AMERICAN SNIPER

[crash]

Very cool story, right up to the end.

Surprises me not this does..

I like this guy's synopsis;

The movie depicts compounded action scenes with very little political and regional context. It was a conscious decision by Clint Eastwood, apparently, to leave out the cause of the U.S. invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq. It was a conscious decision, apparently, for multiple characters to describe the Iraqis as “savages” and never show any alternative. When I heard of the bigoted reaction some Americans had after watching the film, I was disgusted, but not surprised. Audience members are mistaking Chris Kyle’s view of the war as “the” story about the war.

Great story, makes a man proud, and pissed

This was you, wasn't it?

No wonder someone tweeted that the movie made them “want to go kill some ragheads.” It’s sad that such a nearsighted portrayal of Iraqis has caused more people to fear Arabs and glorify violence against them

That whole article by Garret Reppenhagen is worth a read. He may be trying on a coat tail ride, but I'd still buy his book to judge for myself. He just seems a little less 'glossed up for Hollywood'