Clint Eastwood's movie American Sniper, which tells the story of America's most lethal sniper Christ Kyle is considered a definite success, especially since it has just crossed over the $300 million box office mark. It is now considered Warner Bros' fifth highest grossing film in domestic box office figures, just a little behind Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ($317 million). Number one is The Dark Knight ($533.3 million), followed by The Dark Knight Rises ($448.1 million), then Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($381 million). American Sniper was produced by Warner Bros with Village Roadshow. It is the seventh Warner Bros release to cross $300M domestically, and one of only 50 films to ever pass the milestone, Deadline reported. …show more content…
"When it becomes the fifth-highest-grossing Warner Bros. film off all-time and it is one of 50 films in cinema history to cross that benchmark and we're still going - that tells you everything." Warner Bros' rivals have slammed the war memoir as similar to a Marvel movie, despite debuting in the middle of winter, a time when most moviegoers prefer to stay at home. But Goldstein said that the movie resonated so well with audiences because Kyle is a likable character, and many hail him as a hero. With so many bad things happening in the world right now, people are looking for stories of hope and inspiration. And American Sniper was able to provide that. The movie was such as success that during its fifth week of release, American Sniper was deemed the top-grossing war movie of all time, even beating the $216.5M raked in by Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, which stars one of America's favourite actors Tom Hanks. And just last week, it surpassed Matrix Reloaded as the second highest grossing R-rated film, and follows the 2004 film Passion of the Christ starring Jim Claviezel closely with $370.8
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
Kyle, C with McEwen, S., DeFrelice, J. (2012) American sniper: the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. American sniper : the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. Chris Kyle Author. Retrieved from http://libserve.ivytech.edu.allstate.libproxy.ivytech.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=514&recCount=20&recPointer=0&bibId=366194
“Saving Private Ryan” is set during World War II; however, it still greatly affects our current society through helping people understand how bad war really is.
The mood of the story is dark and weary. In this scene the sky is gloomy and there are Republican and Free Starter soldiers fighting in the Irish Civil war, “The long June twilight faded into the night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through the fleecy clouds.. machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically” (O’Flaherty 1). Although the mood of the story is creepy and dim for the most part, it is silent with the sudden sounds of guns firing. As the story progresses, the sniper’s emotions begin reflecting on his actions. He begins to feel guilt and remorse for killing someone and the mood shifts to tension and violence.
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When American Sniper opened in theaters January 2015, the world was shocked and excited that a film about a war has finally shown the emotional and psychological pain a soldier goes through. To many this was a new concept but, what the public did not realize, was in 2014, a World War II film, Fury was released. Fury is an insightful film about a tank crew surviving through World War II through the emotional and psychological hardships. The film takes place in April 1945, five months before WWII ends (Fury, IMDb). There are many key points to which makes Fury a modern war film from the extent of backstory each character has, to the prescreening prep and training, to the research of the props. Though American Sniper and Fury differ in wars and
It made $212m in its second weekend in the US. In my opinion, it's better to see a film without hearing too much about it beforehand. With The Passion I was expecting to be bored for the first hour while seeing Christ preaching to his followers and healing the sick, but Gibson didn't tire us all with that, he filmed it in an interesting way which pleasantly surprised me. In fact, I was very impressed with the opening scenes. Instead of showing us Jesus' life from birth to death, Gibson set the film at the last two days of his life while having the odd flashback to Jesus' earlier days.
According to federal law The term ‘serial killings’ means a series of three or more killings, not less than one of which was committed within the United States, having common characteristics such as to suggest the reasonable possibility that the crimes were committed by the same actor or actors. Throughout history serial killers have always been a fascination among many individuals. On numerous of occasions law enforcement has tried to dive into the psyche of these killers to determine why they kill. There have also been numerous stereotypes placed on serial killers. Typical stereotypes are serial killers are all white males, loners, and that there crimes are driven by sex. However, through the capture of these individuals we have found said stereotypes incorrect. One of the most interesting cases being of the Beltway sniper attacks.
Novelist and short story writer, Liam O’Flaherty grew up in a village on the western coast of Ireland. He was a good student when he was young, and when he grew older, he enlisted in the British Army. Later, after enlisting in the army, he began to write stories while he was in the war. Many of Liam O’Flaherty’s short stories about war, have become very popular throughout the world. One of his greatest, most popular stories, “The Sniper” has some of O’Flaherty’s experiences of being in the war. The short story, “The Sniper”, was published in the London paper, The New Leader, on January 12, 1923. Liam O’Flaherty was a World War I veteran. He wrote most of his stories while in the war. The stories he wrote, became very popular after the
War films have long been a staple in American film culture. It’s understandable, because war has long been a staple of American culture. Every Oscar season, there seems to be the token movie dealing with war. Most recently it was Hacksaw Ridge. The first Oscars in 1927 awarded best picture to Wings, a war film depicting the love stories of two pilots in World War
"I Can Only Imagine" doubled expectations and raked in an impressive $17.1 million during its opening weekend. To put this number in perspective, consider the fact that it only played in 1,629 theaters. "Tomb Raider" opened in twice as many theaters but only beat the Christian film by around $6 million in revenue. " Tomb Raider" enjoyed a hefty $94 million budget, while "I Can Only Imagine" got by with a comparably tiny budget of $7 million.
...movie would end up becoming significantly marketed, with millions of merchandise form the movie sold such as video games and costume ideas, as well as the DVD becoming the top selling blue-ray of all time. After this film’s success, Cameron signed a deal which would allow him to produce 3 sequels to the first Avatar, making this movie only the beginning of planned franchise.
Jacob Hoyt Miss Roth English 9.5 17 March 2017 Research Rough Draft Snipers have the ability to hit a target from over 1,000 yards away. As said by Robert Valdes, “Snipers are known for their marksmanship, but it is not a skill that comes naturally and requires a deep understanding of bullet ballistics.” (10). Snipers are very well known machines of war, but there is much more to the marksman than point and shoot. A Sniper must be able to hit their target from those ranges on their first try and sharpshooting is a perishable skill meaning they have to train.
In the crosshairs of, US Navy Seal, Chris Kyle’s scope, sits a woman and a young boy who appear to be attempting to hide something. Seconds pass, and the woman passes the item to the boy, revealing to Kyle and anyone around just what they have, a deadly grenade. After talking to his partner and his general on his radio, he has to make a choice, to kill or not to kill. His partner makes the decision harder by telling him “They’ll fry you if you’re wrong,” regarding if the child in question is actually a threat or simply a misunderstanding. This is the opening scene in the 2015 film, “American Sniper” which is based on the real life events experienced by Chris Kyle in Iraq (Eastwood, 2015).