Essay On American Sniper

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American Sniper Movie Review
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American Sniper is a movie about Chris Kyle and his 4 tours of the Iraq War, with lead actors Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller, produced by Clint Eastwood.
The movie starts with an agonising scene where Chris is looking down his scope somewhere in Iraq and sees a mother handing a grenade to her child who starts running towards fellow soldiers. With no supporting vision his commanders say it’s his choice. Just before his decision Eastwood cuts back to Chris as a boy, hunting with his father, with little words needed you can tell this scene has a large impact on Chris.
After the first scene the movie then begins the slow development of Chris’s 4 tours of the Iraq war. Chris lived by the Navy SEAL creed of “Leave No Man Behind”, and he knows his saving lives by taking a life but he hates the enemy so much that he found killing them easy. After his first 2 tours Chris hated war in general, but he was enjoying himself too much to leave. In between his tours at home he worries a lot about the men he’s not saving. Many people who have reviewed this think American Sniper is glorifying war, but I don’t believe it is. During the movie Chris got called a Hero and a …show more content…

Many people have stated in reviews around the globe that American Sniper is glorifying war. This movie I feel is far from glorifying, if anything it’s more of an anti-war movie. The film shows Chris Kyle serving his 4 tours of Iraq, but shows more the mental and physical side of war, what really happens to those brave men and women that actually get sent to war. It shows Chris calling her wife multiple times on missions, one where they get ambushed. It then also shows the time in between tours at home and how his condition worsens. This movie I think would be reassuring for war veterans that have been suffering because this movie really shows how horrible war is, and how it should not be glorified at such a

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