Review of American Sniper (2014) by Resistance — 23 Jan 2015

I gave this movie a low rating for Hollywood technical FAILS ! Just watched the 2 trailers for this movie. In the first 45 seconds I picked out 7 things wrong that a trained sniper , or an Expert Navy SEAL Sniper would never,ever do. 1. Not have his scope covered sometimes in the movie, 2. Not having his mat in front of his weapon to prevent air from the shot disturbing the dust in front of him and revealing his position, 3. Not covering his G-shock watch to prevent sun reflections, 4. Not covering his compass on his shoulder to prevent sun reflections, 5. his spotter/soldier next to him wearing highly reflective goggles, 6. not covering his ammo to prevent sun reflections, 7. A sniper would most definitely not being clearing rooms and teaching regular troops how to do it.

I've read several accounts of how things in Chris's book have been changed to be very different than the movie. Not sure why Clint did not keep it accurate to the books as the accuracy of facts would not have detracted from the movie. Other specs ops in the SEAL family have also made similar comments.

This is not Saving Private Ryan where there, the battle scenes were extremly realistic and quite accurate to the real D-Day event, most of the inconsistencies lie within the names of people in the movie as well as names of battles and cities. Not in the actual portrayal of the soldiers and the events on D-Day.

Chris was definitely a hero with skills, no doubt or argument there. He was no better and no worse than the other thousands of troops that lay their life on the line everyday or the ones who have fought and died for this country in any war. Everyone who enlists in the military is a hero.