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American Sniper vs Canadian Merc
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I like how both of them are the most lethal sniper/merc but only in US history.
Wilson: oh, hello there. I bet you wondering why the red suit. So that the bad guys can't see me bleeding.
Hope that guy (American Sniper) wear his brown pants.
Well, US history is relatively bloodless compare to the history of some other world...
For example, let's compare two civil wars that took place at about the same time...
In America.
En.wikipedia.org
... meanwhile in China...
En.wikipedia.org
Remember the last country that was invaded by China? Yeah, me neither. 44days.net
China 45-46 ? Did the US actually send troop in China during the civil war ?
Also, I like how the main villain in the movie was deemed to be Syrian - how convenient. And they called Iraqi population 'savages' in general, no dispute, no questioning - just demonising. Americans are the good guys the rest of the world is full of 'terrorists' and 'savages'. This is how it is presented in the movie, this is how the next generation of Americans will see the world because as we all know reading books and alternative sources of historical information is for the losers.
I so much agree with you
They showed him killing a woman and child who were "terrorists" and made him look troubled about it as if to justify it "he feels so bad about it but he had no choice because they were radical terrorists going to kill people" why don't they show SS killing Jews who were running around with guns saying "**** Christianity! All hail Communism!" I thought Black Hawk Down was bad, but this trumped it.
I understand and agree with these criticisms, but at the end of the day the movie is this man's story and all the baggage that comes with it, including his prejudices. Dehumanization of the enemy is a part of becoming a soldier, and the movie makes it very clear that it's telling Chris Kyle's story, not the story of the war in Iraq or the story of the people he's shooting at. This isn't an attempt to justify the movie's portrayal of Iraqis or of the Iraq War as a whole, but it's a movie based off a soldier's memories, and based on that alone it can never show the complete picture, and as is often said, "Truth is the first casualty of war."
It's a nice starting point for some interesting debates, such as how to juxtapose the broader truth with a man's personal truth and what the role of art is in portraying historical events, and I'd be interested to hear what your thoughts are.
The movie makes few promises in the beginning but fails to deliver. You don't just make a movie based of the memories of a psychopath, entitle him a 'national hero' then call him a 'legend', get a nomination for the Oscar rewards and get away with it. It simply doesn't mix, stinks of propaganda of the dirtiest kind. And btw the movie seems very well accepted by the general public which is even sadder. Beats 'The Hurt locker' in terms of shallowness and lack of perspective such as 'What the **** are the Amrican doing in Iraq?', 'Is it the job of America to police the world or it is a self-proclaimed title?'. What can I tell ya... can't wait for 'American Machine Gunner'!