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Posted: 1/17/2015 10:20:03 AM EDT
Saw it last night. Wow. It's moving. Go see it. Even if you've read the book. Support this film. Hollywood needs to know that these stories are worth telling, and worth telling well.
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Absolutely loved the movie. Was well done. CGI was surprisingly weak in a couple scenese but didn't detract from the overall film. Go see it!
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Here's my copy/pasted Facebook rant on it (in the context of a veteran from the millennial generation):
Thoughts on American Sniper: First off, as a film, Clint Eastwood did a masterful job (no surprise there) at telling the story of Chris Kyle. The theater was sold out, but during the quiet moments, you could hear a pin drop. Like many who are probably reading this, I knew about the about CPO Kyle before going to see the movie, and I'm definitely happy that Clint did it justice. Second, a very striking thought hit me as I was leaving; most Americans don't have a clue. I mean that in every sense of the words. Many, especially ones in my age group, insist that combat veterans "aren't fighting for MY freedom/ they aren't heros" or (directed at the film) "it's all just pro-war, pro-GWOT propaganda". Well, you're fucking wrong. Evil exists in this world, and the people who are courageous and selfless enough to stand against it deserve just a little bit more gratitude than that. You don't get to to argue that. The politics in America challenging the war and those fighting it are based on willful ignorance at best and gross negligence and treason at worst. There are evil people out there who won't rest until they've forced everyone on earth under their perverse religion and killed anyone who rests. They don't hate us because of our "foreign policy". They don't hate us because of "income inequality", "drone strikes", "free trade" or any of those other vapid academic concepts. They hate us because we are not like them. Remember, they ARE at war with us, even if we aren't at war with them. Now I'm not asking everyone to pick up a rifle and stand on the line, but if some people don't get the hell out of the way of the rough men who do, you all are going to have to sooner or later. |
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The wife and I saw it last night and both thought it was a great film.
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No, but some butchered bodies. I need to read the book now. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Any neked people? Want to take the boy with me... No, but some butchered bodies. I need to read the book now. You did it wrong, you are supposed to read the book first... I'm going to re-read it before I go see the movie. |
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No. I don't remember a lot of curse words either. They do drop the F bomb here and there. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Any neked people? Want to take the boy with me... No. I don't remember a lot of curse words either. They do drop the F bomb here and there. No nudity. Some lacey underwear and sexy situations. Pervasive cursing. F bombs ands S bombs are frequent. Graphic violence and unhindered portrayals of evil torture. It's your call, but I wouldn't recommend it for minors. |
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Alot of meatheads and armchair operators in my theatre. My wife finally understood the Rob Lowe Meathead commercial. Alot of "bros" and "bras" heard in the line and theatre before the movie.
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No nudity. Some lacey underwear and sexy situations. Pervasive cursing. F bombs ands S bombs are frequent. Graphic violence and unhindered portrayals of evil torture. It's your call, but I wouldn't recommend it for minors. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Any neked people? Want to take the boy with me... No. I don't remember a lot of curse words either. They do drop the F bomb here and there. No nudity. Some lacey underwear and sexy situations. Pervasive cursing. F bombs ands S bombs are frequent. Graphic violence and unhindered portrayals of evil torture. It's your call, but I wouldn't recommend it for minors. Don't take the six week old? And I'm also not being serious, I will obviously take him. |
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Same here. Pretty surreal to see a whole theater clear out in silence. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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The wife and I saw it last night and both thought it was a great film. Same here. Pretty surreal to see a whole theater clear out in silence. That is exactly how it went down here in Maine. Full theatre completely silent at the end except for a lone "HooyahLegend!" |
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That is exactly how it went down here in Maine. Full theatre completely silent at the end except for a lone "HooyahLegend!" View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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The wife and I saw it last night and both thought it was a great film. Same here. Pretty surreal to see a whole theater clear out in silence. That is exactly how it went down here in Maine. Full theatre completely silent at the end except for a lone "HooyahLegend!" Same here except a punk kid balling his eyes out yelled "God Bless America"...gave me some hope for this country. |
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I was pretty surprised at the silence of everyone leaving the theater.
It was pretty dang dusty in there as well. |
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Yeah, I loved the decision to make the credits silent (no music). The people exiting the viewing I went to were fairly quiet, but not silent. Any noise was people murmuring to one another. The crowd was very respectful, though. Just before the very end when the text on the screen told of Chris's death, many people gasped. It was obvious that a decent percentage of them didn't know the story and were shocked at how he died.
