Analysis Of The Movie ' American Sniper '

U.S. Navy SEAL ,Chris Kyle was just the average die hard Texan. He aspired to become a cowboy, but it wasn’t working out in his favor. After seeing the horrors of terrorism on 9/11 he was ready to fight for his country and enlisted into the military. He goes on to fight in four tours and becomes the deadliest sniper in American history. After each tour, he felt that he had to go back. He had two goals that he couldn’t give up on; protecting his team and taking out the deadliest enemy sniper, Mustafa. Chris would not stop until he achieved his goals, when he finally did, he faced a new battle. He struggled with normal daily life, but even then he persevered and found a new passion to aid him. Throughout this film, Clint Eastwood portrays the theme of perseverance through the use of setting, camera angles, and the main character Chris Kyle.

In the novel American Sniper, Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice use certain literary devices to support the novel in hopes of bringing the story to life in the reader’s mind by presenting a detailed explanation of Chris Kyle’s life story. Chris Kyle experienced many horrific things in the middle east and he uses several literary devices when writing his autobiography to provide insight on what really happened while he was overseas defending his country. Chris uses these literary devices to his advantage to present a realistic picture of what happened during his service in the Middle East.

“The American Sniper” by Chris Kyle is an account of the deadliest American sniper ever, called “the devil” by the enemies he hunted and “the legend” by his Navy SEAL brothers. From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyle's kills (the previous American record was 109). Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan (“the devil”) and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs, Marines, and U.S. Army soldiers, whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions. Kyle presents the gripping and unforgettable accounts of

The Patriot. A person who is willing to fight for their country against enemies. The Patriot begins in the year 1776 in the colony of South Carolina. Mel Gibson plays a planation farmer who fought in the French-Indian war named Benjamin Martin. A War was about to begin and Benjamin wanted no share partaking in the soon-to-be American Revolutionary War. He was more concerned about his two eldest sons who wanted to fight under General George Washington. The beginning of the movie starts out with Benjamin Martin peacefully living with his kids whom no longer have a living mother. Benjamin’s oldest son, Gabriel, joins the war without permission from his father. As the rest of the family are at home one afternoon, Colonel William Travington burns the Martin Plantation to the ground and his second oldest son was killed immediately for interrupting Travington’s plan. Benjamin finds a way to seek revenge because of the rage he experiences after his family is hurt. He begins to realize that he needs to fight for his children and he will not do it alone. Both Benjamin and his oldest son, Gabriel, decide to join the militia as a way of showing what they are capable of. Throughout the film, Benjamin Martin becomes a soldier whom others respect and admire. He shows the militia what it means to truly care for not only his men, but also for his family. As the film progresses, a turn of events take place that show Benjamin’s continued want of revenge against General Charles Cornwallis. The Continentals and the militia soon commence the battle at Cowpens. This is when Benjamin Martin meets his enemy, Travington, who murdered his two eldest sons. After a drawn-out battle, Benjamin stabs Travington in the neck and kills him for the sake of his children. It is then that General Cornwallis retreats his forces and the rest celebrate. Even though some portions of The Patriot aren’t as accurate as we perceive, it is a film full of war and despair, but also a film that contributes to the importance of dignity and the love for one’s family.

The opening scene of the movie American Sniper, “which tells the story of Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL who shot his way to 160 confirmed kills in Iraq,” (Buckley) starts out when Chris Kyle was just a child and him and his father are out in the forest shooting deer and him beating up a bully who was picking on his little brother at school. Later on into Kyle 's young adulthood he made a decision to quit being a cowboy rodeo star and instead enlist with the Navy SEALS in 1998. During this time Kyle meets his future wife. Then, once after the trauma of 9/11, the war in Iraq puts Kyle to work as a sharpshooter, and the film shows his skills as frightening and strange. From this point, the arc of the film essentially follows Kyle across his missions as a sniper. An important element of the plot is his face-off with an enemy sniper Mustafa, A Syrian sniper who was a former Olympian rifleman, who Kyle does manage to take out near the end of the film. Kyle was shot and killed later on by a veteran who he was actually trying to help. Even though every Iraq citizen isn 't a terrorist, American Sniper should be known for its stereotypes against race because the invisible norm of the white dominant culture and the display of the male body, white males in particular. Also to add to that the movie is showing the masculine spectacle and its collapse by portraying Iraq and how all they want to do is kill Americans.

