Could Have Been Far Better

Rating: 5/10 (30 May 2015)

Having read Chris Kyle's autobiography and watched many interviews with him I was very disappointing in the inaccuracies in the story. It was a good homage to an incredible man and his fellow servicemen but why not just make it true? Wouldn't that just be more heartfelt and a better story? The writers were attempting to make a more flowing storyline with extra excitement and most of the details were somewhat right but jumbled around and mixed up to give a completely different plot. Bradley Cooper did a good job of getting Kyle's personality and physical appearance down pat. There were definitely a few directing errors that came from Clint Eastwood (easily not close to his best work), even down to a blatantly plastic baby doll that ruined an entire scene. It might have been better as a movie than an adaptation but my viewed was permanently skewed having read the book making it a disappointment for me.
Book: solid 8/10 Movie Adaptation: 5/10