Review of American Sniper (2014) by Tubey — 09 Apr 2015

Eastwood's worst directed movie ever, and Bradley Cooper is so bad in this that he has redefined what the word "acting" means in a bad way.

It's just a ludicrously plotted, terribly paced borefest of a movie that probably looked better on the drawing board than it did in execution. It is also blatant propaganda for the USA - this wouldn't have looked out of place in Nazi Germany or North Korea, yet bizarrely it doesn't even do that right as the whole think makes the protagonist look like a complete maniac. Perhaps that's what Eastwood was going for - the maniac who was green lighted due to patriotic fervor or something - but the movie doesn't communicate that point well at all. Everything is so ambiguous,.

Anyway, you're not missing anything by not watching this. Watch The Hurt Locker again if you want something like this, but done competently.