Unsophisticated movie for complex topics

Rating: 6/10 (4 January 2015)

"American Sniper" is, generally speaking, a decent movie. The direction is rhythmic, insistent and engaging in some scenes, while in other sections it is inexplicably anonymous and listless. The thing that puzzled me the most was the superficiality with which Eastwood tried to address some complex topics (the classic distinction between good and evil, morality, the fire guns cult among US citizens...). The director leaves some element in order to induce a reflection by the viewer. The most obvious example is the scene in which the protagonist, recovered after years of war, plays with his kid and draws a loaded gun on him and, soon after, he leaves the pistol at home, unattended. But this is still not enough. Maybe the director could tell something more, perhaps he could tell better his point of view. But perhaps it is difficult to expose yourself when you tell the story of an "American hero".