American Sniper is an autobiography written by Chris Kyle describing his life in the war and how his experiences affected his life after the war. In the first 5 chapters Chris describes his start in the Navy, his life at home and in war, and becoming a sniper. Chris Kyle was raised in Texas as a cowboy, who dropped out of college two months before graduation because he was accepted into the Navy Seals. Chris had to go through brutal Seal training and through this he discovered his mental toughness, and what it was like to be a Navy Seal. Eventually Chris’s dream comes true and he is placed into a seal team that goes to Iraq. While he is in Iraq, he goes through several very stressful things, as he is in constant fear for his life from

War can portray love and hate connotations ; reflects the variety of emotions felt by the soldiers. In 1990, after his experiences in Vietnam, Tim O’Brien an anti-war retired Veteran published “The Things They Carried”, an ashamed, unjustifiable collection of short stories that evaluate the regret and cowardness he felt of having fought in a pointless war. Afterwards in 2012, after his tour of duty in Iraq, Chris Kyle a pro-war retired Navy SEAL published a prologue to “American Sniper” , an ardent, unabashed memoir of his pride of having had served in a war that was his duty and job to be in. Tim O’ Brien uses symbolism and similes to reflect the soldiers’ “normal” lives lost in war and sacrifices made. However Chris Kyle uses synecdoche

Are you happy about what you are doing? If you are happy about your task, the task can be easier. By doing something you are passionate about, you feel more fulfilled.

In the opening scene, Chris is shown killing a boy and his mother because of their attempt to murder a group of U.S marines surrounding a tank with a grenade. This was false information as well. His first kill was an Iraqi man who attempted to kill a group of marines in a tank with a grenade (IMDb). This was altered in the movie in order to catch your feelings and sympathy in the opening scene. That scene really set the tone for the rest of the movie. Another decision the movie falsified was that he got his motivation from the 9-11 terrorist attack on the US. History vs. Hollywood explains, “Though he did officially enlist in the months following these attacks, they had nothing to do with his decision.” He never was motivated by the attacks, but wanted to join before they actually happened. (History vs. Hollywood).

Sigmund Freud’s theory of the id, ego, and superhero can clearly be seen represented in many fictional stories. However, Freud’s theory is meant to be applicable in real life. I found it interesting to see how his theory is apparent in a book based on real people and real events. In the book American Sniper by Chris Kyle, these ideas are in fact shown throughout Chris’s life.

American Sniper is an action movie based on one of the greatest snipers in American history. It was directed and partially produced by Clint Eastwood. The movie was released on December 25, 2014. Jason Hall wrote American Sniper. The main character and protagonist in the movie Chris Kyle is played by Bradley Cooper. Chris Kyle lived in Texas and had a dream of becoming a cowboy, but after seeing the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 he changed his mind to become a sniper in the Navy SEALs. This movie goes through what he experienced and did as a Navy SEAL as he traveled to Iraq for war.

Drama movies encompass a lot of different types of sub-dramas and are able to include all different types of movies in the genre. However, drama films seem to be the best when they are able to emotionally develop their realistic characters. Meaning, using understandable or relatable human issues or struggles. Even if the audience can’t personally relate, the best dramas allow them to place themselves into the protagonist’s shoes and feel their struggle and go throughout their journey. Looking at the entire genre of drama some of the best examples are those of which most audience members can’t relate to, and must be able to relate to the personality of the protagonist. Examples like Django Unchained, American Sniper, and Dope really exemplify

The first movie that comes to mind when I think of product placement is Top Gun. I personally do not like this movie but my boyfriend watches it on a monthly basis which means so do I. Tom Cruise is a big tough guy who enters The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School to work on his pilot skills. He consistently attempts to steal the attention of his beautiful flight instructor by trying to be a big shot which causes tension with the rest of his team. The movie showcases Tom’s incredible flight skills that are extremely risking but very impressive. Once he gets ahold of his ego, he learns how to be a great pilot, a great team player, and he even gets the girl.

1. What is the true subject or the theme of the film, and What kind of statement, if any, does the film make about the subject? Which elements and which themes contributed most to addressing the theme of the film?

The movie The Patriot takes place in South Carolina in 1776. The colonies were tired of paying taxes and all of this from England. They decided to go to war and fight for independence. This movie is mainly about how a farmer named Benjamin Franklin lived in South Carolina and the British brutally murdered his second oldest son right in front of his family then later the same person Col. Travingston kills Benjamin’s oldest son Gabriel. Due to this he joins the militia in order for justice of his sons. At first he wants nothing to do with it but once his sons were murdered he wanted revenge. The Patriot was about the American Revolution, the Patriot militia fighting against loyalists in the south. The film was mainly about Benjamin Martin’s family and fighting for liberty against England. They did show us about the war and them fighting in it but it was mainly about Martins’ life. They did show us them fighting in the war and how they would line up and fight in the war but they didn’t show us enough.