Over-hyped,but still OKay

Rating: 3/10 (10 January 2015)

I had heard a lot about this movie, mostly good stuff, but I had no expectations to it whatsoever, except be entertained.
Half way through I felt it became a bit too much America the great etc. But since I don't know how Kyle was, I assume it portray him the way he was. Though he comes off as a guy, with an IQ the size of a walnut. With the flag waving and the whole we are the righteous attitude. That's OK He obviously really believed all the propaganda he'd been fed, and that's okay. When he meets his brother for a brief moment on the tarmac on a airport, you get to see that they have grown apart, and become stranger to each other. He's brother no longer believe in the war, while Kyle still think it's right.
The movie as whole doesn't choose side, it just show you the brutal things they see and experience. But at the same time it also shows you why many of these people hate America so much
The movie as a whole Is not a bad movie, a bit to long for a movie that's is not 100% action. But still not a bad movie. It shows you the war from Kyle's point of view, which is the purpose of it. And he really believed in the war. That it is a righteous cause.
Every time he's not in the field, he feels guilt, and responsible for the soldiers that die. One thing that really bothered me though: I've heard that the military is really strict on phone calls when you over there. yet he seem to be able to call home from a sat-phone whenever he feel like it, even right in the middle of a fire fight or when he lies on a rooftop scouting, he can just call home. To me that seemed really strange. the movie goes a long way to show how brutal the war can be.
I feel there are important parts that have been left out. Why did Kyle have such a high pulse all the time, when he was calm he has a pulse on 170,but you never get to know why. Was it blood pressure, was it a decease ?
Also he claim he is a SEAL just cause he got through BUDS.
I might be wrong here, but to the best of my knowledge, you not a seal after buds. hats just the first step on a long way of becoming a seal. But I guess they did that to simplify and speed things along . What really annoyed me was that every time the marines were gonna shoot someone, they missed, they couldn't even hit people coming out a doorway right across from them. And every time they were gonna shoot from roof top they silhouetted them self. which is something I thought they learned they're soldiers not to do.