09-02-2015
American Sniper
Clint Eastwood
2014
132 min.

American Sniper
Clint Eastwood
2014
132 min.

Clint Eastwood and his republican ideology took it too far this time... The movie is close to being racist but even that could be forgiven (after all he's telling only one side of the story, and from the point of view of an american soldier) if the directing was good. But the fact is that it isn't! It's not oscar material, it's only oscar bait.
Cooper is good enough but the rest of the cast doesn't exist because the director doesn't let that to happen! The editing is really bad (how the hell was this nominated for best editing while Birdman was left out???) because it doesn't let us relate with Kyle. It just skips any human moment he might have!
And at the end, after presenting us with such mixed emotions and opinions about war and "patriotism", Eastwood just ruins it, and lets his republican side win!
It's entertaining enough, it never bores you even if the pacing isn't fast, but it's only another movie...