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The Pearl said:
The last Sci-Fi flick I watched was Cocoon.

I would actually be interested in your American Sniper review.
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First of all, Cocoon was awesome. Admittedly I might be a little sentimental about it because Wilford Brimley in Cocoon reminds me of my dad to an almost unreal degree.

I haven't seen American Sniper yet (the Madame isn't particularly interested). I might be able to talk her into it if I really play up how much popcorn and air conditioning will be there.

I will say I was astonished that it was a big hit out of nowhere. Nothing about it looks particularly special.
 
Sirkickyass said:
First of all, Cocoon was awesome. Admittedly I might be a little sentimental about it because Wilford Brimley in Cocoon reminds me of my dad to an almost unreal degree.

I haven't seen American Sniper yet (the Madame isn't particularly interested). I might be able to talk her into it if I really play up how much popcorn and air conditioning will be there.

I will say I was astonished that it was a big hit out of nowhere. Nothing about it looks particularly special.
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Eastwood and Cooper bro. The Academy loves em. As far as the general public goes, our awesome society loves patriotism, violence and over-inflated tall tales.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
Eastwood and Cooper bro. The Academy loves em. As far as the general public goes, our awesome society loves patriotism, violence and over-inflated tall tales.
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And I have heard the original sniper, Chris Kyle, does nothing but brag about his kills. Kinda makes me hate the movie.
 
Hekate said:
And I have heard the original sniper, Chris Kyle, does nothing but brag about his kills. Kinda makes me hate the movie.
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That's in the past now, as Chris Kyle is dead. Jury selection for his killer's trial is going on now I think. Obviously he bragged - why else would he have written his book?
 
nightmare3983 said:
That's in the past now, as Chris Kyle is dead. Jury selection for his killer's trial is going on now I think. Obviously he bragged - why else would he have written his book?
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A good chunk of his stuff was likely entirely made up. Keep in mind that Jesse Ventura won a libel/defamation suit against him for making up chunks of his book.
 
Sirkickyass said:
A good chunk of his stuff was likely entirely made up. Keep in mind that Jesse Ventura won a libel/defamation suit against him for making up chunks of his book.
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I don't know if I would really classify that as "chunks". It was one story about punching him. It took up maybe an entire page, if that.
 
bigb said:
I don't know if I would really classify that as "chunks". It was one story about punching him. It took up maybe an entire page, if that.
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Kyle made up much else as well. It simply was not in the book. But he did go onto tv and tell these fallacies multiple times. One was his famous story of killing two men who tried to carjack him in Texas. He went into a lot of detail about the incident and yet it was all a lie. All of it. Another was his embarrassing tale of sniping people after Katrina from the roof of the Superdome. A lie as well. There were other lies as well though they were smaller.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
Kyle made up much else as well. It simply was not in the book. But he did go onto tv and tell these fallacies multiple times. One was his famous story of killing two men who tried to carjack him in Texas. He went into a lot of detail about the incident and yet it was all a lie. All of it. Another was his embarrassing tale of sniping people after Katrina from the roof of the Superdome. A lie as well. There were other lies as well though they were smaller.
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Don't get me wrong, I have no doubt there are lies and embellishments. I was simply saying that one story was not "chunks" of the book.
 
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