Mostly in the Shi’ite areas, I would think.
I saw it last night- I’m not in Iraq.
It’s a great movie and I have a new appreciation for my disgust with Michael Moore and Bill Mahr.
These are hateful men.
Most Iraqis hate the terrorists as much as we do. The ISIS crowd brings nothing but pain and death and misery and poverty. The majority of Iraqis don’t want to fight, but they also don’t want to be subjugated... kinda like most people, all over the world.
I don’t expect the Hollyweird left to give the Best Picture Oscar to “American Sniper” due it’s shortage of political correctness and failure to address homosexual “marriage” and “homosexuality” but they should at least give Brad Cooper the Best Actor Oscar. He did an outstanding job as Chris Kyle in that movie.
It’s still racist. The hero is a white conservative American who clings to God and to guns. The villains are all Muslims. The director should have cast Irish Catholics, half of them women, as the terrorists and chosen Denzel Washington and Oprah to play Chris Kyle and his Marine sidekick, then “American Sniper” would not have been racist. Either refuting or condemning the White Privilege Narrative matters more than matching movie scenes to reality, and a refutation through sensitive casting was the best option.
Looks like Kyle was right when he concluded the Iraqis are savages.
Iraqis, whatever their sect or political afiliation, are not pacificts and they are not PC in the American sense, so I can see how they would appreciate a movie like this. And DVDs are all over the place.
Monday, Feb. 2, is “Chris Kyle Day” in Texas, per declaration of our new Governor Greg Abbott.
Be a great day to go see the movie!
My husband and I and another couple saw it last night. Theater was sold out and the manager was asking everyone to “squeeze in” to make room.
Excellent film. Sobering. Hardly a word was spoken as people exited afterwards.
There was a moment or two where I thought “oh, the left will latch on to this” — but I don’t think Eastwood intended to have a viewpoint one way or the other. I think it was meant simply to say, this is war and everyone is human. No right or left. JMHO
It was interesting during and when the movie ended.
We have been going to matinees for about twenty years. Sometimes we are the only two people in the theater. Rarely are there more than a handful, even on Saturdays.
The theater today was way over half full, maybe three quarters.
When the movie ended, not a soul moved until the end of the credits. Then everyone exited the theater, and I heard not even a whispered comment by anyone until we were in the lobby. That's intense.
The last time I experienced that was Flags of Our Fathers. My Dad was a Pharmacist's Mate (think Corpsman or Medic) who invaded Iwo Jima. We took him to see Flags of Our Fathers. He thought it was a as authentically rendered as Hollywood can render. Those movie fans left that movie in silence, as well.
My Son served two tours in Iraq. To my knowledge he was only in harm's way once, although he had a pretty interesting job, and that one time had zip to do with his job. I think because our Son was there, the movie was even more intense for my Wife.
It says right here I would highly recommend American Sniper to anyone who hasn't seen it. Don't plan on being entertained. Nevertheless, if you aren't moved, you have neither heart nor soul.
Just got home from watching American Sniper. Theater was filled. What a great movie. I want to go see it again.
Just came back from seeing it. Really powerful.
Which is why Michael Moore doesn't get it. He's not a man.