed TV series 'Alias'.

Overall, American Sniper is a great film that will tug at your heart strings much like last year's Lone Survivor and even goes one step beyond that film and gives us grade A entertainment with grade A acting. This simple Good v Evil line should be kept to animation or superhero genre. Sienna Miller plays his wife Taya, who suffered the effects of war on his husband, despite his strong belief and determination.

The war scenes are well made and they don't feel shaky or edited too fast just to force a feeling of action. His dip.

I like a so called true story to leave me feeling that I was somehow a better member of the human race. Holding a belt in his hand (to thrash them with) his father then continues to eliminate wolves and sheep from possible career paths for Kyle and his brother.

Eventually Chris joins the US SEALS as a sniper to nurture his sheepdog skills further.

i don't feel it lingered on any one dynamic of what would be expected from a film like this...not TOO much violence or proselytizing/flag waving or lingering on casualty horrors... Couldn't get through it the first time and had to walk out- -I got so damned furious at George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld for murdering all these innocent kids I couldn't watch anymore.

6.5/10 However, as many other have said before me, this film is totally inaccurate in its portrayal of America's role in the war.

It fails to address the fact that America invaded Iraq for no reason other than to acquire resources.....Consequently many hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians were either severely injured or fatally wounded in what many now recognise as an unlawful invasion of another country.

The danger is that those who are not familiar with the facts of this war may watch this (in the future) and be lead to a very inaccurate and biased view of what truly happened.

It is for this reason that I have no choice but to give this a 1/10.

Intense, Emotional, Controversial and yet Engaging

He's obviously a patriotic American but what really motivates him besides the love for his country, is sometimes hard to understand.

Overall, I feel the film is OK and worth watching because it actually shows the brutality that was the war in Iraq, but I still can't help feeling that sometimes it seems Clint Eastwood had to bow down a little too much before Kyles' family.

Her unconditional love was a massive support for Kyle.

Eastwood has made an intense and heartfelt film, one of his trademarks, absent shows and unnecessary politics or philosophy. After seeing the movie inside an enormous mall, it was a bit surreal to walk out to an Urban Outfitters and Apple store full of Christmas shoppers.

I had the time of my life."

Superb Any Way You Judge It

I honestly believe every American should see this film. thank you for clearly putting your heart into this important American story.