One of the better biographical movies out there

Rating: 6/10 (28 February 2015)

Now I quite enjoyed this movie I would have given it an 8 but I thought the fact that Clint Eastwood used very obvious fake babies was too much, completely ruined the immersion for me, though this is not the only reason.
Plot: I don't spoil movies for myself so I had no idea about the buzz that you see in the media which spoils it for you. That said the presentation of the Al Qaeda make it all too obvious who would be taken out, it would have been much more interesting to have a briefing about 10-12 Al Qaeda leaders and then show some of them being taken out. I thought there were some pacing issues, too much back and forth between home and Iraq, some of it would have been better off if it was blended because there is a little bit too much repetition this way. It is an emotional issue but a director with a little bit more rigor would have shown us the last scene(instead of just texting it to us), that had potential for groovy empty feeling.
Directing: Clint Eastwood can't get off the wide shots sometimes, there are many cases where he sets up a good wide angle and then just leaves it at that which doesn't help the viewer associate with the characters. Smarter camera work would have helped us feel the casualties as a greater loss.
Acting: All around okay, nothing noticeably terrible I think but nothing off the charts either.
I don't know what people are so riled up about, this movie isn't about politics, its about a guy, I thought as far as telling the story well they did right by their politics. I'm sure plenty of pro war people watch the anti war films and love them but now that there's a more pro war movie it seems leftists don't show the same open mindedness.