Incredible performance, and true to Chris Kyle

Rating: 10/10 (9 April 2015)

As I read through some other reviews I have to wonder if anyone read the book. A person well read on Chris Kyle would realize that he thought he was fighting a worthwhile cause. This movie is taken from that point of view, the view of the person that this movie is based on (What an idea). I appreciate this because it allows me to really get in touch with Kyle, and feel his struggles. This was never meant to be an antiwar movie, but a true representation of the feelings that a majority of these men and women feel as they're fighting. The comparison to the Nazi Propaganda film in Inglorious Bastards is an absolute injustice to the true message of the film. It's the true story of a man who would put his country fist, because he was a true patriot. There is no other way to put his message on screen without showing Kyle in that light.
Now for the actual film itself. I thought it was a very well made film. Every scene is gripping, and the war scenes in particular are intense, and show a somewhat realism of war. When I first heard the Bradley Cooper was Cas as Kyle I wondered how a mainly comedy actor from Philadelphia could pull off a war hero Texan. But my god is he amazing in the part. At no point while I was watching did I think I was watching Bradley cooper, I was watching Chris Kyle. His performance left me speechless. Sienna Miller as Taya Kyle doesn't get enough credit for her performance as well. The phone call scene as she is walking out of the doctor's office is truly emotional. Most of the supporting cast is great in their roles as well.
All in all is the movie perfect, no not really. But it is a truly great film, that portrays the life of Chris Kyle in a respectable and mostly accurate way. Nobody tried to interject their viewpoints in to his story, because that's not the point of the film. It is meant to portray a great man, in an honest respectable way. It accomplished that goal, and is a fitting portrayal of a man who fought for his country, and died for his brothers in arms