American Sniper

[Barth]

Watched this movie at ArcLight Hollywood today.
IMHO it's worth a watch.

[RRP]

I haven't seen the movie. But I did see an interview with Chris Kyle's widow, as she was promoting the release of the film. She impressed me. I'm looking forward to watching the movie.

[ESAFO]

i can't wait to see the movie, Fri Jan 16th it will be at a theater near me.

[Barth]

Box Office: Clint Eastwood's 'American Sniper' Scores Record-Breaking $30M Friday
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmen...-30-5m-friday/

[ripley16]

I avoid, with purpose, Hollywood trash. I've seen one movie in the past dozen years or so. That was "Act of Valor". I'll go see this one. Bought his first book mainly to show support for his wife after the moron Ventura disgrace. This will help the family too I hope.

[Scarywoody]

You'll enjoy the movie. I was impressed by Bradley Cooper. Parts were artistic license but for the most part it was good. I hope the family of Chris Kyle makes a boat load of cash from the movie. He was a great American and his family deserves the best.

[ripley16]

Just came home from seeing it with my wife and mother-in-law. We all liked it but lots of profanity and realistic gore. I'm surprised the two ladies reacted as well as they did... shows how powerful the story is. Go see it.

[Bawanna]

I also just got home from watching it with the wife. Not a good movie for mom to watch when son is leaving for Marine Basic Training in a week.

I thought it was a great movie over all. I think war zones and profanity pretty much go hand in hand, and it pretty much told it like it is according to his book.

Sad he could make it through all that and then get killed at home on a range by another vet.

[CPTKILLER]

I saw it last night with a friend. It is a solid and well done film/

http://www.historyvshollywood.com/re...erican-sniper/

[sas PM9]

Loved it, have a greater respect for our warriors. I found it to be intense, sobering and a a little sad. A great movie but not for the immature.

-steve

[Bill K]

In a promo I saw several times they showed the target in the cross hairs. Is the sniper's spotter giving him wind and range dope and the sniper making click adjustments? Might work if you have the time but wouldn't the sniper more likely use the mil dots? Any sniper or sniper trained vets on this forum?

[Scarywoody]

$90 plus million opening weekend. That's on par with Avatar or Titanic. Looks like Americans want to see movies about real life heroes.

[skiflydive]

The Allies won WW II in large part due to the breaking of the Enigma Code. The Imitation Game is a movie about that. I enjoyed it. American Sniper next weekend.

[ripley16]

The movie depicts Kyle working alone. The other person is his protector/ body guard, a Marine who's mission is to watch the sniper's back while engaged in seeking targets and vulnerable. He isn't a spotter. The movie realistically shows the actor making many adjustments to his scope and using range measuring optics.

[diablo53]

In a promo I saw several times they showed the target in the cross hairs. Is the sniper's spotter giving him wind and range dope and the sniper making click adjustments? Might work if you have the time but wouldn't the sniper more likely use the mil dots? Any sniper or sniper trained vets on this forum?

From the book, Kyle states navy snipers do not use spotters as other branches of the service do. From pictures with the book, he had doping cards taped to at least 1 of his rifles.

when you are covering an area from 200 to 800 yards, I would assume you would dial in 400 to 500 yds and use mil dots to adjust closer or farther. In the book he talked about several shot ranges between 400 and 800 yards, not very many shorter than that.