The beauty of Clint Eastwood's films is that you breeze through the movie, though most of it are serious topics. He makes movie watching so life-like. My face glowed-up doubly when the credits started rolling, and it said, "Directed by - Clint Eastwood". Yet another epic! A true American at heart, you can see how passionate he is - about America, American heroes, and about life. To imagine that the man follows his passion - direction and cinema - at 84 - is awe-inspiring! Phew!
It's a biographical drama about the life and time of Chris Kyle, or The Legend, as he was known - with the Navy SEALs. And Cooper's transition into the skin of the sniper is evident from the first scene. I read after watching the movie that he used the actual same playlist as that of the man himself, while getting into the character. Off-course, the thing with such movies is that it is based on a true story, and one may not really know how much of it is true, and what isn't.
War-films are possibly amongst the most difficult genres to make - and Clint once again proves his ability with his ease at direction, with a nice script (good story-telling by Jason Hall) that is more than watchable.
The manner in which he (and Bradley Cooper) handles Chris' post-war traumatic stress, in a very subdued manner, is heartening. Understated as his performance may be, Cooper proves that Silver Linings Playbook was not a fluke. His choice to not only act, but also produce this real-life tale, speaks aeons of the man's skilful passion for acting and films.
The reason I watched this movie is this -
http://deadline.com/2014/12/ben-affleck-others-stumping-for-bradley-coopers-american-sniper-performance-1201331089/
- how often do you get to watch that!
I was surprised that they did not show Chris Kyle's death and was surprised to read the subtitles on-screen about it that day in the last scene, before the credits started rolling. And I thought about it. Perhaps that's the beauty of Clint Eastwood. The movie is a celebration of a national hero and his life. Not death, possibly. So, it made sense, eventually.
It's a biographical drama about the life and time of Chris Kyle, or The Legend, as he was known - with the Navy SEALs. And Cooper's transition into the skin of the sniper is evident from the first scene. I read after watching the movie that he used the actual same playlist as that of the man himself, while getting into the character. Off-course, the thing with such movies is that it is based on a true story, and one may not really know how much of it is true, and what isn't.
War-films are possibly amongst the most difficult genres to make - and Clint once again proves his ability with his ease at direction, with a nice script (good story-telling by Jason Hall) that is more than watchable.
The manner in which he (and Bradley Cooper) handles Chris' post-war traumatic stress, in a very subdued manner, is heartening. Understated as his performance may be, Cooper proves that Silver Linings Playbook was not a fluke. His choice to not only act, but also produce this real-life tale, speaks aeons of the man's skilful passion for acting and films.
The reason I watched this movie is this -
http://deadline.com/2014/12/ben-affleck-others-stumping-for-bradley-coopers-american-sniper-performance-1201331089/
- how often do you get to watch that!
I was surprised that they did not show Chris Kyle's death and was surprised to read the subtitles on-screen about it that day in the last scene, before the credits started rolling. And I thought about it. Perhaps that's the beauty of Clint Eastwood. The movie is a celebration of a national hero and his life. Not death, possibly. So, it made sense, eventually.
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