American sniper movie trailer

[Firehaus]

http://youtu.be/cRbAXWfthtA



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[thvigil11]

So glad Spielburg dropped this and Clint picked it up. Should make for a better film. IMHO

[ray1970]

I'll have to add that to the list of things I want to watch. Anyone know when it is coming out?

[SuperiorDG]

I'll have to add that to the list of things I want to watch. Anyone know when it is coming out?

January

[cfortune]

I like that quick scope change. Mk4 to a NXS.

[thvigil11]

I like that quick scope change. Mk4 to a NXS.

Nice catch. I missed that.

[ray1970]

I like that quick scope change. Mk4 to a NXS.


Nice catch. I missed that.

Yeah, I don't typically catch little things like that when I watch movies. I just try to enjoy the story. Hollywood is crazy full of mistakes like that when they do movies. The only one I really remember noticing was something where a character forgot to take the safety off on his handgun. It was a Glock.

[cfortune]

Yeah, I don't typically catch little things like that when I watch movies. I just try to enjoy the story. Hollywood is crazy full of mistakes like that when they do movies. The only one I really remember noticing was something where a character forgot to take the safety off on his handgun. It was a Glock.


Doesn't really bother me but makes me wonder why they would have done that. Like what was happening where they were like "CUT! Bring out the Nightforce!"

[Great-Kazoo]

Yeah, I don't typically catch little things like that when I watch movies. I just try to enjoy the story. Hollywood is crazy full of mistakes like that when they do movies. The only one I really remember noticing was something where a character forgot to take the safety off on his handgun. It was a Glock.

Or when you hear the sound of a hammer being cocked and they have a glock, one minute it's a glock then sig. OR it's a nude scene and they put jennifer aniston's body double in.

[Graves]

Doesn't really bother me but makes me wonder why they would have done that. Like what was happening where they were like "CUT! Bring out the Nightforce!"

I'm thinking they had a whole mess of seal toys at their disposal; break was called and any old rifle was grabbed from the rack. Calm down and watch the film, rainman ;)

[cfortune]

I'm thinking they had a whole mess of seal toys at their disposal; break was called and any old rifle was grabbed from the rack. Calm down and watch the film, rainman ;)

lolololol. I'll definitely watch it still.

[Graves]

Good eye btw.

[wctriumph]

Or when you hear the sound of a hammer being cocked and they have a glock, one minute it's a glock then sig. OR it's a nude scene and they put jennifer aniston's body double in.


Or they are threatening someone with a 1911 that isn't cocked and then it clicks three time when they pull the trigger 'cause they're out of ammo.

[ray1970]

Of course none of this movie firearms craziness is new. Remember all those old six shooters in the old westerns that usually fired ten or fifteen shots before reloading?

[sniper7]

Adding it to my list. Looks good

[Irving]

Okay I've watched this preview four times now. Does the scope switch in the very last shot?

[muddywings]

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/10/183926-sniper-chris-kyles-death-actor-bradley-cooper-pledged-honor-big-way/

Hope he does good by this Hero.

[muddywings]

Okay I've watched this preview four times now. Does the scope switch in the very last shot?

The very first shot of his face where you just barely see the scope you see a turret.
The next shot after the door kicker, it goes back to Chris Kyle the turret isn't there; it's between the mounts.

I don't know shit about scopes though.

[Irving]

Yep, that's what I saw. Those first (and last) turrets are angled as well. Thanks.

[2XS]

Look great hopefully it is good a tribute to fallen soldier. I will be waiting for it to come out.

[KestrelBike]

Hope this won't piss anyone off: I was curious about whatever happened to the Marine that killed Chris Kyle, and googled him. I found this article on Men's Health. Now, I have no idea if MH is a liberal atrocity like rolling stone, so I have no idea whether to take the article with a grain of salt or not. I'm halfway through page 2 and they are painting a pretty humanizing picture of the shooter, Eddie Routh. Well, read it and decide for yourself.
http://www.menshealth.com/best-life/who-killed-chris-kyle
(damn, but MH has super annoying advertisements that disrupt the reading)

[Hound]

Looks really interesting, like a sequel to "The Hurt Locker" but with snipers.

