American Sniper has been nominated for a best picture oscar and Bradley Cooper earned a nomination for best actor. I'm stoked to see this flick and advance purchased tickets for Saturday
As much as I wanna see it, I'll wait for it to come out on video. With a big screen TV, surround sound, and the comfort of my own home (meaning I can have a cold beer, pause when I have to run to the restroom), movie theaters just don't offer anything to me anymore. In fact, they seriously take away from the experience for me.
Some movies deserve to be seen on 'the big screen' rather than a TV screen - (ir)regardless of it's size.
To me the BIG screen doesn't offset all the other inconveniences. Gotta drive across town, then wade through all those annoying...what do they call them? Oh yeah, "people". Then pay too much for the movie, followed by paying WAY too much for a drink. Then you have to sit in the same room as all those "people", and they don't even give you a remote to pause the movie, or back it up to see a cool part again.
Anxiously awaiting the opportunity. Takes some time to make it to the sticks though. Eastwood has certainly come a long way and picks excellent projects.
damn looks like Taken 3 and Unbroken are here this weekend.....means if we dont get it on an opening weekend its usually atleast 3 weeks before it shows up here with our two screens....
didn't 60 minutes just do a segment about this movie i seen a little bit of whatever show talk about it and talk to the widow.I hope they catch it reasonable close.
My BIL has a source for hi quality copies. I'm tossing it on the big screen tonight...
Illegal counterfeit copies? Lovely what criminal orginization are you supporting through buying those? Not to mention you're basically stealing from the people that spent millions to make the movie.
Hopefully, Ventura will go and be beat to death by the crowd.
I have no love for Jesse but he did have a point about Kyle lieing about beating him up. I don't think it was right for him to sue the estate but lieing about public people in print has side effects.
My BIL has a source for hi quality copies. I'm tossing it on the big screen tonight...
Illegal counterfeit copies? Lovely what criminal orginization are you supporting through buying those? Not to mention you're basically stealing from the people that spent millions to make the movie.
He probably talked in class too, and didn't stay in his seat on the school bus, and likely even ran with scissors. Criminal organizations...? Our government is organized crime, on a massive scale...! And your tax dollars go straight to them.
Hopefully, Ventura will go and be beat to death by the crowd.
I have no love for Jesse but he did have a point about Kyle lieing about beating him up. I don't think it was right for him to sue the estate but lieing about public people in print has side effects.
My BIL has a source for hi quality copies. I'm tossing it on the big screen tonight...
Illegal counterfeit copies? Lovely what criminal orginization are you supporting through buying those? Not to mention you're basically stealing from the people that spent millions to make the movie.
He probably talked in class too, and didn't stay in his seat on the school bus, and likely even ran with scissors. Criminal organizations...? Our government is organized crime, on a massive scale...! And your tax dollars go straight to them.
Enjoyed the book and don't believe Jesse for a second. His getting decked was over pretty quickly from what some witnesses said. Others didn't see it. Believe what you want. Jesse is a blow hard, Kyles dead. I won't speak against the dead guy.
My BIL has a source for hi quality copies. I'm tossing it on the big screen tonight...
Illegal counterfeit copies? Lovely what criminal orginization are you supporting through buying those? Not to mention you're basically stealing from the people that spent millions to make the movie.
He probably talked in class too, and didn't stay in his seat on the school bus, and likely even ran with scissors. Criminal organizations...? Our government is organized crime, on a massive scale...! And your tax dollars go straight to them.
Lighten up.
Do some research on where terrorists get a lot of their money. Here's a hint, a lot of it's from pirated DVD's.
My BIL has a source for hi quality copies. I'm tossing it on the big screen tonight...
Illegal counterfeit copies? Lovely what criminal orginization are you supporting through buying those? Not to mention you're basically stealing from the people that spent millions to make the movie.
He probably talked in class too, and didn't stay in his seat on the school bus, and likely even ran with scissors. Criminal organizations...? Our government is organized crime, on a massive scale...! And your tax dollars go straight to them.
Lighten up.
Do some research on where terrorists get a lot of their money. Here's a hint, a lot of it's from pirated DVD's.
Do some research on where terrorists get a lot of their money. Here's a hint, a lot of it's from pirated DVD's.
Hmmm...wonder how 'that' amount compares with the fact that nowadays, over 90% of the world's heroin comes from the war torn country of Afghanistan. After 12 years of U.S. military occupation, the opium trade from Afghanistan is thriving like never before. Prior to that, the Taliban had pretty much successfully eradicated the opium crop over there. It's hard to imagine that a region under U.S. military occupation...with guard posts, checkpoints, and surveillance drones monitoring the country...that our government isn't able to track supply routes of opium exported from Afghanistan's poppy crop. There have even been assertions that U.S. forces are even guarding that poppy cultivation over there. Our government...organized crime on a massive scale. With stuff like this going on, for over a dozen years now...it's kinda hard to get worked up over some pirated DVD's by comparison.
My BIL has a source for hi quality copies. I'm tossing it on the big screen tonight...
Illegal counterfeit copies? Lovely what criminal orginization are you supporting through buying those? Not to mention you're basically stealing from the people that spent millions to make the movie.
He probably talked in class too, and didn't stay in his seat on the school bus, and likely even ran with scissors. Criminal organizations...? Our government is organized crime, on a massive scale...! And your tax dollars go straight to them.
Lighten up.
