Chris Kyle American Sniper , Movie / Book seen or read either ? Your thoughts ! / ?

by smiddy 3 Replies latest social current

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  smiddy

  I have just watched this movie not realising it is based on an autobiography of a real life Navy Seal .A man who did 4 tours overseas .He is officially recognised  as killing 164 ? people , I think he claimed about 200+

  I havent read the book , I have only seen the movie and of course they take libertys their in what they portray ,Clint Eastwood had his fingerprint on it .

  The movie portrayed him as an all american boy , a patriot who would fight tooth and nail for his country and his comrades .Spoiler......

  It is ironic that he was murdered with a gun , by a fellow war veteran who he was trying  to help.

  I would love to hear your responses to this post 

  smiddy

  
  
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  Simon

  I wasn't aware of him / the story until I saw the movie trailer and book on Amazon. Definitely something I want to check-out - it looks fairly gripping and hopefully isn't too "John Wayne" in it's portrayal of US troops.
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  smiddy

  Funny you should say that simon ,after meditating on the movie i thought of John Wayne as his character , in one sense , however much more sophisticated for this century .

  smiddy
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  Witness My Fury

  I've seen it, yep it was very ironic how he died.

  I think Clint did a reasonably balanced job between showing the nature of warfare and not glorifying it too much.