[blacklabel]

Looks really interesting, like a sequel to "The Hurt Locker" but with snipers.

I hope to God it's better than the Hurt Locker.

[2XS]

Yeah Hurt Locker was a terrible movie. The trailer looks better then that all ready.

[Irving]

I liked The Hurt Locker, but apparently it is because my total lack of military experience means I miss all the bullshit.

[clublights]

I'll have to add that to the list of things I want to watch. Anyone know when it is coming out?


Christmas Day

[Gman]

I think I have an idea of what I'm doing Christmas afternoon.

[Trout Hunter]

Looks like it will be a gooder. Cooper has had his sites on this for awhile and has sounded like he was pretty commited to making it as factual as possible. Ill watch it for sure.

[SuperiorDG]

I liked The Hurt Locker, but apparently it is because my total lack of military experience means I miss all the bullshit.

Me too. Had a vet that worked for me that was a door kicker in Iraq and he hated it. Said it was a bullshit movie and was nothing like it was over there. I think AS will be a good one, however.

[Dave]

Looks like it will be a gooder. Cooper has had his sites on this for awhile and has sounded like he was pretty commited to making it as factual as possible. Ill watch it for sure.

I was a bit leery when he was cast for it, but the trailer looks good so far. If it's out Christmas Day I might go see a movie on opening weekend for the first time in years.

[Jer]

I was a bit leery when he was cast for it, but the trailer looks good so far. If it's out Christmas Day I might go see a movie on opening weekend for the first time in years.

FYI, Cooper wasn't 'cast' for it... it's HIS movie. He wanted to tell the story so if it wasn't for Cooper there would be no American Sniper movie. There's a lot of people bagging on Cooper because they can think of someone better to play the role of Chris Kyle but the fact of the matter is that he was the one who stepped to the plate to tell a story he felt a special connection to and felt needed to be told. I have a new found respect for an actor that previously I could take him or leave him even though my wife had the hots for him.

[Trout Hunter]

FYI, Cooper wasn't 'cast' for it... it's HIS movie. He wanted to tell the story so if it wasn't for Cooper there would be no American Sniper movie. There's a lot of people bagging on Cooper because they can think of someone better to play the role of Chris Kyle but the fact of the matter is that he was the one who stepped to the plate to tell a story he felt a special connection to and felt needed to be told. I have a new found respect for an actor that previously I could take him or leave him even though my wife had the hots for him.
That was the story that I heard behind it also. He read the book and felt connected. Personally Im a cooper fan, limitless was a good flick.

[Double00]

Clint Eastwood! Enough said.

[Duman]

Firearms errors in movies.....
This could be a "Stuck on You" thread.

Why do people (in movies) rack the shotgun loooong after they should have had a chambered round? Walking up to a bad guy, pointing the pump action at the guys head, THEN racking the gun.

[Jer]

Firearms errors in movies.....
This could be a "Stuck on You" thread.

Why do people (in movies) rack the shotgun loooong after they should have had a chambered round? Walking up to a bad guy, pointing the pump action at the guys head, THEN racking the gun.
That's almost as bad as racking the slide on a handgun all the damn time regardless of chambered rounds already or not. Of note is the fact that a spent or live round is NEVER ejected during this action but holder is now ready to shoot 30-50 rounds w/o a single reload.

[KestrelBike]

Breitbart has some nice words about Bradley Cooper and how he prepared for the role of representing Kyle, and some anecdotes about the actor's prior interactions with service members.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/12/08/American-Sniper-Bradley-Cooper-Reveals-Why-He-Didn-t-Think-He-Was-Right-For-The-Role-Why-He-Was-Wrong

[Firehaus]

New trailer that looks even better.

http://youtu.be/5bP1f_1o-zo


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[muddywings]

New trailer that looks even better.

http://youtu.be/5bP1f_1o-zo


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wow

[Rooskibar03]

New trailer that looks even better.

http://youtu.be/5bP1f_1o-zo


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Hell ya. May have to resurrect the family tradition of going to see a movie on Christmas day.

