AMERICAN SNIPER REVIEW...
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Hey Lovelies,
Over the weekend I was sent the film ‘American Sniper’ which
I never saw when it was in cinemas, as it did not really call out to me to
watch it, when I really should have gone to the cinema and watched it as it was
a huge talking point in the cinema world during awards season. So I decided to
sit down and watch the film that got so many talking.
From the moment the film begins you know that you are going
to see a lot of action scenes that are going to cause you to tense up as a
viewer. The plot follows the real life story of Chris Kyle, whose story is told
from a young age, right up until the final stages of his career in the army.
During the film, the film touches on a lot of personal elements including the
struggle in which Kyle finds himself having when he is at home and away from the
army.
These scenes allow the plot to add a lot of elements that
some audience’s members may struggle to come to watch, as the emotions are very
well played and real that you feel for the whole family during them. However
the scenes within the film that feature Kyle’s time at war are the hardest to
watch.
Nothing is held back and director Clint Eastwood, makes the
moments so tense that you find yourself wanting to turn away and not watch at
times, as you do not know how they are going to turn out and the tense
atmosphere becomes so much. Each experience that Kyle goes through is witnessed
and the first time he is sent away, is the hardest moments to watch in the
film. It is some of the most tense watching of all time, that is also
unbelievably sad as well.
And the way in which the actors and actresses within the
film capture it is the reason in which they have been praised so much. Bradley
Cooper gives one of the best performances of his career within this film and
the way in which he handles the character’s story is done in such a way that
you can see him being affected by the story. His emotions are the ones that
lead the film and Cooper knows what to bring to the big screen to make it
watchable.
However as a viewer I do have to point out the downside of
the film, which is some of the moments within the home scenes, that did not
have to be shown, and actually made it a lot harder to watch at times because
of this, as you feel that you may not be getting the truth within them, as it
felt like you may not have been getting the right emotions and the only people
who really knew that Kyle and his wife felt like this were the pair of them.
The true star of the film and the overall key quality of it
though, is Clint Eastwood’s directing, as he has used the skills in which he
has gained throughout the years to provide an action packed film, which will
have audiences hooked from the moment it begins, as he shows every side to a
man at war and his return home. He has created a film to show the audience the
truth behind a figure that many people were aware of and the terrible acts that
soldiers face when they are away at home.
Therefore I am giving the film…
4 Stars
Blog Soon,
Joey X
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