Do some research on where terrorists get a lot of their money. Here's a hint, a lot of it's from pirated DVD's.
Terrorists raise $$$ selling bad Johnny Depp movies?
I watched a video of American Sniper about three weeks ago. As a number of people here haven't seen it yet, I'll not get into relating much what's in it, but suffice it too say Eastwood certainly did one helluva directing job, from a very well written script.
Bradley Cooper was excellent as were the supporting players, and the production values were outstanding. The locations were very authentic.
Overall it was a very good movie which did not bash our military or our efforts to go after Moslem terrorists.
I'm wanting to see it but based on the advertisements, it seems to present more of a "character study" and less run & gun shoot 'em up action. Hope I won't be disappointed.
I watched a video of American Sniper about three weeks ago. As a number of people here haven't seen it yet, I'll not get into relating much what's in it, but suffice it too say Eastwood certainly did one helluva directing job, from a very well written script.
Bradley Cooper was excellent as were the supporting players, and the production values were outstanding. The locations were very authentic.
Overall it was a very good movie which did not bash our military or our efforts to go after Moslem terrorists.
Last night was "Date Night" for my new bride and I. We went to dinner and then I surprised her with tickets to the first showing of American Sniper at our local theater. She likes movies based on factual points in time.
We enjoyed it.
I can't remember the last time I was in a theater and at the end everyone stayed in their seats to watch the last footage and the credits.......
I can't remember the last time that at the end of the movie, when the house lights come up, that no one said a word as they file out. Complete silence......it was moving.
Well worth the price of admission and well worth seeing.
Bradley Cooper did a fantastic job on this role I thought.
what I liked most about the movie was that Eastwood didn't try to interject a message on moralities one way or another
it was more of a "this is war, this is what happens" movie
admittedly I didn't like the scenes of his personal life at home, although I recognize its central to the story of showing what war is really all about - but like someone else said, I love shoot'em ups. I can watch good Westerns all day long
Do some research on where terrorists get a lot of their money. Here's a hint, a lot of it's from pirated DVD's.
Hmmm...wonder how 'that' amount compares with the fact that nowadays, over 90% of the world's heroin comes from the war torn country of Afghanistan. After 12 years of U.S. military occupation, the opium trade from Afghanistan is thriving like never before. Prior to that, the Taliban had pretty much successfully eradicated the opium crop over there. It's hard to imagine that a region under U.S. military occupation...with guard posts, checkpoints, and surveillance drones monitoring the country...that our government isn't able to track supply routes of opium exported from Afghanistan's poppy crop. There have even been assertions that U.S. forces are even guarding that poppy cultivation over there. Our government...organized crime on a massive scale. With stuff like this going on, for over a dozen years now...it's kinda hard to get worked up over some pirated DVD's by comparison.
What's your point? I think we all know that the government isn't angels but how does that condone stealing by buying pirated DVD's? If someone came into your house and stole something from you could they use the "government is corrupt" excuse?
Last night was "Date Night" for my new bride and I. We went to dinner and then I surprised her with tickets to the first showing of American Sniper at our local theater. She likes movies based on factual points in time.
We enjoyed it.
I can't remember the last time I was in a theater and at the end everyone stayed in their seats to watch the last footage and the credits.......
I can't remember the last time that at the end of the movie, when the house lights come up, that no one said a word as they file out. Complete silence......it was moving.
Well worth the price of admission and well worth seeing.
Bradley Cooper did a fantastic job on this role I thought.
I was greatly inspired. Even though Chris Kyle was by all accounts one of the bravest men that ever lived, among some of the best of the best; I felt like he was my actual brother. When he was murdered I felt like someone in my family had died. The fact that nearly the entire state of Texas lined the highway to watch as his hearse went by... made me want to move to Texas.
If someone came into your house and stole something from you could they use the "government is corrupt" excuse?
They could make whatever excuse they choose....like the DVD industry does...doesn't change the reality of the situation. I could hang up a sign on my front porch telling thieves, "If you steal from me, you are supporting terrorism." But just because I 'say' so, doesn't 'make' it so.
If someone came into your house and stole something from you could they use the "government is corrupt" excuse?
They could make whatever excuse they choose....like the DVD industry does...doesn't change the reality of the situation. I could hang up a sign on my front porch telling thieves, "If you steal from me, you are supporting terrorism." But just because I 'say' so, doesn't 'make' it so.
I believe it. I think you could find the grail before you could find a legit DVD in the entire mid East. The few that are sold at the PX don't count. If you have ever been over there you'd know what I mean.
Just got back from seeing it. I figured the first matinee at 12:15 on a Friday would be empty except for a few old retired geezers but the theater was full.
Good movie. It doesn't romanticize the war or Chris Kyle, just tries to tell a story of who he was. Time compression was kind of hard to follow as the whole move was a series of vignettes spread out across his four tours in Iraq and brief periods back home in between. He gets married, then he's in combat, then his wife is 9 months pregnant, then he's in combat, then he's with his 4-5 year old son, then he's in combat, et cetera. It tries to show that every time he was back home, he really wasn't "back home", he was still in Iraq.
Overall it was a good story well told, definitely worth seeing.
Saw the 4:00 Friday showing. Packed theater. Not the normal cell phone/laughing/talking audience. Stayed in seats until nothing left to watch, left quietly. Felt like an event to watch. Worth my $9 to see with a large respectful crowd.
