"American Sniper"

GrayTide · Jan 20, 2015

Bob Ford

cbi1972 · Jan 20, 2015

DzynKingRTR said:
Jesse James was shot in the back by a member of his gang who pretended to be his friend. This guy then shot James to become famous for shooting Jesse James. Jesse James was a thief and murderer and the guy did the world a favor. The "scoundrel" comment is based on a crappy movie starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck.

I am guessing most snipers don't pretend to be the targets friend and none of them do it for fame.

It has one of the best soundtracks ever made

Crimson1967 · Jan 20, 2015

It sounds like the guy who killed James was a but if a weasel, but if it saved lives then I have no problem with what he did.

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lazlohollyfeld · Jan 20, 2015

I saw the limited release here in Dallas on the Saturday after Christmas. Same thing as others have mentioned. As the film ended and the ending montage played, no one said a word and not one person got up to leave. Once it was over everyone left the theater in silence.

And for our architect friend, I liked the The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Casey Affleck played a brooding sycophantic moron to perfection.

bamacon · Jan 21, 2015

I think the last group of people I'd want to tick off would be professional snipers. That's to you Moore, you fat, self-indulgent, America-hating slob. Do y'all really like being in "crosshairs"? My friend was a sniper in Afghanistan and the last place you want to find yourself is in one their scopes. Take solace though, if you ever are, you'll never know it. Besides, they wouldn't waste the bullet.

Bamabuzzard · Jan 22, 2015

Unfortunately war is a necessary evil. It has been since the beginning of time and always will be apart of the human race.

selmaborntidefan · Jan 23, 2015

To call the guy who killed Jesse James a "sniper" is to not even know what a sniper is.

He was a killer and James had a hideout in my Dad's neck of the woods in Missouri. Shooting somebody in the back was considered about as cowardly an act as one could do.

Well, except for Bin Laden throwing one of his girls towards the Navy SEALS there to kill him.

crimson fan man · Jan 23, 2015

selmaborntidefan said:
Well, except for Bin Laden throwing one of his girls towards the Navy SEALS there to kill him.

It just goes to show that muslims view women and children as not worth much of anything.

Jon · Jan 23, 2015

Bodhisattva said:
Saw it earlier this weekend and thought it was a very good adaptation of the book. Same reaction at the end of the movie in the theater here: extremely quiet.

I wish the movie would have captured more of the bureaucratic and legalistic nature of America at war. Writing reports for every shooting. The enemy learning that they can file complaints and have snipers benched while the military conducts its investigation. Chris Kyle rightly pointed out how stupid government policy often is.

wait, what, really? We actually suspend people? What?

major tidefan · Jan 24, 2015

The king of bigotry Bill Maher is more loathsome than Mikey Moore.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...er-calls-chris-kyle-a-psychopath-patriot.html

crimsonaudio · Jan 24, 2015

major tidefan said:
The king of bigotry Bill Maher is more loathsome than Mikey Moore.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...er-calls-chris-kyle-a-psychopath-patriot.html

LOL, Bill Maher's temper tantrums are cute.

I'd be willing to bet he hasn't even seen it.

DzynKingRTR · Jan 24, 2015

crimsonaudio said:
LOL, Bill Maher's temper tantrums are cute.

I'd be willing to bet he hasn't even seen it.

Bill Mahr and Michael Moore are two people I would like to see eaten by zombies.

TIDE-HSV · Jan 24, 2015

selmaborntidefan said:
To call the guy who killed Jesse James a "sniper" is to not even know what a sniper is.

He was a killer and James had a hideout in my Dad's neck of the woods in Missouri. Shooting somebody in the back was considered about as cowardly an act as one could do.

Well, except for Bin Laden throwing one of his girls towards the Navy SEALS there to kill him.

There's interesting contradiction with Bin Laden, and I mean among the SEALs who have spoken to it. The first guy, who wrote the book I read, was quite emphatic that the first mission was to take him alive. I've read about others who've said that there was no way Bin Laden left except feet first. I think one of them said that BL might have had a suicide vest on. All in all, it doesn't appear that he was really given a chance to surrender, which makes me doubt other aspects of the original book, which have been disputed by other members of the team. It's my personal belief that what happened was the best possible outcome for us. Anything we did with him would have made him a martyr, and burying him at sea removed the possibility that his grave could become the object of pilgrimages...

crimsonaudio · Jan 24, 2015

I 'know a guy' - OBL was never coming out of there alive, regardless of he may have wanted.

Shoeless · Jan 24, 2015

crimsonaudio said:
I 'know a guy' - OBL was never coming out of there alive, regardless of he may have wanted.

I kinda wish that the Seals would take an interest in:

1) M Moore
2) N Pelosi
3) L Farrakhann
4) A Sharpton

Bodhisattva · Jan 26, 2015

Jon said:
wait, what, really? We actually suspend people? What?

Sorry I didn't see your question earlier.

It's mentioned more detail in the book and is only a brief scene in the movie. Basically, the enemy has learned that accusing troops of abuse is a way to potentially hinder the US mission. Kill an enemy who is about to fire a RPG at Marines or shoot a kid who is walking toward the troops with a grenade ... be prepared to hear of complaints that the dearly departed was really just holding a Koran or just a kid playing in the yard. If the complaint gets traction within the legal/military bureaucracy, the accused troops often have to stand down while the investigation is ongoing. The enemy has learned to play the game - through the media, through anti-military members of Congress, or through military legal teams. Like everyone else, they respond to the incentives the US government provides.

TIDE-HSV · Jan 26, 2015

crimsonaudio said:
I 'know a guy' - OBL was never coming out of there alive, regardless of he may have wanted.

OBL would never have surrendered anyway, if he couldn't take his porn stash with him...

92tide · Jan 26, 2015

Shoeless said:
I kinda wish that the Seals would take an interest in:

1) M Moore
2) N Pelosi
3) L Farrakhann
4) A Sharpton

you would like for those four people to be killed?

TommyMac · Jan 26, 2015

Shoeless said:
I kinda wish that the Seals would take an interest in:

1) M Moore
2) N Pelosi
3) L Farrakhann
4) A Sharpton

I'd sub Harry Reid for Pelosi because she's just dumb, not evil like the other three and I'd add O'Bummer at the top of the list. Jesse would make my list too.

ccc2259 · Jan 26, 2015

I saw the movie yesterday. I don't see how any rational person could interpret the main theme of the movie as anything other than war is horrific and the effect it has on people (regardless of which side of the conflict one is on) is probably the worst thing humans can do to each other.

If the movie is true to the events, and I don't know if it is or isn't, Chief Kyle was an American hero who placed the welfare of others above his own, and even above his family's. There's a very telling scene early in the movie when Kyle is just a kid.....his father is teaching Kyle and his brother that there are 3 kinds of people in the world........I won't spoil it for those that haven't seen the movie yet, but it seems to me that lesson stuck with Kyle his entire life.

Regardless of your political leanings, it is an extremely well made movie.

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