Based on the memoir by Chris Kyle American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, American Sniper is a biographical film that depicts the exploits of Kyle before, during, and after his multiple tours of service in Iraq. The film details especially the pain of the war for Kyle and his wife Taya, and how throughout his four deployments, Kyle steadily began to suffer more and more from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, even though Kyle seemed to have been suffering and saw how his service as a Navy SEAL was damaging his relationship with his family, he nonetheless went back to Iraq four total times. Once again, the War is a Drug metaphor is a key reason. The film, even though not showing the …show more content…
This reasonable theory, along with the box-office success of movies like American Sniper, show that these movies are popular among a general audience; furthermore, since the focus of war movies have shifted ever since the War on Terror to a more personal focus, it possibly reflects the shifting attitude of Americans. They recognize the trials that returning veterans go through, and show that just as for the soldiers themselves, war can be a powerfully gripping …show more content…
What could cause such a phenomenon? Junger asserts that the same reason they crave war is the same reason someone finds a war drama so gripping: “If a room full of peace-loving people find something so compelling about war, so do 20-year-old soldiers.” This theory seems entirely plausible, as the rise of war movies depicting the conflicts in the Middle East has been marked with large gross profits from thousands of
The major motion picture American Sniper was released December 24, 2014. It is based on the true story of the life of the United States Navy Seal Chris Kyle. Based on symptoms shown in the movie and the criteria set by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition, Chris Kyle would be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, which the movie accurately displays. Various forms of treatments were presented in the movie and more exist outside of those for individuals who suffer from PTSD. While the movie succeeds in sending a positive message about helping veterans with mental disorders, there is still stigmas that surround individuals with these disorders.
American Sniper is the movie that I chose to analyze because it is full of moral and ethical decisions that have to be made. The movie starts off with a boy at school that has to go pull a bully off of his little brother and he ends up beating the bully up so bad that blood is all over his face. The boys name is Chris Kyle. The film then skips forward to when he is in his twenties and is riding a bronco at the rodeo since that is his passion. He then decides to join the Navy and become a SEAL after he feels like his purpose was to serve his country. He gets deployed to Iraq and the mental part is hard on him especially when he has to shoot a women and a kid when he sees them trying to throw a grenade at a group of Marines. He tries to help
The book American Sniper was written by Chris Kyle with Jim Defelice and Scott McEwen and published in 2012 by CT Legacy, LLC. The author notes “THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THIS BOOK ARE TRUE, RECOUNTED from the best of my memory. The Department of
“Saving Private Ryan” is one of the first movies to accurately portray the horrors of war and as a result helps people realize how much the military
Chris Kyle is a Navy SEAL that specialized in sniping. He is most known because he is the most lethal sniper in military history. It is also possible people had more sniper kills than him, but one part of being in the military is you must record every confirmed kill, if it is not confirmed as dead it cannot be counted. Chris Kyle is said to have somewhere near 160 confirmed kills. He was known for many other things though too, besides his amount of kills, he is also known for having a strong faith in God. Another thing he was known for among SEALs in particular is his great acts of courage. Chris Kyle also had a servant heart, it ended up tragically killing him on February 2, 2013. Even after he finished his deployments he went back into helping people from the
"There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful thananything that bleeds. Don 't wait until you break. - Laurell Hamilton" This is oftentimes the sentiment felt by soldiers who have served in active duty and have been witnesses to tragedies that leave them emotionally scarred. The Clint Eastwood directed film, American Sniper is amovie that features the real life tragedy of American soldier, Chris Kyle, who served in theUnited States military as a Navy Seal, which is an elite group (Kenny, 2014 and Treitschke,2015). His story is unique in that he himself suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD), but as he worked to recover, he valiantly served again by helping fellow soldiers withPTSD ("Chris Kyle," 2013), and was senselessly gunned
One may ask why would directors and filmmakers leave out the facts of war and focus on the drama? After reading The Faces of Battle by John Keegan and reviewing war movies such as Saving Private Ryan, and Pearl Harbor, one can clearly see what makes the Hollywood version of war different from real life war. When you watch a movie about war you are given a plot to the movie, like in saving Ryan the plot of the movie was to find a soldier named James Frances Ryan which takes place in Germany during World War II.
“One of the most durable buttresses of militarism is found in the world of sport” (Martin and Steuter p. 131). Popular culture normalizes militarism in various ways, such as even a normal part of American culture as sports. Sports have done a lot of things for me in my life including changing my perspective of how I look at militarism. The military uses sports to advertise to a large group of people across America that will create a positive feeling towards war. Sports make the war seem normal to Americans when they associate it to militarism because many Americans play sports and can relate, but there are also consequences when normalizing the war. Popular culture normalizes militarism in so many ways, but the one aspect of it that normalizes war would be sports, through advertising and professional athletes, not only in a positive way, but it also recognizes the negative side of war.