[Big John]

I'mma try to go see this x-mas day.

[Gman]

This is going to be a 'must see' for me, but I can see that I may repeatedly 'get something in my eye'.

[Firehaus]

It's shaping up to be a powerful movie with a stellar performance. Hopefully the trailers aren't better than the movie!


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[Trout Hunter]

Watching interviews with copper I can't wait to see it.looks like they put the time and resources in to make it accurate. Sounds like some of Chris 'so seal buddies are on the show and helped with training copper.

[KAPA]

is this thing actually coming out on christmas day in the Denver area or is it just for LA and NY? I see it says everywhere Jan 16th.

[KAPA]

Looks like Jan16 is the real release date.

[ColoWyo]

Watching interviews with copper I can't wait to see it.looks like they put the time and resources in to make it accurate. Sounds like some of Chris 'so seal buddies are on the show and helped with training copper.

I totally agree. I watched a interview with him the other day and it actually made me want to see it more. He was still wearing the same boots that Chris Kyle wore. He said something to the effect that he didn't want to let go. He seemed truly inspired by Chris Kyle. Maybe that's corny, but he seemed like he really wanted to do Kyle justice.

[colorider]

I'm trying to find a leaked copy online. Will post up if I find one. I have several sources to try out.

[Jer]

I'm trying to find a leaked copy online. Will post up if I find one. I have several sources to try out.

I'm normally the pirate ship captain but in this rare case I actually don't mind paying. It's rare that I actually look to support Hollywood but this is one of those rare occasions. Driving 1.5hrs one-way to see Restrepo during the limited release was another one.

[Big John]

Looks like Jan16 is the real release date.That's all I could find as well.

This sucks as we had planned to go see it x-mas day.

[hollohas]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/12/23/american-sniper-chris-kyles-dad-looked-two-hollywood-megastars-in-the-eye-and-gave-them-one-crystal-clear-warning-about-his-son/

Eastwood and Cooper met with Kyle's father seeking his blessing for the movie.




The father of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle reportedly warned actors Bradley Cooper and Clint Eastwood (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2883854/How-Clint-Eastwood-Bradley-Cooper-asked-father-American-Sniper-Chris-Kyle-permission-film-Navy-Seal-hero-s-life-told-Disrespect-son-ll-unleash-Hell.html) that there would be hell to pay if they did “anything” to disrespect his son in their Hollywood production of “American Sniper,” ...

...“I told them I would unleash hell on them if they did anything to disrespect my son,”...



Looks like a GREAT movie.

[Bitter Clinger]

Not sure how true this is but it's cool if it is.....

Riveting soon to be released film “American Sniper” about Navy Seal and sniper Chris Kyle, uncovered an amazing story about 2 thugs who tried to carjack Mr. Kyle at a gas station in Texas. (http://qpolitical.com/2-thugs-tried-carjack-american-sniper-chris-kyle-big-mistake/)

http://d2rg8jfniu44sp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/chris-kyle.jpg (http://d2rg8jfniu44sp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/chris-kyle.jpg)
In early January of 2009, Chris Kyle stopped to get gas in a suburb outside of Dallas, TX. Chris was minding his own business fueling up his truck when two men approached him at gunpoint. They demanded he turn over the keys to his vehicle. Chris’s training immediately took a hold and he sized up the two men. He noticed one did not look very confident with a gun. At this point they were on the passenger side of the vehicle and Chris said, “let me grab my key from inside.”
Without hesitation Chris reached for the keys with his left hand and for a gun just under his left armpit with his right hand. He pulled the trigger a total of 4 times and the threat was down. Without even looking back Chris had shot both robbers in the chest and killed them immediately. To avoid media attention he got the surveillance video from the gas station, called his commanding officer, and then called the police. Out of respect for Chris the local PD did not go to the media.
http://rightwingnews.com/top-news/2-thugs-tried-carjack-deadliest-sniper-us-military-ever-seen-chris-kyle-big-mistake/

[Jer]

Not sure how true this is but it's cool if it is.....