I saw it yesterday at afternoon matinee in a small older theatre very near my house. Had a big Peruvian tacu tacu lunch with salad just prior to going to theatre, so didn't need any popcorn. Total cost for movie - $5.50.
No moral compass. Just Clint telling a great story with great actors.
Funny how people see the same movie and react different ways.
Best movie of the year? I give it two thumbs up for best movie of the decade. I do believe if you've been to a Military funeral or two you might find yerself choking up. My impression was this movie told the tale spelled out in the book better than the book. One thing to read about it, another thing to see the same thing depicted on the big screen.
Props too for showing a skilled, dangerous and competent enemy.
I thought it was a very good movie. And he had to have been a really good guy. I was interested in seeing what looked like a Sig pistol sticking out of the front of one of the vests. And the accuporting on the sniper rifle, wasn't aware that was done. The opening when he was bull riding was pretty real in some ways. Been to a number of places during that period of my life, you basically needed a scoup to get through the beer bottles. Those guys had tremendous upper body strength. I did put out a warning on my facebook page tho, for some of my friends dealing with some p.t.s.d. issues. It's not a film to just see lightly.
Saw it today. Dynamic movie. Glad I did not opt to wait for Netflix or Pay TV, like the moron who posted that he can't stand to pay too much for popcorn or be around people. This movie was worth so much more than what I paid to see it.
The tour scenes were incredible. What choked me up the most though were the scenes with his family and on the radio to them, the scenes that showed what kind of man he was.
I didn't know until his fathers interview the circumstances of his and his neighbor Chads death. It was for a much more insignificant reason than I'd thought. Makes the loss so much worse. Can't say any more right now...
Most war movies almost always get the tanks wrong. They had a M1 Abrams in several shots.. The equipment for the most part looked "right" A Clint hallmark.
just finished up at the theater......I don't know what to say
I would however like to thank the hundreds of thousands if not millions of men who have made my freedom that I all to often take for granted possible and I'm sorry they hsve to do it but am proud and grateful that they have and still do
just finished up at the theater......I don't know what to say
I would however like to thank the hundreds of thousands if not millions of men who have made my freedom that I all to often take for granted possible and I'm sorry they hsve to do it but am proud and grateful that they have and still do
Thank You
Well put.
I saw the film Friday night, well done movie period.
I have a son-in-law who has been in the Marines for 9 years now, and I thank him for his service every time we get together.
We as a country cannot do to much for our serviceman who keep us free.
The tour scenes were incredible. What choked me up the most though were the scenes with his family and on the radio to them, the scenes that showed what kind of man he was.
I didn't know until his fathers interview the circumstances of his and his neighbor Chads death. It was for a much more insignificant reason than I'd thought. Makes the loss so much worse. Can't say any more right now...
Except RIP Chris Kyle
I am still in regular contact with a guy i call the iraqi marine. Multiple tours in the sandbox. He would call me sometimes like one time i was sitting in a snowstorm looking for elk and he was checking in. And i could hear the explosions etc automatic weapons fire in the background. And yes, he does have issues today that the v.a. doesn't seem to be helping much with. I told my wife after leaving the theater the bit where kyle said he wanted to help his fellow soldiers and country. My friend to this day wants to go back in that he thinks he can make a difference and save lives. The sad truth is he is right, but his time has past, but he can't let go.
Dead silence when leaving the theater on Saturday night. Amazing. Great film - an interesting pace to the movie that wasn't too fast or too slow. Bradly Cooper and Sienna Grimes nailed it.
The footage at the end was brutal.
Clint is a pure film maker - not an ounce of heavy handedness in this film.
If someone tied him over a boulder, put a wick in navel and lit it, he'd burn for two months. I'd make it a point to check on his progress once a week.
My BIL has a source for hi quality copies. I'm tossing it on the big screen tonight...
Illegal counterfeit copies? Lovely what criminal orginization are you supporting through buying those? Not to mention you're basically stealing from the people that spent millions to make the movie.
He probably talked in class too, and didn't stay in his seat on the school bus, and likely even ran with scissors. Criminal organizations...? Our government is organized crime, on a massive scale...! And your tax dollars go straight to them.
Lighten up.
+1 reelman
Originally I was not going to respond, but then said WTF... So I guess it's now illegal that I know people who know people in the movie business. What they do with their property is their business not yours. All I said was I have access to a copy. Not illegal and I did not pay anything to anyone for it. One of the worst words in the english language is "assumption" and since you don't know schit about me you choose to speculate on what you think you know and piss on a thread about a great movie regarding the the life of a great soldier. Congratulations? So, take your speculations and go [bleep] yourself with them. Please take all your buddies with you who "think" I'm a criminal....funny stuff found only here in the campfire section!,
Did the movie show Kyle shooting from the roof of the Superdome?
Other than all the blathering on the Ronpaul forums, do you have any proof? Where did the bodies go? You don't think the media would LOVE to run with it if they could substantiate it? Pony up some proof.
Did the movie show Kyle shooting from the roof of the Superdome?
Other than all the blathering on the Ronpaul forums, do you have any proof? Where did the bodies go? You don't think the media would LOVE to run with it if they could substantiate it? Pony up some proof.
I have no idea if it was mentioned on Ronpaul forums or not. Chris Kyle said that he did it. Much like he said he killed 2 guys trying to steal his truck with less police interest than a fender bender accident report which was mentioned in Marcus Luttrell's book and much like how he got in a bar fight with and then knocked out Jessie Ventura. Kyle did all of those things so why would you doubt it?
