American Sniper (2014)

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Dodd wrote:Cooper rises while Eastwood sinks.
Which means Cooper sinks.

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ChristNolan wrote:
Dodd wrote:Cooper rises while Eastwood sinks.
Which means Cooper sinks.
He is getting amazing reviews for his performance. Dude's stock keeps rising.

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Cooper is becoming a god before our eyes confirmed.

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I think the flag poster for this is awesome.

Trailer was really impressive too.

I guess marketing did a good job.

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m4st4 wrote:Cooper is becoming a god before our eyes confirmed.
:ugeek: The prophecy is being fulfilled

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Dodd wrote:
ChristNolan wrote:
Dodd wrote:Cooper rises while Eastwood sinks.
Which means Cooper sinks.
He is getting amazing reviews for his performance. Dude's stock keeps rising.
And... who directed him in this film?

Eastwood's "thing" has always been that he's an actors director.

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Dodd wrote:
m4st4 wrote:Cooper is becoming a god before our eyes confirmed.
:ugeek: The prophecy is being fulfilled
For some, probably yeah.

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American Sniper

I saw this in Rave's "Xtreme", which is like some sort of IMAX wannabe format.

The "fuck yea Murrica" force is strong with this one, but once you peel that back, it's kind of a neat study on this one soldier's emotional journey. It's a solid film, tightly directed and edited, but also a bit inconsistent in rhythm. Cooper does some of his best work.

However, it's hard to find anything more special than that. The hero worship gets a bit annoying. The "villains" fall just short of mustache-twirling. A lot of it feels heavy-handed with the cliches. There have been a lot of better lead performances as well as films recently ...

I don't know how to end this post

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