Everything is done exceptionally well, just one problem that keeps it from being great

Rating: 7/10 (25 January 2015)

It was fine. Nothing spectacular and certainly not Best Picture worthy, but there's no changing that. Everything in the film was done exceptionally well, but what keeps it from being that absolutely incredible film that is Best Picture worthy is what is not in the film. Chris Kyle has said some controversial things and the movie never really goes into that whole ordeal. Personally, the best way to make a biopic about this guy would have been to cover even the nasty things in his life. Well it could have been worse. The movie could have painted him as an American hero, cased closed, but for the most part, it stays fairly neutral there. The leaving out the controversy was honestly the only problem I had with the movie. Bradley Cooper is fantastic, he deserved his Oscar nomination. All the action scenes are very well directed and realistic, which at the very least makes the movie not boring. The action, direction, and Bradley Cooper's performance make the movie worth watching, despite the one previously mentioned problem.