Eastwood is really losing it

Rating: 2/10 (8 February 2015)

I have read about this movie,prior to watching it,so I roughly knew what to expect. At the end,I was quite surprised,that it wasn't as much of a right-wing war apology and propaganda,as I thought it would be. It's a realistic display of war horrors,militants will see it as pro-war,normal people will see it as anti-war. It is simply a story of that time,told the way one simple,bible-belt,all-American,gun-crazy,southern man with no future,would see it. But I expected Eastwood to deliver a complete,solid movie,not leaving me any room for complaints on hes behalf. Instead,he gave us a documentary with extra special effects and some fancy cinematography. Being a European,all I knew about Kyle,was what I read in the New Yorker article,which was wary bountiful in details. Knowing all the things about Kyle,that he deliberately left out of the movie,leads me to believe,Eastwood played it safe,avoiding the possibility that Kyle might turn out something else,than a hero and defender of the nation. Instead,he used 2/3 of the movie on action scenes,and the rest on portraying his characters,instead of doing vice versa. And that makes this movie a fairly,large disappointment,not worthy of any artistic Oscar nominations,yet alone,awards. If he gets any,it will be another shot in the Academy awards credibility.