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RLKingPunter
31 Jan 15 23:48
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Plenty of action, decent enough, good performance by Bradley Cooper 8/10
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Report casemoney • February 1, 2015 3:47 AM GMT
Good film and true story ,was going to add a spoiler but won't
well worth a watch 8/10 Happy

Just watched Selma  would give 8/10  Happy
Report northanlite • February 1, 2015 7:11 AM GMT
really great film for half an hour or so then loses its way a bit.
leaves a lot of interesting questions hanging about '1st world"  intervention in "3rd world" matters & the toll war takes on the human psyche tho.
clint eastwood is a skilled director as we saw in the more impressive (imho) flags & letters movies.
Report acey deucy • February 1, 2015 7:16 AM GMT
Very good 8-10..........Would have liked to have seen how he got killed though.Plain
Report polybot • February 1, 2015 7:35 AM GMT
Marked highly for true to life accuracy.
Selma rated similarly to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on same scale.
Report s.kenbo • February 1, 2015 8:59 AM GMT
You didn't have to worry about the spoiler alert Casemoney, Acey got there a few hours later. Laugh

I thought it was pretty good in places, but I wouldn't want to have to watch it again. 6/10 for me.
Report Pre-Fat-Low-Fat-Foods • February 1, 2015 9:17 AM GMT
Thought this was rubbish to be honest 3.5/10
Report brendanuk1 • February 1, 2015 9:28 AM GMT
sounds like pure war propaganda. The angst occupying soldiers go through shooting people in their own country
Report alun2005 • February 1, 2015 9:36 AM GMT
The poor diddumses at 'Newsnight' were so perturbed by this film that they SEETHED about 'why isn't anyone making anti-war films anymore?' and 'is this what American identity is all about these days?'.

Boo hoo hoo.
Report acey deucy • February 1, 2015 10:56 AM GMT
Oooops Blush
Report xmoneyx • February 1, 2015 10:59 AM GMT
why did he commit suicide?
Report acey deucy • February 1, 2015 11:18 AM GMT
Laugh
Report paradox and equilibrium • February 1, 2015 11:23 AM GMT
When viewed after  "The theory of everything", or "The imitation game"  (after all, all three are based on real events), it is shown up as the cheap averagely acted, poorly scripted sad propaganda tool for the US military and Government that it is, and at best keep 10 year old boys/American teens happy for a few hours.
Report MisterBadger • February 1, 2015 12:06 PM GMT
Entertaining enough, although obviously filmed through american rose-tinted spectacles. The action sequences were a bit drawn out and repetitive, no better or worse than Black Hawk Down but the yanks, predictably, have gorged on it anyway, despite the fact that in real life Kyle appears to have been a somewhat unsavoury character.

6/10 for glossiness, but not one to watch twice imo.
Report Mikael D'Haguenet • February 1, 2015 12:40 PM GMT
Disappointed in Clint choosing to make this film. No interest in watching it. At least it has a happy ending.
Report MisterBadger • February 1, 2015 1:05 PM GMT
Laugh
Report twonky • February 1, 2015 1:25 PM GMT
Took the 50s the other week for best film at the oscars.

It's a decent film that Jeewish Hollywood loves. The film is average IMO, though Cooper is excellent as usual.
Report twonky • February 1, 2015 1:25 PM GMT
Took the 50s the other week for best film at the oscars.

It's a decent film that Jeewish Hollywood loves. The film is average IMO, though Cooper is excellent as usual.
Report Eeternaloptimist • February 1, 2015 3:03 PM GMT
It's not as good as some make out or as much of a recruiting sergeant for war that others make out. It could have gone to another level had the film asked some of the difficult questions but in seeking to make a fairly accurate depiction of the memoir, Eastwood doesn't ask them because the man himself didn't. He was a linear person who saw things in back and white and acted accordingly and that is how his story was told.
Report MisterBadger • February 1, 2015 3:09 PM GMT
I'm sure the film I saw was in colour  Confused
Report starfish and coffee • February 1, 2015 4:33 PM GMT
paradox and equilibrium 01 Feb 15 11:23 Joined: 06 Jul 07 | Topic/replies: 9,049 | Blogger: paradox and equilibrium's blog
When viewed after  "The theory of everything", or "The imitation game"  (after all, all three are based on real events), it is shown up as the cheap averagely acted, poorly scripted sad propaganda tool for the US military and Government that it is, and at best keep 10 year old boys/American teens happy for a few hours.


Agreed. Absolute garbage film imo. The bit where he is in gun battle and she is on the other end of the phone, cringeworthy.
Report Mikael D'Haguenet • February 1, 2015 4:37 PM GMT
I've already said I have no interest in watching it, though I'm sure I eventually will. That said, I'd be very surprised, and even more disappointed than I already am, if it was 'absolute garbage,' as I love Eastwood's films, generally.
Report starfish and coffee • February 1, 2015 4:42 PM GMT
It is very cheesey. BC, trained sniper, there to protect his troops from afar yet decides to get stuck in and takes the lead role questioning a civilian. WALOS. He would get hi balls chopped off if he left his post protecting his squaddies.
Then when he does get into a battle, he just happens to be on the phone to his wife back home who listens to the battle.
Typical over hyped American guff
Report casemoney • February 1, 2015 6:17 PM GMT
spot on Sk Laugh
Report a bitofinterest • February 1, 2015 6:25 PM GMT
MARVELLOUS BULLETS SNIPEY!
Report GRANTCKING • February 1, 2015 10:15 PM GMT
i didnt think it was that great tbh, blackhawk down blows it out the water
Report RLKingPunter • February 2, 2015 12:33 AM GMT
Anyone seen Kajaki  the other war film about Brit troups in Afghanistan ?
Report Dan Chipowski • February 2, 2015 1:11 AM GMT
Just about made it through American Sniper with my sanity intact. Total sh!te.
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