American Sniper Commentary

[k-pappy]

This is a must read.  This guy is dead on:

http://oafnation.com/2015/01/26/american-sniper-the-voice-of-veterans/

Well, it's a new year. Welcome to 2015. This is the year we were supposed to have flying cars and hover boards. Color me disappointed.

However, what 2015 HAS given us is a voice. I say this because I just saw American Sniper yesterday. I'm not going to get into Chris Kyle as a man. I never had the privilege of knowing him. I have a few friends that operated with him, and had nothing but great things to say about him. I'm not going to sit and bitch about any Hollywood inconstancies that arise when flash and pomp take precedence over authenticity...

[Spirit Filled]

Moving. Deeply moving. Especially knowing going in that Chris Kyle was murdered after he got home and his tour was all over with.  He should have been free to be dad and instead was killed by a psycho.

The one horribly distracting part in this movie was the doll that Eastwood thought was a good idea to substitute as the Kyle family's new arrival. A doll! The baby actor got sick and somehow Eastwood didn't think he could call a casting agency and get another replacement live baby actor for those scenes? No one will notice?