Good movie. I don't go to movies often, maybe 2 times a year. Last movie was Lone Survivor. Good movies both, but thought American Sniper was better. There was not a sound as people left the theatre.
Same here in Lubbock, TX. MLK Day off and took my wife to see it. It was moving. Complete silence when it was over and as we filed out of the theater. COMPLETE silence. WOW.
We decided to leave our kids home. Glad we did. I saw some friends and he had his son with him....probably 13 YO or so. He was crying after the movie. I didn't cry.....but I was emotional afterwards. I remember seeing news footage of the people lining the road for the funeral procession.
I saw it tonight. Very well done. I sat next to a girl who was texting and behind me another one's phone was ringing. In front of me a kid was playing with a plastic straw and a cup and got up four different times. His mother gave him her cup so he then had two to play with.
Good movie. I don't go to movies often, maybe 2 times a year. Last movie was Lone Survivor. Good movies both, but thought American Sniper was better. There was not a sound as people left the theatre.
Same thing tonight. The funeral procession scenes were unbelievable. More than any Presidential funeral that I've ever seen.
Did the movie show Kyle shooting from the roof of the Superdome?
Other than all the blathering on the Ronpaul forums, do you have any proof? Where did the bodies go? You don't think the media would LOVE to run with it if they could substantiate it? Pony up some proof.
I have no idea if it was mentioned on Ronpaul forums or not. Chris Kyle said that he did it. Much like he said he killed 2 guys trying to steal his truck with less police interest than a fender bender accident report which was mentioned in Marcus Luttrell's book and much like how he got in a bar fight with and then knocked out Jessie Ventura. Kyle did all of those things so why would you doubt it?
I haven't seen it yet, will probably wait for it on pay pre view. With that said I wonder about some of the stories Kyle said too, like the three listed above.
what a gripping, emotionally draining movie. excellent though, highs, lows, repeat. my wife cried and cried on the way home.
the 'fall down the steep cliff' scene in lone survivor was beyond belief so I wasn't as INTO that movie. This movie made me feel the most drained I've felt leaving a theater since Private Ryan. Both just seem to make me take stock of my life's worth.
As much as I wanna see it, I'll wait for it to come out on video. With a big screen TV, surround sound, and the comfort of my own home (meaning I can have a cold beer, pause when I have to run to the restroom), movie theaters just don't offer anything to me anymore. In fact, they seriously take away from the experience for me.
Still, I can't wait to see this one.
+1 And add to all that, the azzhole in the movie theater who gets a cel phone call half way thru the show.
Went tonight for my second time seeing the movie. A late 10:30 showing Again the place was packed. Again not a sound as the people filed out. The end of the movie is hard to watch. dave
Good movie. I don't go to movies often, maybe 2 times a year. Last movie was Lone Survivor. Good movies both, but thought American Sniper was better. There was not a sound as people left the theatre.
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back when Platoon came out, I went with a Vet family member at a theater about an hour away.
Not a peep as the crowd let out. And as we walked to the truck, he could see I was a little stunned from the movie, so he grabbed me by the arm, and as we hopped in the truck, I can still hear him plainly ask me ...."any questions?" As if to say, you asked, and there you go.
Other than all the blathering on the Ronpaul forums, do you have any proof? Where did the bodies go? You don't think the media would LOVE to run with it if they could substantiate it? Pony up some proof.
I have no idea if it was mentioned on Ronpaul forums or not. Chris Kyle said that he did it. Much like he said he killed 2 guys trying to steal his truck with less police interest than a fender bender accident report which was mentioned in Marcus Luttrell's book and much like how he got in a bar fight with and then knocked out Jessie Ventura. Kyle did all of those things so why would you doubt it?
I haven't seen it yet, will probably wait for it on pay pre view. With that said I wonder about some of the stories Kyle said too, like the three listed above.
Went tonight for my second time seeing the movie. A late 10:30 showing Again the place was packed. Again not a sound as the people filed out. The end of the movie is hard to watch. dave
Same here in Lubbock, TX. MLK Day off and took my wife to see it. It was moving. Complete silence when it was over and as we filed out of the theater. COMPLETE silence. WOW.
We decided to leave our kids home. Glad we did. I saw some friends and he had his son with him....probably 13 YO or so. He was crying after the movie. I didn't cry.....but I was emotional afterwards. I remember seeing news footage of the people lining the road for the funeral procession.
I hope everybody sees it.
I didn't cry but there sure was a lot of dust in that movie theatre that made my eyes water , allergies and all.
Dead silence when leaving the theater on Saturday night. Amazing. Great film - an interesting pace to the movie that wasn't too fast or too slow. Bradly Cooper and Sienna Grimes nailed it.
The footage at the end was brutal.
Clint is a pure film maker - not an ounce of heavy handedness in this film.
I agree. It flowed very smoothly through the four tours of duty - no bogging down like many do. We all knew what happened at the end of the story yet when it came in the movie it was so sad. Very well done movie by all concerned.
And, in our theatre too, complete silence as everyone filed out.
I was going to see it for no other reason than two personalities poles apart - Eastwood and Moore.
Saw it yesterday afternoon with the wife. Can't say thank you enough to those who've BTDT and to those who are still serving. Like others have said very quiet leaving.
I went yesterday and was amazed the place was packed not an empty seat in the house! Halfway through the movie somebody collapsed in the isle of a heart attack! my girl friend is an R.N. so she was administering C.P.R. until the paramedics arrived.
