Zef Otter said:
Anyone saw this yet? It's an ok movie that is pretty much...propaganda. They leave out the unsavory bits of his life (that was in his books)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B707buDCcAA6piD.jpg Here is some screen shots from the film!
Just kidding but it really does remind me of that movie from Inglorious Bastards.
So what do you guys think? Why do they take out all the bad parts about this guy to give us a rather bland hero? If this guy is such a hero like people say he is then they should not be afraid to show us his ugly side.
Also he is known to lie about himself: http://mpmacting.com/blog/2014/7/19/truth-justice-and-the-curious-case-of-chris-kyle
Why would they dramatize his exploits in the military and try to make him out to be some patriotic poster boy for the American military and patriotism? Well, because it's a movie about the US military, so it's pretty much guaranteed to make bank off every jingo-crazy, 'Murica!! Fuck Yeah!' kind of movie goer. They won't actually care if the movie is
good, they just want to wave their little flag in their chest, and maybe in the theater, who knows, and feel like they're "supportin' our troops"
I've already seen news articles where people are decrying anyone who talks bad about the movie as "cowards", and insulting them for not "supporting our troops". Not surprising, considering Michael Moore's "snipers are cowards" comment earlier in the week, but these other celebrities are directing their venom at the movie goes and critics of the movie, not at Mr. Moore.
I see this mentality a lot at my job in the VA. It's this really disturbing mindset that really freaks me out. One of my coworkers stated once, after seeing a news article criticizing the government, and it's policies about the military. "They shouldn't be allowed to talk bad, or criticize the government while we have troops deployed. That's just wrong." To which I responded "Um, we've been in a perpetual state of war for 25 years now, having some troops deployed somewhere for combat purposes...that's 6 different presidential terms, and I don't even know about the other government branches worth of legislation and policies. Do you really think we have no right to criticize them and call them to task for what they've done, simply because they keep troops deployed somewhere??" And he truly believes that stuff. It's...maddening to me.
I appreciate the work our military does for us, but they aren't gods, they aren't holy guardian angels, they're just people, many of which joined the military, not out of any patriotic desire to serve their country, but because they knew it would be a good job if they stayed in for 20 years, with an easy retirement. Seriously, most service members who walk through my door are of this type. Which is fine, it's a job, and it needs to be done, and they decided to do it. But to try and deify them and anything they do is just wrong, and horrifying to me.
Ok, so, yeah, that rant out of my system. Haven't seen the movie, don't plan on it, everything I've heard is that it's a fairly bad movie, as far as movies go, and I don't really watch military movies anymore because of this very mindset I'm talking about.