A Disappointing movie....surprisingly by a very good Director

Rating: 2/10 (27 January 2015)

A disappointing war movie or should I say an "amazing" movie promoting the American war on Iraq....No price for guessing Clint Eastwood's intentions on making this movie. Ignoring the political angle to this movie and if I were to review this only from a movie's perspective and nothing less, it still fails miserably.
The storytelling in the movie was just plain flat. The movie left me with no afterthoughts about war and the collateral damages that it brings along with it. There was no character building of Chris Kyle nor did the movie stimulate in me, any connection with Chris Kyle's character nor garner any sympathy towards him. It was funny how Chirs Kyle's character seems lost (although a bit forced it may seem) while he is on a break at home between his four war tours, but seems perfectly fine when he is back on war front. It almost seemed like he was having a great time killing people during war, but was depressed when he wasn't, back home.
Seems Clint Eastwood made this movie just to cash in on the emotions of a particular segment of die hard American's who blindly believe that the Americans are the victims of terror and the rest of the world...particularly anyone from the Middle East are terrorists and butchers.....including Children. AND, the invasion of Iraq post 9/11 is totally justified although Iraq has nothing to do with 9/11.
Please don't waste your time and money watching this poorly made movie. In stead, if you want to watch a good Sniper movie...please spend your money on buying a copy of "Sniper" (1993 Tom Berenger) or better yet "The Enemy at the Gates" or if a plain war movie is your flair....then you are better off with some classics and older movies like "Platoon", "Apocalypse Now", "Full Metal Jacket", "The Thin Red Line", "Saving Private Ryan", "Black Hawk Down" and "The Hurt Locker" to name a few.
So in summary....a beeeeeeeg thumbs down to American Sniper and Clint Eastwood.