American Sniper

American Sniper has been probably the most anticipated movie of the new year. This movie personifies and captures the life experiences of the most decorated sniper in the American military of all time, Chris Kyle. Mr. Kyle is supposedly known for having almost 100 documented kills in battle across the world within the Iraqi and war on terrorism in the Middle East. There have been plenty of mixed emotions on this movie, most controversial. Some people coming from military backgrounds completely love the idea of this movie and celebrating one of the greatest veteran's Americans have ever seen. Now some people who are completely against the idea of war and killing would much rather have peace. They then condemn what Chris Kyle was doing and elect to either not see the movie or have taken to social media to voice their opinion or disgust of what is going on across the big screen. I actually just saw two of my peers who go to Kennedy arguing the other night on whether what Mr. Kyle was doing was acceptable and should be viewed as an American hero or a man who was killing innocent people half way across the world behind the cover of the United States Military. Another thing that the people who disapprove from the film is that there are things in the movie that have been speculated and haven't been proven, in fact they even have been proven to be false. This was also a part of his book that he said, things such as when Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans him and a few other elite snipers were reportedly sent to station themselves on top of the New Orleans Saints football stadium and pick off or kill any looters going around parts of New Orleans. This was proven to be completely untrue and just a plain lie by the soldier himself. That being said, in my own opinion I believe every American who enjoys their freedom and walks around United States soil freely should appreciate what this man has done for his country, whether the truth has been stretched about his accomplishments or not. Chris Kyle was killed by a former soldier suffering from post traumatic stress disorder while trying to help veterans at a firing range. He has also guest starred on many different television shows such as top shot, a show where veterans and police officers to compete to see who is the best marksman. (410)