As I am writing this, the Best Actor award has not yet been announced but Bradley Cooper is my choice for this category. I just think he played the role with such respect for Chris Kyle - and it does help that he looked so sexy and hot as a borta guy! Not an easy feat, like yeah! He also looked so dashing at the Oscars red carpet!
I hate wars and it's sad that America has to be the world's policeman because many of their men (and women) have to sacrifice their lives to preserve their way of life and their beliefs.
So men like Chris Kyle are valuable to their country's efforts to be that world policeman. This time, in the movie version of American Sniper, they are in Iraq, just right after September 11, and this time, Kyle, played here in the movie by Bradley Cooper, is a sniper. He is such a good sniper that in the movie, his colleagues call him a legend. Also, in a poignant scene towards the end, a soldier comes to Bradley and tells him how grateful he was for saving his life.
Well, the movie is very well-executed and filmed, a thing that I'm not surprised since Clint Eastwood directed it. Bradley Cooper is also amazing here - toning his characterization by a notch - and plays it with such reverence and respect to the memory of Chris Kyle, the war hero.
As for the debates about Kyle's role in America's war efforts there, I will just leave it to the Americans. It's a very emotional issue and it's something that their country has to face as a nation - like they did in Vietnam. But the movie, as a whole, is entertaining, and although I'm not a big fan of movies of this theme - especially when they involve America's war in the Middle East, I am still eager to watch them if the material is done well and done intelligently.
While my friends were debating about the merits of Clint Eastwood's point of view in American Sniper, all I could think about was how hot Bradley Cooper was in the movie! He had some shirtless scenes and boy, were his muscles bulging! He certainly brings the beef into the role!
I'm not also surprised why he got an Oscar nomination for this role. He played it with such reverence and machismo that really respected the legacy of Chris Kyle. Kyle's family and children would be very pleased at the way Brad portrayed their father.
