I wish Bradley Cooper was fighting Aliens or something...

Rating: 7/10 (15 February 2017)

I want to first of all start off by saying that I rated this movie based on how good it is as a stand alone movie. The acting by Bradley Cooper, the directing by Clint Eastwood and the story in general were great at the very least.
I was, however, very put off by the fact that this man was seen as a hero and a "Legend" for killing people in a war which we still know to this day was unjust. The Iraqi people were seen as evil and bad in this movie, even though they were just trying to defend their country from the American invasion. I also want to point out that this man in the movie was motivated to go fight in Iraq after seeing the 9/11 attacks. This even though Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with those attacks. I wonder if this movie would have been as great if it was from the point of view of an Iraqi sniper..
Like I said, this was a great movie in terms of its story and its action. If this were a story about Bradley Cooper killing deadly aliens I might have actually really liked this movie (though I fear it wouldn't have been as loved by others as it is now). If you don't like the idea of watching a movie about the killing of people who are still suffering as a result today, then avoid this movie.