American Sniper [Blu-ray] [2014]

The quality and the presentation of the movie was excellent. It made me feel as if I was part of the presentation.

Glad I got my movie at Best Buy, had extra clips included and the price was good, store close to home too !!!

An amazing movie. Saw it in theaters, but it looks better in blu-ray!

Is a powerful movie and highly recommended, I enjoyed watching it

Story opens with a combined Infantry/Armor rolling attack in Iraq that has a sniper over-watch, then quickly flash-backs to a Texas Deer hunt with Chris and his father and his father’s training of Chris as “the protector.” This biographical film is not just well-written, it is both superbly casted, acted and directed, and it is accompanied by realistic sound effects and a fitting sound track for chosen scenes. Story-line takes you through Kyle’s Texas ranch formative days, his rodeo cowboy era, his Seal Team BUD/S training, his romance and marriage with his wife Taya, and Sniper School. He and his new wife both view in “real time” the 9/11 attack on the NY Twin Towers. Story faithfully tracks his decade of almost constant war experience thru his 4 Tours of combat service and the story will reach out and touch you often – you really get “inside” the story and share it with Chris Kyle. The author really picked-up on the combat vets response to smells, sounds and actions, that even thou effected in a Stateside environment, caused a response by a combat vet suffering from PTSD. If the films ending with “film credits” don’t get-to-you then you are truly made of stone. This film is a fitting tribute to a great American hero – it’s an emotional human story and a story of what war can take from you – and the struggle of the balance of two worlds: that of war and a family caring for one another. The hardships that families face during deployment and the eventual reunion with their warrior is surfaced and treated with the care that it deserves. It’s a rewarding view that you will want to return to.

Blown away - figuratively speaking, at least! We just watched this, and it was excellent. I saw Chris Kyle's wife cry on the news after watching the trailer, and I have to say, that was probably the most moving and emotional thing I have seen associated with the movie. A few details: As some have pointed out, it did not necessarily follow the book. They had to make a story out of it that everyone would sit and watch, and chose a couple specific scenarios to highlight and romanticize a bit. But this is great storytelling, make no mistake, and Clint Eastwood continues to show why he is one of the most respected directors in the world. There is also more emotional struggle here than in the book, and in my opinion, that makes the main character more relatable. If the performance was quite as cold and had come to terms with his role as the real Chris Kyle, I am not sure we as an audience would have been able to relate. That would be tough to watch. He still has very clear direction and sense of purpose, don't get me wrong. But the reality is truly far beyond what you can display successfully on screen. Bradley Cooper absolutely changes my opinion of him as a lead male actor. I loved things like Hangover, Wedding Crashers, and more serious roles like Limitless and Silver Linings Playbook. But this puts him on a totally different level as an actor. This is grand-scale, emotional story telling, and you will talk about this movie after. You may relate to it politically, you may hold Kyle up as a hero, or perhaps vilify him. But when you look at it from a storytelling aspect, regardless, it is excellent. Just don't expect it to be a documentary. Hint: This film is worth watching in a theater. Not just for the larger than life battle scenes, but for the experience of an entire theater, nearly silent, at the end.

Biopic of Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper), the most-celebrated sniper in American military history. In the aftermath of 9/11, Kyle decides to serve his country by becoming a Navy SEAL. But with each tour of duty, he grows more detached from his wife and children. As the story opens, we meet carefree brothers Chris and Jeff (Keir O'Donnell) as they work the Texas rodeo circuit. They're cowboys through and through, and despite being notably older than the usual enlistee, Chris pays a visit to his local recruitment office and decides to become a Navy SEAL. Later, at the firing range, he draws on his hunting lessons with his stern father to become an expert marksman. A booze-fueled barroom chat with pretty brunette Taya (Sienna Miller) soon leads to wedding bells, and following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Kyle is deployed to Iraq for his first tour of duty. There, his reputation as a sniper who never misses makes him a legend among his fellow troops, and earns him the moniker "The Devil of Ramadi" from his enemies. With a substantial bounty on his head, Kyle makes it his personal mission to take out a sadistic Iraqi soldier known as "The Butcher," as well as an elusive enemy marksman with a skill to rival his own. The closer he gets to achieving his goals during repeat tours of duty, however, the more fellow soldiers he sees die, and the further he drifts from Taya and their two children back home. It all leads up to a tense rooftop gunfight in a raging sandstorm -- one that convinces the sniper once and for all to make his family his top priority. Unfortunately, all is not well as Kyle struggles to make the transition back to civilian life, but he discovers that helping his fellow veterans is an effective way to do good and make peace with his wartime experiences

o Blown away - figuratively speaking, at least! We just watched this, and it was excellent. I saw Chris Kyle's wife cry on the news after watching the trailer, and I have to say, that was probably the most moving and emotional thing I have seen associated with the movie. A few details: As some have pointed out, it did not necessarily follow the book. They had to make a story out of it that everyone would sit and watch, and chose a couple specific scenarios to highlight and romanticize a bit. But this is great storytelling, make no mistake, and Clint Eastwood continues to show why he is one of the most respected directors in the world. There is also more emotional struggle here than in the book, and in my opinion, that makes the main character more relatable. If the performance was quite as cold and had come to terms with his role as the real Chris Kyle, I am not sure we as an audience would have been able to relate. That would be tough to watch. He still has very clear direction and sense of purpose, don't get me wrong. But the reality is truly far beyond what you can display successfully on screen. Bradley Cooper absolutely changes my opinion of him as a lead male actor. I loved things like Hangover, Wedding Crashers, and more serious roles like Limitless and Silver Linings Playbook. But this puts him on a totally different level as an actor. This is grand-scale, emotional story telling, and you will talk about this movie after. You may relate to it politically, you may hold Kyle up as a hero, or perhaps vilify him. But when you look at it from a storytelling aspect, regardless, it is excellent. Just don't expect it to be a documentary.