re: My American Sniper thoughts.

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I enjoyed the movie, but I keep seeing this statement and it is funny to me. It's a theater....its going to be silent. Not to mention the ending leaves no reason for applause.

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This. I guess it was "powerful" in some ways, but the main reason it was silent is because the credits were silent. 99.9% of movies have music or some sort of sound going on during the credits, and as many times as I've gone to a theater, I've never left feeling like it was particularly "noisy" after the movie was over.

I liked the movie, but was pretty underwhelmed by it...mainly I think based on the amount of praise I've seen it getting (both on here and just in general). It was good, and I'd recommend it to someone, but that's about it. It was a little weird at times, and the editing wasn't too great IMO, but Cooper and Miller were solid and all in all I think Eastwood delivered a solid tribute to Chris Kyle (which is basically what it was since it was sort of a conglomoration of things as opposed to a true story).


And I'm not trying to shite on the film at all, because I did enjoy it. However, when I think of something that I'd call "moving" or "powerful," I go to something like United 93. That's an experience I'll never forget in the theater. That one was silent and just left you with a simultaneous feeling of being proud and also getting punched in the gut. It was a pretty sombering experience.