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As a parent I have to say this is not a movie for anyone under the age of 16-18. Yes I know they get to see worse in video games and at times on television, however with that said it doesn't mean that they should be subject to even more.  Let kids be kids and learn love, happiness and respect for humankind. There is enough killing in the world today . I know it's just a movie and that's where it starts. My two cents and I agree to disagree with all comments.

 

Here is the review. 

 

Review....
Parents need to know that American Sniper is a Clint Eastwood-directed biopic of Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper), a Navy SEAL sniper with the most confirmed kills on record. It's very intense and violent, with shootings, blood, mangled bodies, kids in danger, violence against children, explosions, and lots of general stress and tension. Language is likewise extremely strong, with frequent uses of "f--k," "s--t," and more. Two adults have a sexual relationship and are intimate. They think about sex, and the woman is pregnant during the story, though nothing sensitive is shown. There's heavy drinking during an early scene set in a bar, to the point of vomiting. Parents will vary in their opinion of Kyle's heroism; he may be too violent for some, but his patriotism and service -- plus his assistance of veterans with PTSD -- may sway others. The movie also has a complex and subtle message about the war in Iraq; it's possible to see both sides of the argument.
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Saw the movie on Saturday. It IS adult!

Lots of cursing and adult situations.

Typical patrol/ locker room language.

Blood and death. Chris Kyle was a patriot. He sucked it up and did his job!

I really hope they fry the basterd Eddie Ray Routh that killed him and his neighbor!

I would not take my grand children to see it. They are to young for that.

It was REAL!

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TEXAS GOODBYE

All this is true. For your info the movie "American Sniper" directed by Clint Eastwood will premier on January 16, 2015. Everyone except anyone connected to the Obama administration
should see it.

TEXAS GOODBYE

This is why America will remain strong. We take care of our own as well as others who may not deserve taking care of. I just wanted to share with you all that out of a horrible tragedy we were blessed
by so many people.

Chris Kyle was Derek's teammate through 10 years of training and battle. They both suffer/suffered from PTSD to some extent and took great care of each other because of it.

2006 in Ramadi was horrible for young men that never had any more aggressive physical contact with another human than on a Texas football field.

They lost many friends. Chris became the armed services number #1 sniper of all time. Not something he was happy about, other than the fact that in so doing, he saved a lot of American lives.

Three years ago, his wife Taya asked him to leave the SEAL teams as he had a huge bounty on his head by Al Qaeda. He did and wrote the book "The American Sniper." 100% of the proceeds from the book went
to two of the SEAL families who had lost their sons in Iraq .

That was the kind of guy Chris was. He formed a company in Dallas to train military, police and I think firemen as far as protecting themselves in difficult situations. He also formed a foundation to work
with military people suffering from PTSD. Chris was a giver not a taker.

He, along with a friend and neighbor, Chad Littlefield, were murdered trying to help a young man that had served six months in Iraq and claimed to have
PTSD.

Now I need to tell you about all of the blessings.

Southwest Airlines flew in any SEAL and their family from any airport they flew into

...free of charge.

The employees donated buddy passes and one lady worked for four days without much of a break to see that it happened.

Volunteers were at both airports in Dallas to drive them to the hotel.

The Marriott Hotel reduced their rates to $45 a night and cleared the hotel for only SEALs and family.

The Midlothian, TX Police Department paid the $45 a night for each room. I would guess there were about 200 people staying at the hotel, 100 of them were SEALs. Two large buses were chartered (an unknown donor paid the bill) to transport people to the different
events and they also had a few rental cars (donated). The police and secret service were on duty 24 hours during the stay at our hotel.

At the Kyle house, the Texas DPS parked a large motor home in front to block the view from reporters. It remained there the entire five days for the SEALs to congregate in and all to use the restroom so as not to have to go in the house. Taya, their two small
children and both sets of parents were staying in the home.

