In Reply to: Saw this in dolby ATMOS very immersive experience... posted by Mark Man on January 17, 2015 at 16:07:11:
film really explain his four tours and several hundred kills?
No. The Dad's admonition sounds facile, invented. Certainly, transposing it to a war is far-fetched, more so.
No man repeatedly risks his own life, risks losing his wife and two kids, to go off and kill (or assassinate, since the opponent has no chance, at all). A man driven by such selflessness and love of his fellow man wouldn't pick killing as his vehicle.
This man, I think it's obvious, enjoyed killing; he even was ready to kill another child.
The fact that he could return to duty after killing one child speaks more than anything Eastwood or Kyle could say.
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Follow Ups
- I'm no psychiatrist, but does the (SPOILER!) justification used in the - tinear 17:12:27 01/17/15 (17)
- SPOILER: As a civilian...it is hard to fathom that sense of DUTY... - Mark Man 18:44:14 01/17/15 (3)
- WWII was a different situation. Not volunteer. We had been attacked. - tinear 21:17:52 01/17/15 (2)
- In between your Ba and the humbug... - Mark Man 06:30:12 01/18/15 (1)
- My point was that canonizing military personnel, glorifying what they do, - tinear 08:42:18 01/18/15 (0)
- You must REALLY hate artillerymen, bomber pilots, drone operators, gunship pilots, who "assasinate" the noble - Road Warrior 18:23:39 01/17/15 (10)
- Doing a job is one thing, glorifying it is another. - tinear 21:22:02 01/17/15 (8)
- The movie I saw, was not glorifying killing IMHO... - Mark Man 07:20:27 01/18/15 (7)
- Well, Mark, after Nuremberg (or My Lai) it is expected that soldiers - tinear 08:51:53 01/18/15 (6)
- Yes...they made movie...hence glorifying Chris Kyle... - Mark Man 09:40:52 01/18/15 (5)
- It also did not show our troops winning all the firefights, which presupposes a talented, - Road Warrior 11:01:59 01/18/15 (4)
- "Honor" in modern warfare is a tough question. The argument has been made that modern - tinear 08:17:55 01/19/15 (3)
- If yer still hanging around, I found this tidbit at Fact Vs Fiction - Road Warrior 18:43:48 01/19/15 (1)
- I'd be very careful accepting much besides his confirmed kills. He fed the rumor that he killed two carjackers - tinear 19:03:38 01/19/15 (0)
- Can't argue with anything here. I think I need to go to 12A next door^ - Road Warrior 16:26:19 01/19/15 (0)
- Heard an Admiral say: "The last thing I want my boys to do is to go to a fair fight." - Billy Wonka 19:36:17 01/17/15 (0)
- You have no idea about the "brotherhood" that men at war develop . . . - Billy Wonka 18:12:34 01/17/15 (1)
- One tour. Okay. Beyond that, something else is happening. nt - tinear 21:23:55 01/17/15 (0)