Review of American Sniper (2014) by Odjento — 24 Jan 2015

AMERICA. AMERICA. AMERICA SAVED US ALL. This film is just total progaganda: Americans are heroes and true warriors whilst the rest are savages and bad guys and none of them can be trusted. It doesn't even fully cover the post traumatic stress soldiers can end up having, that's just something that's there.

Also, Bradley coopers face doesn't look right as a cowboy, completely miscast. However, he still acts fine in the film really! There wasn't any real stand out scenes in this movie either really, and I found the whole back and forth war to home transitions a little forced.

Also, the villains they make in the film feel unnecessary and kinda stupid. I'm pretty sure they weren't in the book either and apparently the film just takes a big dump on the source material. The film is still decent enough to watch, but it is so propaganda orientated and a bit dull.

I wanted to really see how Chris Kyle evolved. The ending was pretty meh also.