One of Eastwoods Best Efforts

Rating: 9/10 (13 October 2016)

I have always said that if a movie is based on a true story you have to judge the movie not the story of characters it's based on and that's why I believe a lot of people have come to hate this movie but I love it. Clint Eastwood's movies are extremely hit or miss but he is always extremely skilled behind the camera and he exceed at his job as a director with flying colours he makes for so many intense and nail biting action sequences along with quitter and more personal moments between Chris Kyle and his wife played to perfection by Bradley Cooper. Cooper is amazing in this movie I believe this to be to date his greatest performance I knew that he could act after seeing movies like Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle but here he just brings his action ability to a whole new level bringing a humanity to his character even during the real life persons more controversial moments. The reasons why Kyle does what he does in the film are extremely satisfying you just get the feeling that he just wants to help his country because he believes in it and what's to do his part in helping it. The rivalry that develops between Kyle and an enemy sniper throughout the movie is extremely riveting it grounds Kyle as a character and makes you realise that he isn't the legend he has been poised to be that he is human and may have met his match. Sienna Miller really impressed me with this film I thought that she had excellent chemistry with Cooper and perfectly portrayed a struggling wife wanting to help and understand her husband. Where the film falters thought is the fact that it never really addresses the controversy of Chris Kyle I have no opinion on the man personally but I just think that it would have overall made the film just a but more interesting.
But Overall I love American Sniper I think it is for the most part an excellent analysis of its title character and creates for a riveting and very intimate movie that perfectly portrays the struggles of war and those who fight in them.
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