The Rude Pundit - "I don't give a fuck it's your house": American Sniper's Failure

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24. I saw the movie w/ my husband. It was excellent -- as a movie -- in my opinion.

The acting by Bradley Cooper was awesome. He & his character in the movie grabbed you from the first frame, and didn't let you go until it was over. He deserves an award of some kind for his acting, in my opinion. The movie was full of excitement, and it was well produced & directed. It's a hit.

The movie realistically reflected what happened to a lot of people after 9/11....red-neck kids who thought they had something to fight for; that was symbolic of something important to them, and gave them a "purpose" in their lives, no matter how wrong it was. They were easily exploited by the media propaganda -- which is just about the only kind of media we have in the USA anymore -- like Pat Tillman, and so many others.

Chris Kyle really was a sniper who killed a lot of people, and when he came home messed up, he started helping other vets, which helped him reintegrate back into civilian life, as best as he could.

I'm glad that people are looking at the merits and possible problems with a movie of this type, but it realistically portrays what it set out to portray -- who Chris Kyle was and what he did. It's based on his book. The media is trying to portray it as liberals are against the vets -- shades of the Vietnam era -- hippies, peaceniks, and the like. In the media, liberals are always bad, rightwing nuts are always good.

The Iraq war was a crime against humanity & a war crime in every respect; bush, cheney, rumsfeld and rice should all be put in gitmo for all they did. If we could put the media on trial, they are as much to blame as the bush family mafia crowd. But, to me, the movie didn't make a political statement as much as it was just a good movie. It's the media that is just humping on the already divisive atmosphere so pervasive in this country.