![]() ![]() But it’s also the narrative device that questions Kyle’s self-identification as a sure-shot protector of the innocent. It’s an effective (if not generic) dramatic addition, and justifies Kyle’s need to return, time and time again, to a foreign country that poses no real threat to him or America. Screenwriter Jason Hall takes a bit of creative license and introduces a fictional character – a rival sniper – who helps balance out Kyle’s unfair superiority over the enemy, but also weakens what could have been a much more powerful allegory about the unjustness of the American invasion of Iraq. Or at least the film allows for that interpretation. But no one seems to be talking about how he may have made a lot of this stuff up. ![]() Many journalists, critics, and pundits have dissected Chris Kyle’s actions whether he was motivated by patriotism, racism, or deeper psychology problems. How? Because the filmmakers suggest that Chris Kyle is a bit of a fraud. Yes, the film is a legitimately well-made drama, and can be twisted to fit all sorts of personal and political agendas. It has become a must-see movie, not just for star-spangled flag-wavers, Oscar completionists and plastic baby fetishists, but general audiences, too. ![]() American Sniper is a big fat box-office hit. ![]()
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