American Sniper If forced to pick a single greatest film of the decade, this would be a candidate. Bradley Cooper gives one of the great performances in the movies in American Sniper.Argo is a damn good movie. Maybe it's blind hatred of Ben Affleck, maybe it's the fact that (IMO) thrillers aren't always as rewatchable as dramas. But it was a damn good movie
You have so much the taste of a dad that you should have children right away. I'm sure they'll enjoy watching these and The Patriot.By the way, I've changed my mind over American Sniper. I was probably a bit blinded by my ideology. I've listen to a great conference. The guy makes a point in showing that what I took for Clint's ideology was actually Chris Kyle's ideology at the beginning of the movie. The movie is probably smarter than I was. I'll have to rewatch it some day. There is now way it ends up on my "film of the decade" list, though.
I can't possibly understand how anyone can say this movie is trying to justify the Iraq War. What I can understand is that someone who opposes the Iraq War so badly may find it hard to consider the movie on its own merits.
I think a lot of people have this view of Clint as a radical conservative, and need to view the movie with that misconception and thus come up with their own themes. That said, the tone is questionable sometimes and I don't remember it ever going "full anti-war". And it it's not 100% full anti-war, lots of more liberal filmgoers will say that it's pro-war. It's been a long time since I've seen it and I know I had a lot of criticisms with the tone of the movie (mostly at the beginning, I think). I do like it a lot, it's one of his way better directing efforts recently, and one of Bradley's better performances. But I wouldn't have it on even my Top 50 of the decade I think. It's just not that unique or memorable despite being well-done.
DJ, I figured that n_l couldn't see past his ideology and admit to how awesome American Sniper (2014) is, but what excuse do you have?