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In Reply to: RE: Well, Mark, after Nuremberg (or My Lai) it is expected that soldiers posted by tinear on January 18, 2015 at 08:51:53
But I stand by my first impression, this had a very documentary type feel about it...it did leave me with the impression I was watch FOX NEWS!!!
It handled it with a very neutral hand, IMHO...showed you multiple perspectives, without saying this is right and this is wrong...
"Fine with that, assuming it's a justifiable war", speaking of red herring...try and get people to agree with that statement??!!??
"His brother, a Marine, is later shown as an overwrought basket case; why was that depiction included?"
Thank you for mentioning that, great point...not everyone can be a trained killer...period...This bio-pic gave us a peak of the personality it takes to be a Sniper and live with yourself...look at the exchange with the psychologist...he comes up with this pat answer, that must be a type of mantra for him to live with himself..."I can stand in front of my Maker and answer for every shot I took"...he keeps repeating this to help disseminate his own internal conflict...where is the glory here...
This could have been a HUGE propaganda movie and IMHO, it is not...taking into account this is the director that spoke to an empty chair at the RNC...this was much more Unforgiven than Dirty Harry...
Thanks
Mark
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aggressive, well trained, smart enemy, all good attributes when describing an adversary. The firefights had much of the feel of the almost continuous firefights in the outstanding documentary, The Hornet's Nest.
As far as tin's statement about a sniper looking at his kills, one might think that looking an adversary in the eye (so to speak) before pulling the trigger to be far more "honorable" (for lack of a better word) than a pilot pickleing a bomb from 10,000', an artilleryman firing a 155mm shell from 10 miles away, (insert other examples here). As far as who causes more collateral damage, the sniper, pilot, or artilleryman, the latter 2 tin apparently has no problem with, I think it's pretty obvious what the answer is.
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warfare isn't really about killing the enemy, it's about being able to handle the massive amount of slaughter; an infinitesimal number of soldiers ever see the person they're shooting at; they fire at "zones."
If danger is tied in with how much honor is exhibited, then I suppose it depends on what the anti-aircraft situation is for the pilot and how often snipers are under fire.
Anyhow, both are necessary.
I had a completely different take on the film's impact: I felt it very much was glorifying the guy.
A turn good adventure film, I'd have to say, nevertheless...
Was Chris Kyle ever injured in combat?
Yes. He survived three gunshot wounds, two helicopter crashes, six IED attacks and numerous surgeries
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at a service station.
Never happened.
The film never touched on drug or alcohol issues, quite strangely. Maybe he was totally clean, but that would be unusual. He sure had "issues."
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