American Sniper

[Doc45]

Taking my younger son tonight, 8p showing-I got the tickets yesterday and the theatre (Southglenn) has reserved seats so we're good. My second time, I'll be curious to see my son's reaction. He was very nervous and concerned whenever his older brother was deployed.

[crob1]

We saw it Friday night and we thought it was great. I took it to be a tribute to a hero-that's what it is to me anyway. Sure is a lot of nitpicking about little details and long lines.

[SuperiorDG]

From Chris's and Taya's Facebook page

Today I don't know exactly what to write. I am overwhelmed with gratitude and my heart is full. American Sniper has broken records, which follows such an honest path of Chris's life. We never expected anything and were always in a moment of stunned silence at the response from all the beautiful people in this world.
Thank you Jim DeFelice, author of the book American Sniper for getting us on this path.
I also just want to cry and cry and honestly have today. I think that's what happens when I don't have the words. The only thing I can say is thank you. Thank you for the love and support of our military. Thank you for being willing to watch the hard stuff and thank you for hearing, seeing, experiencing the life of our military and first responders. I put them together because the battlefields may be different but the experience is the same on many spiritual levels.
Thank you for laughing with us too. This picture was taken after we had both of our kids after the third deployment. We flew to Oregon over Christmas break. My folks, my sister and her family, Chris and I all went to Mt Hood to play in the snow. As per usual, Chris and I ended up being the biggest kids in the bunch and had a snowball fight that ended in a tackle and hysterical fit of laughter.
To Chris: I miss you and yet I know you are here. You are the man who I couldn't have even dreamt of because you were/are better than I could have dreamed, the love of my life, my friend, partner and the man who laughed with me through the pain and found joy in the smallest and best parts of life. I hope you see the love and good we will do together in whatever God has planned for the rest of the journey. Thank you for loving me. You are with me and I love you is all I can say. I can only say it simply, because there aren't words enough to express it all.
To all of you who have written, texted, or communicated support by simply seeing the movie and those who are offering opportunities to continue the work... I am so grateful for each and every one of you. It gives me strength and hope for the future. I am praying that God works through all of us and that you all are blessed in return for the tremendous blessings you are giving our military and police who take care of us every day.
United We Stand
God Bless,
Taya
Micah 6:8

[motoboy]

I've never heard a theater so quiet at the end. It was like a tomb.

Saw it this morning with two of my buddies.

Very powerful ending with some of the actual funeral footage in with the credits.

[stoner01]

Probably seeing it tomorrow. Gonna need tissues, you know allergies and such.

[Ridge]

Want to see this. Don't normally go to flix these days but book was great. I'm not too keen on Eastwood. He has always been pro- gun control, registration, and his comment about no one ever needing an "assault rifle" pissed me off big time 20 yrs ago. Typical Hollywood thinking: made millions off guns and violence but not okay for us peasants to live our lives and enjoy our rights. He is a libertarian but wants him control? Not a normal combo.

Well, he made his money off of 6 shot revolvers and lever actions, so there is that...not as bad of hypocrisy as Schwarzenegger...

[Mick-Boy]

Or Liam Neesons and those Tooken movies...

[Chad4000]

Saw it last night with the girlfriend. it was mentioned before but it was damn near silent leaving the theater. I'm a little conflicted on how I felt about the movie. They did hit some of the points that I was hoping they would out of the book... and I think they did a pretty good job capturing the emotion that Taya had throughout Chris' days in country. Which in my opinion is the biggest take away from the story. his constant struggle between his devotion to this country, and what his family needed.

I will have to see it again (probably several more times) to fully have it sink in....

and yeah, not really anything allergy related.. the footage at the end almost got to me, but not anything like the footage in Lone Survivor of the actual guys..

[275RLTW]

Or Liam Neesons and those Tooken movies...

he did perfect the "slap-chop" method in those though....

[Fmedges]

I saw it on Saturday night and I didn't like the movie at all. I felt there was way too much artistic license taken. Sniper duels, a sat phone conversation during a firefight, even saying he was 30 during BUDs was all too much for me. If they would have stuck to the book (edited for time of course) I feel that this could of been a real good movie, but instead we got this. Anybody that thinks that the hardest job in the military is being a spouse is either a fool or has never been on a deployment.