Movie was cancelled and everyone received rain checks.
I was at a movie about a hero with my own personal hero!
Did the movie show Kyle shooting from the roof of the Superdome?
Other than all the blathering on the Ronpaul forums, do you have any proof? Where did the bodies go? You don't think the media would LOVE to run with it if they could substantiate it? Pony up some proof.
I have no idea if it was mentioned on Ronpaul forums or not. Chris Kyle said that he did it. Much like he said he killed 2 guys trying to steal his truck with less police interest than a fender bender accident report which was mentioned in Marcus Luttrell's book and much like how he got in a bar fight with and then knocked out Jessie Ventura. Kyle did all of those things so why would you doubt it?
All you've posted with regard to Kyle and the Superdome and gas station shootings was some guy "who SAID that KYle SAID.... ".
And the guy didn't make the claim until AFTER Kyle was dead.
I have no idea what Kyle did or didn't do.
But what YOU are doing is plain for everyone to see.
You are trying to introduce drama into your pathetic life. Guys like you are a dime a dozen in REAL life.
Did the movie show Kyle shooting from the roof of the Superdome?
Other than all the blathering on the Ronpaul forums, do you have any proof? Where did the bodies go? You don't think the media would LOVE to run with it if they could substantiate it? Pony up some proof.
I have no idea if it was mentioned on Ronpaul forums or not. Chris Kyle said that he did it. Much like he said he killed 2 guys trying to steal his truck with less police interest than a fender bender accident report which was mentioned in Marcus Luttrell's book and much like how he got in a bar fight with and then knocked out Jessie Ventura. Kyle did all of those things so why would you doubt it?
All you've posted with regard to Kyle and the Superdome and gas station shootings was some guy "who SAID that KYle SAID.... ".
And the guy didn't make the claim until AFTER Kyle was dead.
I have no idea what Kyle did or didn't do.
But what YOU are doing is plain for everyone to see.
You are trying to introduce drama into your pathetic life. Guys like you are a dime a dozen in REAL life.
IOW... you ain't very good at what you do.
Not just some guy, Marcus Luttrell. He seems to be fairly familiar with Chris Kyle. The other guy just confirmed what Luttrell had related.
Did the movie show Kyle shooting from the roof of the Superdome?
Other than all the blathering on the Ronpaul forums, do you have any proof? Where did the bodies go? You don't think the media would LOVE to run with it if they could substantiate it? Pony up some proof.
I have no idea if it was mentioned on Ronpaul forums or not. Chris Kyle said that he did it. Much like he said he killed 2 guys trying to steal his truck with less police interest than a fender bender accident report which was mentioned in Marcus Luttrell's book and much like how he got in a bar fight with and then knocked out Jessie Ventura. Kyle did all of those things so why would you doubt it?
Chris Kyle never said he did it. Reporters made up those stories and Kyle just smiled and ignored their fawning stupidity.
I have no idea if it was mentioned on Ronpaul forums or not. Chris Kyle said that he did it. Much like he said he killed 2 guys trying to steal his truck with less police interest than a fender bender accident report which was mentioned in Marcus Luttrell's book and much like how he got in a bar fight with and then knocked out Jessie Ventura. Kyle did all of those things so why would you doubt it?
Chris Kyle never said he did it. Reporters made up those stories and Kyle just smiled and ignored their fawning stupidity.
I didn't know Luttrell was a reporter since he mentioned the gas station shooting.
So you are saying Chris Kyle never claimed he knocked out Jessie Ventura? How did reporters concoct that story and put it in his autobiography?
I wish the AS detractors and BS artists would pay anywhere close to the same attention to the actual proveable recorded facts about LBJ's role the Civil Rights Movement with MLK ...as it is portrayed in the movie "Selma" ...the movie is a blatant lie.
Pro or Con on the Civil Rights Movement is not the subject here ...just the Media's inability to tell the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth about who did what and when...but the Media can't do THAT. They lie as much by Omission as they do by their trumpeting their brand of Agenda BS.
The Media Has to Sell Advertising $$'s and it ain't PC enough to be honest about a provable History like LBJ's....but it is PC enough at the expense of Chris Kyle, and the 1% of us who keep the Bad Guys Over There....just to sell advertising....and the Media needs to be called into account for that.
IMO Every sponser, manufacturer or retail outlet of a Media Outlet or Talking Head Pundit's program that promotes the speculation and continued degradation of Chris Kyle's legacy needs to be put on notice that they will no longer have their products bought at retail. THAT is the only thing that is understood by the Media...when the Ad Sponsers $$'s dry up.
Eye for an Eye...and What Goes Around Comes Around in these twitter/facebook easy mass information days. JMHO & YMMV Ron
I have no idea if it was mentioned on Ronpaul forums or not. Chris Kyle said that he did it. Much like he said he killed 2 guys trying to steal his truck with less police interest than a fender bender accident report which was mentioned in Marcus Luttrell's book and much like how he got in a bar fight with and then knocked out Jessie Ventura. Kyle did all of those things so why would you doubt it?
Chris Kyle never said he did it. Reporters made up those stories and Kyle just smiled and ignored their fawning stupidity.
I didn't know Luttrell was a reporter since he mentioned the gas station shooting.
So you are saying Chris Kyle never claimed he knocked out Jessie Ventura? How did reporters concoct that story and put it in his autobiography?