Only a hand full of SEALs went into the home as they had different duties and meetings were held sometimes on a hourly basis. It was a huge coordination of many different events and security. Derek was assigned to be a Pall Bearer, to escort Chris' body when
it was transferred from the Midlothian Funeral Home to the Arlington Funeral Home, and to be with Taya. A tough job.

Taya seldom came out of her bedroom. The house was full with people from the church and other family members that would come each day to help. I spent one morning in a bedroom with Chris’ mom and the next morning with Chad Littlefield's parents (the other
man murdered with Chris). A tough job.

George W Bush and his wife Laura met and talked to everyone on the Seal Team one on one. They went behind closed doors with Taya for quite a while. They had prayer with us all. You can tell when people were sincere and caring

Nolan Ryan sent his cooking team, a huge grill and lots of steaks, chicken and hamburgers. They set up in the front yard and fed people all day long including the 200 SEALs and their families. The next day a local BBQ restaurant set up a buffet in front of
the house and fed all once again. Food was plentiful and all were taken care of. The family's church kept those inside the house well fed.

Jerry Jones, the man everyone loves to hate, was a rock star. He made sure that we all were taken care of. His wife and he were just making sure everyone was taken care of….Class... He donated the use of Cowboy Stadium for the services as it was determined
that so many wanted to attend.

The charter buses transported us to the stadium on Monday at 10:30 am. Every car, bus, motorcycle was searched with bomb dogs and police. I am not sure if kooks were making threats trying to make a name for themselves or if so many SEALs in one place was
a security risk, I don't know. We willingly obliged. No purses went into the stadium!

We were taken to The Legends room high up and a large buffet was available. That was for about 300 people. We were growing.

A Medal of Honor recipient was there, lots of secret service and police and Sarah Palin and her husband. She looked nice, this was a very formal military service.

The service started at 1:00 pm and when we were escorted onto the field I was shocked. We heard that about 10,000 people had come to attend also. They were seated in the stadium seats behind us. It was a beautiful and emotional service.

The Bagpipe and drum corps were wonderful and the Texas A&M men's choir stood through the entire service and sang right at the end. We were all in tears.

The next day was the 200-mile procession from Midlothian, TX to Austin for burial. It was a cold, drizzly, windy day, but the people were out. We had dozens of police motorcycles riders, freedom riders, five chartered buses and lots of cars. You had to have
a pass to be in the procession and still it was huge. Two helicopters circled the procession with snipers sitting out the side door for protection. It was the longest funeral procession ever in the state of Texas. People were everywhere. The entire route
was shut down ahead of us, the people were lined up on the side of the road the entire way. Firemen were down on one knee, police officers were holding their hats over their hearts, children waving flags, veterans saluting as we went by. Every bridge had
fire trucks with large flags displayed from their tall ladders, people all along the entire 200 miles were standing in the cold weather. It was so heartwarming. Taya rode in the hearse with Chris' body so Derek rode the route with us. I was so grateful to
have that time with him.

The service was at Texas National Cemetery. Very few are buried there and you have to apply to get in. It is like people from the Civil War, Medal of Honor winners, a few from the Alamo and all the historical people of Texas. It was a nice service and the
Freedom Riders surrounded the outside of the entire cemetery to keep the crazy church people from Kansas that protest at military funerals away from us.

Each SEAL put his Trident (metal SEAL badge) on the top of Chris' casket, one at a time. A lot hit it in with one blow. Derek was the only one to take four taps to put his in and it was almost like he was caressing it as he did it. Another tearful moment.

After the service Governor Rick Perry and his wife, Anita, invited us to the governor's mansion. She stood at the door, greeted each of us individually, and gave each of the SEALs a coin of Texas. She was a sincere, compassionate, and gracious hostess.

We were able to tour the ground floor and then went into the garden for beverages and BBQ. So many of the Seal team guys said that after they get out they are moving to Texas. They remarked that they had never felt so much love and hospitality. The charter
buses then took the guys to the airport to catch their returning flights. Derek just now called and after a 20 hours flight he is back in his spot, in a dangerous land on the other side of the world, protecting America.