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Yeah took the wife and 2 daughters to the 10pm showing last night. Little more cussing than they needed to hear but they're patriots too and I wanted them to see it.
Not a huge cooper fan, but that performance was amazing. To me at least, I don't often go to movies because screw Hollywood. But the book was good and I wanted to show support for Kyle and his family. Also didn't think Eastwood would allow the typical Hollywood slandering of a patriot. Very well done all around. And a fucking shame that man had to go out like that. |
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Yeah took the wife and 2 daughters to the 10pm showing last night. Little more cussing than they needed to hear but they're patriots too and I wanted them to see it. Not a huge cooper fan, but that performance was amazing. To me at least, I don't often go to movies because screw Hollywood. But the book was good and I wanted to show support for Kyle and his family. Also didn't think Eastwood would allow the typical Hollywood slandering of a patriot. Very well done all around. And a fucking shame that man had to go out like that. View Quote Good to hear, thanks. |
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Yeah took the wife and 2 daughters to the 10pm showing last night. Little more cussing than they needed to hear but they're patriots too and I wanted them to see it. Not a huge cooper fan, but that performance was amazing. To me at least, I don't often go to movies because screw Hollywood. But the book was good and I wanted to show support for Kyle and his family. Also didn't think Eastwood would allow the typical Hollywood slandering of a patriot. Very well done all around. And a fucking shame that man had to go out like that. Good to hear, thanks. Mark, Did you ever get to meet Chris? |
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I was wondering how Clint Eastwood would handle the ending, but he did an amazing job. Everyone stayed through the credits, and you could have heard a pin drop on the carpet it was so quite.
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Can't wait to see it,..
On a related note - anyone see this POS? Makes me so angryhttps://tv.yahoo.com/news/american-sniper-targeted-michael-moore-230120523.html |
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Can't wait to see it,.. On a related note - anyone see this POS? Makes me so angryhttps://tv.yahoo.com/news/american-sniper-targeted-michael-moore-230120523.html View Quote Why bother getting angry over that tank-ass tub of goo. He's irrelevant and tries to fire people up. Of course he's going to shit-can a great movie. His documentaries are all fictional wet dreams for liberals. |
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Can't wait to see it,.. On a related note - anyone see this POS? Makes me so angryhttps://tv.yahoo.com/news/american-sniper-targeted-michael-moore-230120523.html View Quote Link is dead for me, but the irrelevent POS is just trying to remain irrelevent. He should just start competitive eating contest and get it over with. |
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Here's my copy/pasted Facebook rant on it (in the context of a veteran from the millennial generation): Thoughts on American Sniper: First off, as a film, Clint Eastwood did a masterful job (no surprise there) at telling the story of Chris Kyle. The theater was sold out, but during the quiet moments, you could hear a pin drop. Like many who are probably reading this, I knew about the about CPO Kyle before going to see the movie, and I'm definitely happy that Clint did it justice. Second, a very striking thought hit me as I was leaving; most Americans don't have a clue. I mean that in every sense of the words. Many, especially ones in my age group, insist that combat veterans "aren't fighting for MY freedom/ they aren't heros" or (directed at the film) "it's all just pro-war, pro-GWOT propaganda". Well, you're fucking wrong. Evil exists in this world, and the people who are courageous and selfless enough to stand against it deserve just a little bit more gratitude than that. You don't get to to argue that. The politics in America challenging the war and those fighting it are based on willful ignorance at best and gross negligence and treason at worst. There are evil people out there who won't rest until they've forced everyone on earth under their perverse religion and killed anyone who rests. They don't hate us because of our "foreign policy". They don't hate us because of "income inequality", "drone strikes", "free trade" or any of those other vapid academic concepts. They hate us because we are not like them. Remember, they ARE at war with us, even if we aren't at war with them. Now I'm not asking everyone to pick up a rifle and stand on the line, but if some people don't get the hell out of the way of the rough men who do, you all are going to have to sooner or later. View Quote A very accurate assessment of people today and what our boys (and other nation's young men) went through. I have not seen the movie yet, but I have read the book. I find it pathetic that folks like Michael Moore have no clue as what those men endured and why they persevered through their mission.. |
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My son and I saw it Friday night and it was a great movie. I read the book when it came out, did not put it down.
