Great old propaganda

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2015)

Right... It is very hard to review a movie like this and judge it only by its plot, screenplay, acting, etcetera. This has got to be one of the movies that scream "'murica, hell yeah" in your face the most. The whole ideology of being a "hero" is just plain wrong in the first place, according to this movie a hero is someone, who goes to a foreign country and kills hundreds of people, who were "attacking America" .
We don't clearly know whether it was a good depiction of how Chris Kyle's war tours really were, i surely think it wasn't like that. But this movie just portrayed a random, dumb guy seeing an ad on TV of American soldiers dying in Iraq, what made him join the navy seals in order to "protect" his country, just like Americans are taught to believe. There is no reason to go further into the topic of American propaganda, so lets just establish, that you will get a lot of pro American military conversations, scenes and the vibe of the whole thing overall is like that, so just take that into account before watching this.
Aside from all the propaganda, everything else was just great, it was intense, made you feel like you are out there on the battlefield yourself. Had awesome scenery and decent acting, Bradley Cooper was outstanding, Oscar nomination well deserved. It would have been one of the best war movies ever made, only if it wasn't so biased, but that doesn't stop us from ignoring all the nonsense to just focus on the good parts, which the movie didn't lack. Chris's mental journey was what i enjoyed the most, his relationships with his wife, in and out of Iraq were interesting and i loved to watch him transform into a different person.
I will not rate this 1/10, only because of its massive Hollywood censorship, like most of the reviewers here. This movie deserves more for its great qualities, it was enjoyable, it was beautiful and pleasant to watch. So ignore the flaws and enjoy!