We just wanted to share with you, the events of a quite emotional, but blessed week.

Punch-line:

To this day, no one in the White House has ever acknowledged Chris Kyle.

However, the President can call some sport person and congratulate him on announcing to the world that he is ***? What the hell is happening to our society, our honor and our pride??

 

Please, keep this moving!

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TEXAS GOODBYE

To this day, no one in the White House has ever acknowledged Chris Kyle.

However, the President can call some sport person and congratulate him on announcing to the world that he is ***? What the hell is happening to our society, our honor and our pride??

 

You're expecting too much if you think that the Islamic sleeper cell in the people's White House will ever acknowledge anything or anyone that is honorable.

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All I could say it that michael moore should be tried for TREASON for his twitter comments.  What a loser.  That man I could think of many many words to call him and NONE of them are close to human.   He needs to take his commie anal somewhere it is appreciated, anywhere but the US.

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OUTSTANDING!!!!! After serving in Iraq 2 times, very thankful with having someone like him having my back as well as many other men and women. Freedoms we enjoy do not come without a price and  sacrifices. If you have never served in the military during war time it is so easy to point fingers, say and think how awful that person is their actions. Until you have volunteered you time/life to service of your country/freedoms to experience what is really done, experienced, expected to complete a successful mission for you to keep your freedoms,,,,,put more thought into your negative opinions. IMO/Experience

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All I could say it that michael moore should be tried for TREASON for his twitter comments.  What a loser.  That man I could think of many many words to call him and NONE of them are close to human.   He needs to take his commie anal somewhere it is appreciated, anywhere but the US.

Moore is a POS and does deserve a traitors death imo.  He is against anything that is American and he thinks that the US armed forces is the true enemy.  May God bless our men and women that are overseas protecting our freedom. :salute:  :salute:

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I served right at the end of Vietnam War. In the USAF. At the height of the cold war.The start of the muslim caliphate (Iran hostage).If not for another coward in the W.H. @ the time. (jimmy carter)  We would have been in another shooting war. We should have taken care of Iran then. We didn't the rest is history. Now, they will have an atom bomb, thanks to another coward & subversive (little "o").The point of this is once your in the military, supposed peace time or another political war like we are in now. Your subject to being injured, crippled, or killed at anytime! Everybody that commits to serve in the military of the U.S. knows they can be killed at anytime, Peace or political War! I know they don't consult Buck Sgt's. on war strategy, but if they did I would make that atom bomb we put on Japan, look like a fire cracker! I for one am sick & tired of playing patty cake with these muslims. I would turn Iraq,Iran,&Afghanistan in to a sea of glass! I don't give a rats ass about any of those people. No one group veterans service, is more important than another's. We trained very hard to keep our skills fresh and up to date, to respond. If that order came! I was just lucky it never came. If it did we were ready to unleash hell on who & what ever the target was, or the mission! I thank all the brave women & men that have taken the oath to protect and preserve the Constitution Of the United States of America!  :salute: P.S. Happy MLK Day!!!

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Moore is a POS and does deserve a traitors death imo.  He is against anything that is American and he thinks that the US armed forces is the true enemy.  May God bless our men and women that are overseas protecting our freedom. :salute:  :salute:

I was never honored to serve due to a handicap.  I know many many unsung hero's dating back to the Korean and Vietnam wars.  And not to mention the most recent that one of my dear friends happen to be protecting the dignitaries of Iraq before getting out in one piece a few years ago.   I have never served but one thing these soldiers taught me is brotherhood and sacrifice.    It ain't free.   I honor those who served and the sacrifices the families made.  It ain't no high paying job, it's a call of duty and only grown men can answer the call.  Boys like michael moore need to go back to big boys school and if that don't get it for him, take his sour face to somewhere commies are welcome. 

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