I thought the movie followed the book somewhat. While I despise these Hollywood assholes, I have to give Cooper credit, he was great. The theater was silent at the end, no one left until the credits stopped and yes the theater was sold out. Also, I thought Eastwood did a great job with portraying a very tragic end to his life. While I was not in the military, I do feel the technical details were accurate, if I am wrong please correct me... Will be seeing it again in a few days. 77 |
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My wife and I, plus another couple went Friday night. It was great, just wish it could have been longer and pulled more from the book. For the most part everyone was quiet the whole movie. When the ending started you could hear a pin drop and only one dumb___ walked out. Most of the crowd had the water works flowing on the way out.
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I have read the book, it is highly unlikely I will see the movie until it comes out on instant video.... I abhor seeing movies like that in a public theater. I love my country, served my country, and I love our men and women in uniform. Seeing a movie like that tends to make me very emotional and I am a very private individual when it comes to showing my emotions.... Know one and all, I will back our troops till my last breath on this planet has been taken.
That said, perhaps we could take up an offering to fund Michael Moore's parachute drop into ISIS controlled territory (voluntary or not). We could tattoo "Fudge packers rule" on one cheek and "Islam sucks" on the other cheek...... Perhaps one of his beloved ISIS snipers will put him out of his misery before the fudge packing muslims chop his head off..... After packing his fudge of course!!!! |
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I have read the book, it is highly unlikely I will see the movie until it comes out on instant video.... I abhor seeing movies like that in a public theater. I love my country, served my country, and I love our men and women in uniform. Seeing a movie like that tends to make me very emotional and I am a very private individual when it comes to showing my emotions.... Know one and all, I will back our troops till my last breath on this planet has been taken. That said, perhaps we could take up an offering to fund Michael Moore's parachute drop into ISIS controlled territory (voluntary or not). We could tattoo "Fudge packers rule" on one cheek and "Islam sucks" on the other cheek...... Perhaps one of his beloved ISIS snipers will put him out of his misery before the fudge packing muslims chop his head off..... After packing his fudge of course!!!! View Quote Waste of a good parachute. Just drop him. |
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I have read the book, it is highly unlikely I will see the movie until it comes out on instant video.... I abhor seeing movies like that in a public theater. I love my country, served my country, and I love our men and women in uniform. Seeing a movie like that tends to make me very emotional and I am a very private individual when it comes to showing my emotions.... Know one and all, I will back our troops till my last breath on this planet has been taken. That said, perhaps we could take up an offering to fund Michael Moore's parachute drop into ISIS controlled territory (voluntary or not). We could tattoo "Fudge packers rule" on one cheek and "Islam sucks" on the other cheek...... Perhaps one of his beloved ISIS snipers will put him out of his misery before the fudge packing muslims chop his head off..... After packing his fudge of course!!!! Waste of a good parachute. Just drop him. I should have just said that instead of making the other comments I did in that last paragraph...... |
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Told by the girlfriend that Sarah Palins response to Rogen and Moore food was: “God bless our troops, especially our snipers.”
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Here's my copy/pasted Facebook rant on it (in the context of a veteran from the millennial generation): Thoughts on American Sniper: First off, as a film, Clint Eastwood did a masterful job (no surprise there) at telling the story of Chris Kyle. The theater was sold out, but during the quiet moments, you could hear a pin drop. Like many who are probably reading this, I knew about the about CPO Kyle before going to see the movie, and I'm definitely happy that Clint did it justice. Second, a very striking thought hit me as I was leaving; most Americans don't have a clue. I mean that in every sense of the words. Many, especially ones in my age group, insist that combat veterans "aren't fighting for MY freedom/ they aren't heros" or (directed at the film) "it's all just pro-war, pro-GWOT propaganda". Well, you're fucking wrong. Evil exists in this world, and the people who are courageous and selfless enough to stand against it deserve just a little bit more gratitude than that. You don't get to to argue that. The politics in America challenging the war and those fighting it are based on willful ignorance at best and gross negligence and treason at worst. There are evil people out there who won't rest until they've forced everyone on earth under their perverse religion and killed anyone who rests. They don't hate us because of our "foreign policy". They don't hate us because of "income inequality", "drone strikes", "free trade" or any of those other vapid academic concepts. They hate us because we are not like them. Remember, they ARE at war with us, even if we aren't at war with them. Now I'm not asking everyone to pick up a rifle and stand on the line, but if some people don't get the hell out of the way of the rough men who do, you all are going to have to sooner or later. View Quote Perfect!! |
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