Unlike the WWII era, the Vietnam War brought realism into literature and film. There were no heroic movies of men fighting in Vietnam. Men could no longer shoot fifty enemy combatants on top of a tank without being hurt. Instead, popular culture brought a realistic view of war, death, pain, and destruction. Author Tim O’Brien, like many war veterans, struggled with his Vietnam experience and expressed them through writing. Tim O’Brien exposed the truth behind war stories because he shows the difference between WWII romanticism and Vietnam realism.
One man is torn between staying at home with his family or going off to war. American Sniper, based on a true story, is one of the best drama/action movies from 2014, starring Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle and Sienna Miller as Taya Kyle. Growing up in Texas, Kyle is taught how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer by his father. Later on in his life, Kyle becomes a rodeo cowboy. He then qualifies for special training and becomes a U.S. Navy SEALs sniper after he sees news coverage of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. Shortly after getting married, he is sent to Iraq after the September 11 attacks in 2001 to fight against the terrorist group al-Zarqawi. While he is at war, he goes on to become the deadliest sniper in U.S. Military history. American Sniper has been nominated for and won countless awards which include: Being an Oscar nominee for Best Motion Picture of the Year, being an Oscar nominee for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, and winning an Oscar for Best Achievement in Sound Editing (Awards). American Sniper is a movie that tells a great story, uses very detailed battle scenes, and has actors doing an excellent job.
Kyle served U.S. Navy SEALS from the year 1999 through 2009. As of right now he is known as the most successful and deadliest sniper in American military. In his book he said that the first kill he had was a woman with a grenade getting ready to launch it at the marines close to her. He saved the lives of all those marines. He would end up having a total of 160 confirmed kills, but he had a total of 255 claimed kills. A claimed kill is where you shoot the target, but you are not sure exactly if it kill the target or not. On his tour in Iraq, insurgents would call him the “Devil of Ramadi” and they had a bounty on him. The bad thing is they did not even know what he looked like. They had a picture of a different sniper on the flyers they hung in the local area. Kyle was shot a total of two times. He would also involved in a total of six IED attacks. An IED is a improvised explosive device, which is a basic bomb that is made and used by an unauthorized person. Kyle decision to leave the SEALS was based on family. He had a child that he had barely got to know because he was always overseas. Also it was putting a lot of pressure on his marriage. So he decided it was best for him to leave the SEALS, and was honorably discharged in 2009 (Adam Read). Chris served a total of 4 tours with the Navy SEALS. His latest tour was in Iraq. He showed a lot of bravery. Kyle was awarded some of the highest medals one can earn
It glorifies soldiers as warriors not only because they are fighting the villains but are seen as heroes who defend the American values of freedom and democracy. As the United States has made these values the normative standards for itself and the rest of the world, the attitude of superiority has increased in the people, thus making it easier for the US to use the normative values as justification for military actions. The cooperation between media and government, which has unconditional support from American people by fostering a “peace through war” attitude, also help in strengthening a patriotic feeling in the society. This is probably the reason why people do not think about the numbers of others that the US military has killed as a negative issue. In the collective American mind, the US is militarily involved for the greater good, taking on the role of peacekeeper, thus making warrior culture a necessary component of peace culture in the
American Sniper is about American war hero Chris Kyle. Chris Kyle was born in Texas who grew up in a house where the father had a eat or get eaten mentality. Chris Kyle was a bull rider until he saw bombings on tv happen where he immediately went to sign up for the military. He went through Navy Seal training and eventually became a sniper through training. Kyle fought over in the Iraq War. Before he went on his first tour he met a girl at a bar, and they eventually got married before leaving for his first tour. Between tours they started a family, when Chris was back in between tours he started showing signs of withdrawal from war, for example damaged hearing and grief. While over in Iraq he became such an infamous sniper he had a bounty put on his head. While over there he felt bad that he was missing his family grow up but felt he owed his country. Finally after 4 tours he stayed at home with his family in Texas. He had trouble adjusting back to civilian life, he was on edge and visibly more violent. Eventually Chris got help from a doctor and diverted his depression into helping other veterans adapt back to civilian life. Sadly, one of the veterans he was helping
Many people have stated in reviews around the globe that American Sniper is glorifying war. This movie I feel is far from glorifying, if anything it’s more of an anti-war movie. The film shows Chris Kyle serving his 4 tours of Iraq, but shows more the mental and physical side of war, what really happens to those brave men and women that actually get sent to war. It shows Chris calling her wife multiple times on missions, one where they get ambushed. It then also shows the time in between tours at home and how his condition worsens. This movie I think would be reassuring for war veterans that have been suffering because this movie really shows how horrible war is, and how it should not be glorified at such a
War affects people differently, depending on the person’s morals and their position in the war, whether it be a soldier, family member, or a civilian. Robert Jordan was not necessarily eager to enter the Spanish Civil War in For Whom The Bell Tolls but he knew that he was needed