I wish the AS detractors and BS artists would pay anywhere close to the same attention to the acutal proveable recorded facts about LBJ's role the Civil Rights Movement with MLK that is portrayed in the movie "Selma" ...and a blatant lie.
Pro or Con on the Civil Rights Movement is not the subject here ...just the Media's inability to tell the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth about who did what and when...but the Media can't do THAT. They lie as much by Omission as they do by their trumpeting their brand of BS.
The Media Has to Sell Advertising $$'s and it ain't PC enough to be honest about a provable History....and it is at the expense of Chris Kyle....and the Media needs to be called into account for that. JMHO & YMMV Ron
I thought as much!
Now how did the media get the Ventura fight in to Kyle's book AND THEN get a jury to go against him?
Chris Kyle never said he did it. Reporters made up those stories and Kyle just smiled and ignored their fawning stupidity.
I didn't know Luttrell was a reporter since he mentioned the gas station shooting.
So you are saying Chris Kyle never claimed he knocked out Jessie Ventura? How did reporters concoct that story and put it in his autobiography?
Michael Moore, is that you?
Why would Michael Moore be claiming the media embedded the Ventura fight scene in to Kyle's book and then rigged the defamation trial relating to the story they made up?
I wish the AS detractors and BS artists would pay anywhere close to the same attention to the acutal proveable recorded facts about LBJ's role the Civil Rights Movement with MLK that is portrayed in the movie "Selma" ...and a blatant lie.
Pro or Con on the Civil Rights Movement is not the subject here ...just the Media's inability to tell the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth about who did what and when...but the Media can't do THAT. They lie as much by Omission as they do by their trumpeting their brand of BS.
The Media Has to Sell Advertising $$'s and it ain't PC enough to be honest about a provable History....and it is at the expense of Chris Kyle....and the Media needs to be called into account for that. JMHO & YMMV Ron
Im thinking i would not put the word 'Thelma' in this thread, in honor of American heros and patriots who are dead.
Most war movies almost always get the tanks wrong. They had a M1 Abrams in several shots.. The equipment for the most part looked "right" A Clint hallmark.
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I'm almost certain the tank was a prop. I'd love for someone to be able to chime in, but to me it appeared to be an M60 or M48 chassis done up to look like an M1 with a turret that was also fabricated to appear to be an M1. Spent six years in close daily proximity to Abrams tanks and something about the bottom half of that tank wasn't right.
Saw the movie this afternoon. Phenomenal. My wife won't watch war flicks, and she was quiet and sat through it all. The audience was quiet throughout, and hardly any words were spoken on the way out.
Most war movies almost always get the tanks wrong. They had a M1 Abrams in several shots.. The equipment for the most part looked "right" A Clint hallmark.
dave
I'm almost certain the tank was a prop. I'd love for someone to be able to chime in, but to me it appeared to be an M60 or M48 chassis done up to look like an M1 with a turret that was also fabricated to appear to be an M1. Spent six years in close daily proximity to Abrams tanks and something about the bottom half of that tank wasn't right.
Thank you for that. Now that you mention it. The lower track/hull part doesnt look right. I wondered. There arnt many places you can lay your hands on a M1A1 tank. I would not be surprised if your right about it being a prop tank.... I just might have to go back and see it again...
Saw the movie this afternoon. Phenomenal. My wife won't watch war flicks, and she was quiet and sat through it all. The audience was quiet throughout, and hardly any words were spoken on the way out.
Same here, once the movie started there wasn't much noise except for some tard in front of us who burst out laughing during 1 scene, for no reason whatsoever.
After it was over people started clapping and I think that's the first time I've seen an entire audience sit through the credits. That pretty much says it all right there.
I'll be adding this one to my dvd collection after it comes out.
Saw the movie yesterday with the wife. Definitely not her type of movie. She told everyone at dinner that it was "really very good".
At the end of the movie someone yelled out "God bless America".
I really don't give a rat's a$$ if the other stories about Kyle are true or not. The man did 4 tours. He killed a LOT of towelheads, saving lives in the process. For that reason alone, he gets my respect/gratitude..........
I wasn't talking about Jesse Ventura or the contents of the book, but the latest internet BS about CK shooting 2 car jackers in Texas, and the LEO's being given a Ph# to call in DC that got CK a Free Pass...or the deal that Major General Russell Honore disputed never happend where some yahoo said that CK bragged about being on top of the SuperDome with another sniper during Katrina and shooting 30 some looters...no names, no proof, just some JagOff smearing CK's name and the Media is running with it as if it were in the Congressional Record.
Last Sunday morning, 1/25/15, I watched CNN's Michael Smirconish ratout ret'd CIA Officer Bob Bair's wife as a CIA Shooter, when Bair & Paul Ricoff kept going "off message" about the CNN Agenda of smearing Chris Kyle with unattributed unproven events. Bair had already called Smirconish on one statement he'd made, saying YOU ARE taking hear say and repeating it as fact - Smirconish is an Attorney & brags about it - as Bair & Rocoff were getting into how much good the American Snipers had done in saving US Troops lives in Baghdad by shooting every Jihadi with a gun in sight caught in the open on the street in Syder City with the line "...no mortar shells every came out of Syder City while the US Snipers were doing the overwatch"...or words to that effect ....and suddenly Smirconish changed subjects and began pumping Bair about his wife's activities as a CIA Shooter. The look on Bob Bair & Paul Ricoff's faces were incredulous...but to Bair's credit he stood up for his wife's job of providing close quarters public Situational Security for public meetings in bars and restaurants with locals, and busted Smirconish for purposely confusing the 2 kinds activities...explaining the differences...Smirconish just smirked a smile and cut to a Ad Break. I was really hoping Bair would smack the snarky POS on camera before I realized that Bair was on a remote feed...but Ricoff wasn't. Ron
Saw the movie yesterday with the wife. Definitely not her type of movie. She told everyone at dinner that it was "really very good".