Riveting soon to be released film “American Sniper” about Navy Seal and sniper Chris Kyle, uncovered an amazing story about 2 thugs who tried to carjack Mr. Kyle at a gas station in Texas. (http://qpolitical.com/2-thugs-tried-carjack-american-sniper-chris-kyle-big-mistake/)

http://d2rg8jfniu44sp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/chris-kyle.jpg (http://d2rg8jfniu44sp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/chris-kyle.jpg)
In early January of 2009, Chris Kyle stopped to get gas in a suburb outside of Dallas, TX. Chris was minding his own business fueling up his truck when two men approached him at gunpoint. They demanded he turn over the keys to his vehicle. Chris’s training immediately took a hold and he sized up the two men. He noticed one did not look very confident with a gun. At this point they were on the passenger side of the vehicle and Chris said, “let me grab my key from inside.”
Without hesitation Chris reached for the keys with his left hand and for a gun just under his left armpit with his right hand. He pulled the trigger a total of 4 times and the threat was down. Without even looking back Chris had shot both robbers in the chest and killed them immediately. To avoid media attention he got the surveillance video from the gas station, called his commanding officer, and then called the police. Out of respect for Chris the local PD did not go to the media.
http://rightwingnews.com/top-news/2-thugs-tried-carjack-deadliest-sniper-us-military-ever-seen-chris-kyle-big-mistake/



Smells an awful lot of urban legend to me. A few things don't quite add up.

[mcantar18c]

I don't recall who this came from but somebody with experience overseas screened the film and their review was something along the lines of "They turned a war movie into a fucking coming home movie."

[Bitter Clinger]

IGN was pretty critical of it as well

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/24/american-sniper-review


POSSIBLE SPOILERS!!!!








THROUGH THE CROSSHAIRS



→ DECEMBER 23, 2014 Chris Kyle was considered one of the deadliest snipers in American history, with 160 confirmed kills to his name. His memoir, American Sniper (http://www.ign.com/movies/american-sniper), detailed his four tours as a Navy SEAL during the Iraq War as well as a life back home, where his heroism continued (though anecdotes including everything from taking down carjackers to punching Jesse Ventura were oft-disputed). Whatever people believed, Kyle forged his own myth around a core of truth. He survived war. He saw it all. Somehow, none of that valor, dramatic intrigue, or moral complication seeps into Clint Eastwood's American Sniper, a stale adaptation with a lead performer struggling to dig deep.
Bradley Cooper looks the part. Packing on the muscle, growing out Kyle's frontiersman beard, and adding a Texas twang to his speech, Cooper's removes himself from lingering Hangover history to become the cowboy-turned-SEAL (literally: Kyle starts his career riding bulls only to give it up in favor of his country). Cooper's version of Kyle is a keen observer on and off the battlefield. Sniping demands split decisions. So does wooing the ladies or grappling with PTSD, two diametric hurdles Kyle jumps during his service years. Under the brim of a cap, Cooper's eyes constantly survey the scene, looking for solutions, even in his own home.
American Sniper - Trailer #1 (http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/10/03/american-sniper-trailer-1)02:01






