American Sniper: Please, No Charlie Foxtrot
Cooper, seen here playing a JTAC named Dirty Raymond, calling in a gun run and coordinating CAS.
Bradley Cooper, whose chief claim to fame is being Face from the A-Team (which works just fine for us) and the good looking teacher asshole from the Hangover (also fine with us), is apparently making a movie. However, what concerns us is that it’s a movie based on Chris Kyle’s autobiography, American Sniper. RUMINT advises that Cooper will produce the movie alongside Andrew Lazar and Peter Morgan, which brings us to our next point of concern. Lazar was partially responsible for such resoundingly execrable gun-totin’ action flicks as Get Smart, The Revenge of Kitty Galore and of course that epic comic book western Jonah Hex.
We’d rather go to Camp Hovey for the Korean Crud and a bout of the clap than watch Jonah Hex again. In fact, had we known what we know now, we’d have opted to have our bore punched instead of watching it the first time.
As for Peter Morgan, it is entirely possible he might redeem the project from the excrementalatory fingers of Lazar IF he keeps Matt Damon away from it.
This isn’t as far fetched as it might seem. Cooper is reportedly going to star in the film himself (which could work, he might very well have the range).
The script is to be written by Jason Dean Hall, which could mean a lot or nothing. We really don’t know; nor do we know when they’ll start filming. Apparently Cooper is potentially involved in a Woody Allen project.
Yeah, that Woody Allen. We’re gonna try not to hold it against him.
Anyway, hopefully this doesn’t turn into a huge Charlie Foxtrot and ruin a biopic that could be truly exceptional. All big brain movie discussion aside, think of the chiaroscuro of thoughts and emotions that make up the sniper who has killed more men — one at a time, looking through a scope — in the service of his country, in the history of his country. Going to be hard to capture what was in a book, but if they can it might just be epic.
No word yet if Jesse Ventura will be making a cameo. Oh, and grunts: chiaroscuro.
ATTENTION BRADLEY COOPER: We are willing to put some faith in you. Do not jeopardize this man’s story.
That is all.
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I cringe watching most military movies based off of real events, locations and or people. I am that guy, the one that points out everything wrong with the uniform, wear of gear, tactics and even lingo. Yet I am always there opening weekend. Why do I do this to myself. I am hopeful that with the rockstar status of the Navy SEALS they will put an effort into not making it suck. Or turn it into another hurt Locker.
You can’t expect Hollywood to get every single little detail correct. You have to stop being so f**king **** and realize Hollywood will always f**k up military uniforms and such in movies.
Yes SFC YOUNG, I AM ALSO THAT GUY! LOL This could very well be one of the best movies ever made.….but.…based on the past, the only way to judge the future.….Hollywood is going to Ef it all up!!! We shall see.….this Sniper is a HERO!!! DON’T EF THAT UP H~WOOD!!!!
Hollywood must include mistakes in the uniform as it is illegal to impersonate active duty military personnel.
Unless something is in the United States Code about depiction of the military that I am unaware of, the idea that a movie must not have an actor wear an accurate rendition of a uniform is a myth. ANY regulation, code or law would be rendered moot by the 1st Amendment. The actor is playing a role, unlike the posers and imposters that are in fact impersonating active duty or veteran personnel.
The reason Hollywood always screws up uniforms is because they are required to have at least five intentional errors so that the actors aren’t impersonating military personnel. As for everything else… that’s fair game
I love Bradley Cooper .… Limitless was such an awesome movie … pretty much anything Cooper is in is full of win. I’m not really feeling Lazar but hopefully Cooper will be able to keep the movie grungy and true to the book.
As long as its good, there is no director that can truely get war right and for us vets that have seen action we know the dfiffrence.Rangers lead the way.…..
Chris Kyle should play himself — Why not? The Senior Chief SEAL in Act of Valor is a real SEAL but in the scene where he confronts Christos the bad guy on the Yacht is unbelievable! — Senior Chief’s Acting whoever the real SEAL is has a second career in Hollywood!! — a lot of people will think he is a real actor after watching it —
Mark Fields
Check out amazon.com, type in “German snipers” , and see the several memoirs of them on the Russian front. One was around 21 with many kills. Don’t miss Waslin, H. E;“SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper”–he was in the thick of “Blackhawk Down” and is now a Georgia chiropractor.
Please don’t screw up Chris’s book…he was close friends with my son before Chris was famous..