At the end of the movie someone yelled out "God bless America".
I really don't give a rat's a$$ if the other stories about Kyle are true or not. The man did 4 tours. He killed a LOT of towelheads, saving lives in the process. For that reason alone, he gets my respect/gratitude..........
...no names, no proof, just some JagOff smearing CK's name and the Media is running with it as if it were in the Congressional Record.
If CK poped somebody. You can figure they needed poping. With a movie this good and this successful. You just somehow know, that the jagoffs will be comming out of the woodwork. Look at this thread. Filth like Michael Moron isnt anything more than a single brain cell geared for attention.Attached to a mouth stuffed inside a 300 pound sack of chiit.
I wasn't talking about Jesse Ventura or the contents of the book, but the latest internet BS about CK shooting 2 car jackers in Texas, and the LEO's being given a Ph# to call in DC that got CK a Free Pass...or the deal that Major General Russell Honore disputed never happend where some yahoo said that CK bragged about being on top of the SuperDome with another sniper during Katrina and shooting 30 some looters...no names, no proof, just some JagOff smearing CK's name and the Media is running with it as if it were in the Congressional Record.
You've obviously not been around many SEALs. These are known as "alcohol-related incidents".
"My favorite was a .300 Win. Mag. rifle with an Accuracy International stock. It was a Crane-designed rifle that handled real well and delivered superior accuracy over standard-issue rifles."
I wasn't talking about Jesse Ventura or the contents of the book, but the latest internet BS about CK shooting 2 car jackers in Texas, and the LEO's being given a Ph# to call in DC that got CK a Free Pass...or the deal that Major General Russell Honore disputed never happend where some yahoo said that CK bragged about being on top of the SuperDome with another sniper during Katrina and shooting 30 some looters...no names, no proof, just some JagOff smearing CK's name and the Media is running with it as if it were in the Congressional Record.
Are you calling Marcus Luttrell a "JagOff"? That is the person told the story about Kyle shooting the 2 guys at a gas station.
Anybody give me any insight as to the last seen where he cocks the hammer on his pistol, appears to point it as his wife, jokingly says pull down your drawers, kids come in, pistol still cocked, hugs wife, still cocked then places pistol still cocked on the wall sill?
Has to be something to that? Totally out of context and weird.
I finally just got my copy yesterday after a month wait from Amazon (they should be ashamed). I have a couple ahead of it, but I'll get around to it, I'm sure it's going to be one very interesting read.
I just finished it last night. You might want to put it ahead of those other books. Everyone who considers themselves an American should read this book.
I finally just got my copy yesterday after a month wait from Amazon (they should be ashamed). I have a couple ahead of it, but I'll get around to it, I'm sure it's going to be one very interesting read.
What about the cocked pistol in the last scene? Anyone?
Didnt see any bullets in the cylinder. What is it that you are trying to figure out. He was playing cowboy with his wife and got sidetracked. Perhaps his wife put the gun away?
I wish the AS detractors and BS artists would pay anywhere close to the same attention to the acutal proveable recorded facts about LBJ's role the Civil Rights Movement with MLK that is portrayed in the movie "Selma" ...and a blatant lie.
Pro or Con on the Civil Rights Movement is not the subject here ...just the Media's inability to tell the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth about who did what and when...but the Media can't do THAT. They lie as much by Omission as they do by their trumpeting their brand of BS.
The Media Has to Sell Advertising $$'s and it ain't PC enough to be honest about a provable History....and it is at the expense of Chris Kyle....and the Media needs to be called into account for that. JMHO & YMMV Ron
I thought as much!
Now how did the media get the Ventura fight in to Kyle's book AND THEN get a jury to go against him?
Did you read the book? If you did you would know, as I stated earlier, that it's not in there. At least not Ventura's name.
When you finish reading American Sniper, a good follow up is Code Name: Johnny Walker. It gives an interesting perspective of the war. Here is one endorsement:
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�Johnny is responsible for saving many American lives, especially SEALs. He has an amazing story that I feel needs to be told, and would touch the hearts of all Americans. I cannot express how many lives have been touched by Johnny, and how many of us owe him our lives.� (CHRIS KYLE, former U.S. Navy SEAL and #1 bestselling author of American Sniper
What about the cocked pistol in the last scene? Anyone?
Didnt see any bullets in the cylinder. What is it that you are trying to figure out. He was playing cowboy with his wife and got sidetracked. Perhaps his wife put the gun away?
In the shooting script, that scene, # 157, is described in this way.
Dust motes drift across blades of light falling through blinds onto Chris. He wears the BELT BUCKLE he won long ago, pleated jeans, and twirls an antique six shooter."
AMERICA SNIPER, Written by Jason Hale, based on the book by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. Warner Brothers Pictures. �2014.
There is no further written direction in the script as to what Kyle does with the "antique six shooter" after he "twirls" it.
It has been four or five weeks since I watched it but I seem to recall he placed the revolver on the top of the refrigerator before embracing his wife. (???)
