Wanted to like it...

Rating: 3/10 (6 February 2015)

I went to see this with my husband, because my mom told me how wonderful it was. I'm not a fan of war movies. I hated Saving Private Ryan. I almost had to walk out during the opening sequence of Saving Private Ryan, because the battle scene was so intense. However, I had heard really good things about this movie, especially Bradley Cooper's acting, that I decided to go. Unfortunately, this was just not the right movie for me. I don't know if it was the sound system in the theater I went to, but I had a very difficult time understanding Bradley Cooper for the first third of the movie. The movie also seemed to stretch on forever. At one point, I looked at the clock and realized that we were an hour and a half into the movie, and he still had 2 tours to go. The other part I didn't like was when SPOILER AHEAD Chris Kyle shot and killed the sniper called Mustafa. I had done some reading on Chris Kyle before going to see the movie, and I knew that Chris was not the one that killed Mustafa. I mean, everyone else in the theater loved that part. Some people cheered. I also don't understand why they had to put in the scene where Chris Kyle shoots the little boy. That didn't happen either. END SPOILERS If you enjoy war movies, then this will be a good movie for you.