Pretty good war movie

Rating: 7/10 (5 July 2015)

Pretty good to very good acting, nice unobtrusive direction, good photography of whatever Moroccan city doubled for Baghdad and Fallujah. The combat sequences are well-drafted and well-performed. Aside from the life of Chris Kyle, this is a pretty good, if not great war movie. Not being a super movie buff, I was unaware that this film was made by Clint Eastwood until the closing credits.
Some interesting criticism here and elsewhere. Eastwood is known for making movies with a patriotic edge. But it seems that many folks feel that this beyond the pale. Why is it that no American filmmaker should EVER make a movie that is pro-America, or pro-American military? Can not a single movie ever depict white people acting heroically, and non-white people behaving basely? Do these leftists think that this reflects reality? And even if they do, is no one allowed to have a differing opinion? That is one of the problems with the American Left; their extreme intolerance toward diversity of opinion.