Ironically Eastwood said it was an antiwar film.
I really hate that some people see the film this way. It's been said that it's about PTSD or the struggles of a family in the military during a time of war.
There's maybe 15 minutes, tops, of actual "Oh fuck war messed him up" segments in the film, and while it's clear the film addresses that issue, it does not take over the overwhelming impact of the Christian hero in Iraq scenario.
His wife tells him, in ONE scene, after his like 3rd tour that if he leaves for Iraq one more time she's going to leave. Nothing is said, he hugs her, he goes to Iraq, she's still around. Bogus fucking point. Kyle, if the film is true, is an idiot for using a goddamn SAT phone to call his wife while he's on patrols as well. I can't believe I saw that shit, but it could be faked for the drama of the movie. There's also, at least in my experience, more problems with being "home" for families rather than deployment. Some wives can/do move home with their families etc. But during a service member's time at a duty station, it's pretty problematic. This superficial understanding of the military is apparent in the film. There's no discussion about his week long training missions or late nights, or the fact that she might have to live in a shitty area without job opportunities because Kyle was stationed where he was. Instead, she's just the wife who would never cheat on her man bullshit that was spewed, which by the way isn't probably true at all. Military wives are a really shady breed of human beings, largely. But i'm glad she inserted that narrative in the film to make herself look good <- sarcasm.
Everyone that puts their life on the line so we can sit here and chit-chat with each other online, sit on our couches and watch tv etc is a fuckin hero in my book, not just Chris Kyle.
But yea, i don't know why they decided to pick someone out and glorify him. That's not what the military is about.
I'm trying to find a clip of where Maher showed the Navy commercial and then proceeded to thrash it.
Well with this, the problem is that Kyle glorified himself. He's an asshole in my opinion, because he profited off the death of his friends and enemies and I doubt his familiy donates a large percentage (over 50%) of the profits for the film and or the book. I also didn't like Lone Survivor for that reason. You know who was a bigger hero than Kyle? His fucking buddy who jumped on a grenade and died for it. He got like 30s of mention in the film and probably isn't getting shit for his time in Kyle's life. Fuck Kyle and Lattrell for this, I am strongly against war time profiting. Band of Brothers did it right. Wait 50 years, have a historian come by and learn their stories, and agree to share it.
Way I see it is military members are no more important to our society functioning than a garbage man or high school teacher so they are no more deserving of praise than you would give any other person for doing their job.
The difference in either of these cases are the hardships that one volunteers for, as well as the inability to enjoy freedoms and fight for better wages etc. Sure every citizen has a basic/quantified function of society, but I can't agree that anyone else has a bigger piece of the pie than active duty, combat servicemen.
I'm sure you have a mental list of the pecking order of those in society who have importance, and I would be interested in hearing it.
So, are the soldiers that fought for Germany in World War II heroes in your book? The Viet Cong? The Republican Guard?
You don't think hero is a relative term?
I'm just curious as to your response, but even framing the situation like this misses the point. Creating a form of hero worship around soldiers is nothing more than a distraction from the contradictions of war in the first place. There's nothing righteous or heroic about going to war and fighting for your country, since no country goes to war "for freedom." Heroism is an institution as old as Classical Greece, but it isn't by any means a truth about the nature of battle.
Hero worship makes it easier for a country to support going to war when doing so may not be in anyone's best interest.
You don't think the North Vietnamese went to war for their idea of freedom/how they should live their life? It would seem that any country on the defensive side would fall under the category of preserving their freedom.
Do you think police and firefighters are heroic?
You mean you, mort and NG? 
So that's what you came away with after reading my posts? Lol, yeah, i'm pretty much convinced that you're a dummy.
I also really enjoyed The Pacific, but im probably in the minority here.