American Sniper is at its most riveting when Eastwood locks eyes with his star. The opening sequence of the film, Kyle deciding whether or not to take down a pre-teen Iraqi boy taking a grenade from his mother, is front and center of all the trailers for a reason. It's all the horrors of sniping stuffed into a suffocating frame. Through the scope, Cooper's enlarged eye comes face to face with the boy. That memory will stay with him forever.
Eastwood runs into trouble when Kyle's tours become monotonous. In pursuit the Butcher of Fallujah (Mido Hamada), the Navy SEAL takes out insurgent after insurgent — gunmen hiding in trees,
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suicide bombers driving cars, young men and women who choose to attack. He's not phased, which is probably accurate. But it's not engaging or cinematic. To counter, Eastwood and his writer Jason Hall pit Kyle against Mustafa (Sammy Sheik), an Iraqi soldier characterized as a kind of mega-sniper (and likely informed by the viral persona dubbed “Juba”).The conflict feels too complex for such black-and-white “bad guys,” yet it's all Eastwood seems to know what to do with Kyle, eventually lifting him off his sniper post and into more Lone Survivor-like firefights. If it's accurate, it doesn't fit with Cooper's meditative, introspective take on the character. Kyle becomes an action hero — and in an action movie that doesn't have much oomph, thanks to Eastwood's cut-and-dry style. When a dust storm envelops one of the film's major shootouts, the visually striking scene dives on the narrative like a pile on scrambling for a fumble.
American Sniper jumps back and forth between Kyle's stints in the trenches and stretches of normalcy back at home. Before serving his first tour, the SEAL settles down with Taya (Sienna Miller). The call of duty hangs in the wings (Kyle learns of his first tour on their wedding day) and, for awhile, they make it work. Miller is vivacious in early scenes, a sensitive, but no-BS compliment to Cooper's brutish teddy bear.
American Sniper - "I Need You To Be Human Again" Clip (http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/12/16/american-sniper-i-need-you-to-be-human-again-clip)00:58






Those characterizations dissolve when American Sniper grapples with the amorphous post-traumatic stress. What Kyle brings home from war doesn't feel specific or nuanced. There's pent up anger and fear. Taya lashes out looking for answers, reminding him they have a kid, then two, to worry about. If there's such a thing as sterile PTSD, Eastwood unearths it. The movie takes too much pride in its subject's patriotic actions to pierce his disrupted mental state. The script flirts with some fascinating encounters — when a fellow vet (Jonathan Groff) recognizes Kyle at an auto body shop, the SEAL can barely make eye contact — but passes by insight.
American Sniper never decides what it's about, besides reminding people of a great American hero, a proclamation that needs a case behind it. When it ends, it leaves Kyle's most fascinating turns to cheap title cards (and for spoiler purposes, we'll leave that discovery up to you).







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THE VERDICT

Blunt choices stand in the way of everything Cooper gives over to American Sniper (http://www.ign.com/movies/american-sniper). Moments where Cooper and Miller watch the events of September 11 on TV, Eastwood pushing in on the SEAL's now-vengeful face, border on crass. Sloppiness derails scenes that should wreck the audience — it's astonishing how one plastic baby prop can undercut a crying couple's emotional impact. Looking back to Eastwood's own work, American Sniper goes Flags of Our Fathers when it could risk it on a Letters from Iwo Jima-like chance — absolute reverence rarely leaves room for a character's high and low points. Everything great about American Sniper rests on Cooper's shoulders, a military hero who has more going on than we'll probably ever know.

[KestrelBike]

Smells an awful lot of urban legend to me. A few things don't quite add up.

I just don't think something like that could stay under the radar with the media not exploding it.

[Jer]

I just don't think something like that could stay under the radar with the media not exploding it.

Exactly. Also, let me go shoot & kill a couple people in the parking lot of a business and then simply walk inside and ask for the security camera 'tapes' and see how well that goes over.

[KestrelBike]

Exactly. Also, let me go shoot & kill a couple people in the parking lot of a business and then simply walk inside and ask for the security camera 'tapes' and see how well that goes over.
Well if you were built like a seal and still brandishing.... Heheh

[Jer]

Well if you were built like a seal and still brandishing.... Heheh

Pretty sure that's armed robbery regardless of your build.