American Sniper Analysis

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American Sniper: “Aim small ... miss big” Navy Seal, “Most lethal sniper in American military history”, husband, father, son, brother-: those are just a few words to describe the American hero Chris Kyle. Go into the mindset of life on the battlefield; see the agony our soldiers have to face. American Sniper is like no other war film you have ever seen before. From living through actor Bradley Cooper’s eyes, who is portraying Chris Kyle, to it breaking your heart, yet being so heartwarming at the same time. Get your own perspective on hardships and warfare, and see what all it takes to keep this nation safe. Chris Kyle, who is now known as “the devil” by the enemies he hunted and “the legend” by many, recording a record-breaking 255 confirmed …show more content…
The scenery and realism of this film can’t really be touched; it puts a mark on your heart. Although Lone Survivor is another astounding war movie that American Sniper shares multiple things in common with. Actors, Bradley Cooper and Mark Wahlberg, portray their characters spot on right down to the last detail of feeling the grief that who they are role playing had felt. Jointly, both films show the brotherhood in any military field, even throughout the rough times. Lone Survivor and American Sniper were both built off true stories. Lone Survivor was based off the true story of the red wings, and American Sniper as we know is based off the incredible journey of the legendary Chris Kyle. This has been the most potent war film since the classic, Saving Private Ryan. I would say it’s even …show more content…
The scene that really hit me hard and you could identify hit Bradley Cooper hard too is where there is a moment of suspense where he has to execute a young boy. You can see the struggle in his head whether to pull the trigger or not. His surroundings fall dead silent and full of suspense. You can see the mother is carrying something, and she hands it to the young boy. Kyle knows it’s an RKG, Russian grenade, he knows what he must do. There is another scene where Chris Kyle, Bradley Cooper, is at a bar crying, drinking a beer, and talking to his wife on the phone. The tears he sheds feel heartfelt, if you look at his face during this scene you can sense the emotion he is feeling. Most of the scenes are very realistic, but there are always those ones that they add in to make the movie better and end up ruining it for themselves. The soldiers are in the middle of action in Iraq, on top of a building, in the middle of a huge sand storm, being attacked by enemies. Bradley Cooper pulls out his emergency phone and calls his wife to tell her if he makes it that he is coming home. He proceeds to inform her that he doesn’t want to do this anymore. Everyone knows in the middle of a battle you couldn’t just call home. First off, that would be the most irrational thing to do in that situation, especially on an emergency phone. Secondly, they were being attacked. He would have been