Sadly... over-hyped

Rating: 7/10 (19 January 2015)

We saw this movie at 11:45 AM- the very first showing in my little city of about 100K. I was very excited for this too was a "true" story just as "Lone Survivor" was. It's also a "recent" war movie and I personally know a few who came back- some who came back sick and others only as a fond memory. In MY mind? This movie was trying to satisfy two types of movie goers. 1. The action junkie and 2. the "Chick-Flick" emotional journey movie. Again in MY mind? It failed both. Too scattered. One minute he's a child learning how to shoot the next- he's going from tour to tour and finally comes home. Inbetween? It's back and fourth between home and war, back home, back to war. I think the reason this movie is SO popular right now is because we Americans are sick and tired of being hated in our own country BY our own countrymen. Gun hate also has a role in this too. Americans are realizing- the once great and powerful United States of America- is slowly but, surely being turned into a third world country by a President seemingly not caring in the least. In fact- this movie represents the anger and dissatisfaction of where this country- the United States- is being led. And finally- in MY mind, this is exactly WHY it's so popular and profitable.