I doubt seriously if director Eastwood would have had Kyle twirling a revolver that "appeared" to be loaded.
Thanks it just seemed a foreshadow or something as even having read the book that seemed totally off cue from the rest of the movie, and the camera definitely centered the cocked pistol several times and highlighted the fact that it was left cocked and placed upon the wall sill. Just odd I guess.
The scene actually went.. Chris walks into kitchen, cocks revolver points from hip at wife. Says "Pull them drawers down", they grub around on each other for a second, pistol still shown in hand clearly cocked. Kids come in pistol still shown down by side and in hand cocked, brushes kids away and still cocked. Places cocked pistol on wall sill or overhang and departs. I am no lit guy but it was totally out of script, centered and odd. I will move along now just thought someone with some insight might know a little more.
The oddity is that he pointed a real cocked pistol at his wife, held it cocked uncarefully around his kids then left with it being left cocked on the window sill. I don't get it , no way the director or anyone else missed this movie or not. It had to have some sort of meaning and I suppose it will rise up on the future.
It was an Easter Egg, something placed in a movie referencing another movie.
In this case it's a sly hint for Clint's upcoming homage to spaghetti westerns. Clint will reprise his role as Blondie aka the Man with No Name with as yet unnamed actors of similar age to play Tuco and Angel Eyes. Working title so far is "The Gimp, the Grouchy and the Senile"...
Sir, I bought one off of Fleabay, two weeks ago......$4.99 Free shipping. It showed up way too fast, so I looked at the label. It came UPS 2nd Day Air........ from Amazon......
Didn't like the sixgun silliness, that should have the libs just hating. Or maybe they had to throw a bone to Hollywood and show what a reckless animal he was. Muzzle sweeps? Are you kidding me? Also had an issue with his nest-making for his long shot on Juba at the end. No way could anyone make a 1000 plus shot on top of a wobbling can like that. I'm sure he made a much better nest for that shot. Overall, good film -- Band of Brothers left me much damper -- but the only reason this thing wins Oscar meat is because the competition is utter garbage. I was homicidal after 20 minutes of mindless previews for plotless sequels -- FandF MCMDVII, Mad Max 15? YGBSM.
The scene actually went.. Chris walks into kitchen, cocks revolver points from hip at wife. Says "Pull them drawers down", they grub around on each other for a second, pistol still shown in hand clearly cocked. Kids come in pistol still shown down by side and in hand cocked, brushes kids away and still cocked. Places cocked pistol on wall sill or overhang and departs. I am no lit guy but it was totally out of script, centered and odd. I will move along now just thought someone with some insight might know a little more.
The oddity is that he pointed a real cocked pistol at his wife, held it cocked uncarefully around his kids then left with it being left cocked on the window sill. I don't get it , no way the director or anyone else missed this movie or not. It had to have some sort of meaning and I suppose it will rise up on the future.
What I posted was an action excerpt from the shooting script I received from Warner Brothers Pictures, along with the DVD of same. I watched the flick four or five weeks ago and had forgot some of the action you described. I remember thinking then, however, that what you described as being some super unsafe gun handling was out-of-character for Kyle.
I know that a director can change a script just about any way he wants. Sometimes the star of the picture can change things in the script to suit him(her)self, also. Either Eastwood told Bradley Cooper to handle the revolver in that unsafe manner, or Cooper "improvised" it and Eastwood liked the "improvisational" take enough to print it and use it in the finished film.
I wish the AS detractors and BS artists would pay anywhere close to the same attention to the acutal proveable recorded facts about LBJ's role the Civil Rights Movement with MLK that is portrayed in the movie "Selma" ...and a blatant lie.
Pro or Con on the Civil Rights Movement is not the subject here ...just the Media's inability to tell the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth about who did what and when...but the Media can't do THAT. They lie as much by Omission as they do by their trumpeting their brand of BS.
The Media Has to Sell Advertising $$'s and it ain't PC enough to be honest about a provable History....and it is at the expense of Chris Kyle....and the Media needs to be called into account for that. JMHO & YMMV Ron
I thought as much!
Now how did the media get the Ventura fight in to Kyle's book AND THEN get a jury to go against him?
Did you read the book? If you did you would know, as I stated earlier, that it's not in there. At least not Ventura's name.
So how did the media get him to say it was in the book when it wasn't and who it was that wasn't being mentioned in the book?
Didn't like the sixgun silliness, that should have the libs just hating. Or maybe they had to throw a bone to Hollywood and show what a reckless animal he was. Muzzle sweeps? Are you kidding me? Also had an issue with his nest-making for his long shot on Juba at the end. No way could anyone make a 1000 plus shot on top of a wobbling can like that. I'm sure he made a much better nest for that shot. Overall, good film -- Band of Brothers left me much damper -- but the only reason this thing wins Oscar meat is because the competition is utter garbage. I was homicidal after 20 minutes of mindless previews for plotless sequels -- FandF MCMDVII, Mad Max 15? YGBSM.
I saw that article when I was doing some research on the scene I mentioned. Its perfectly plausible that the scene is a lead in to something of that exact sort.
I saw that article when I was doing some research on the scene I mentioned. Its perfectly plausible that the scene is a lead in to something of that exact sort.
I wasn't meaning it in a bad way! Since Cooper was planning the movie before Kyle was killed then it is a given Kyle was in on the planning. Like everything else that is Kyle, we should believe in and support it.
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