The new film "American Sniper" directed by Clint Eastwood became the highest grossing US film of 2014. Eastwood kept the budget for the film under $60 million and the film made $337.4 million as of last week. Steven Spielberg was originally asked to head the project of telling Chris Kyle's story, but he declined the offer because the budget was too small. This film was released Christmas day of 2014 and is reported to have peaked last week, the first week of March 2015; that is three months of profit! This film stole the hearts of Americans and I am sure Spielberg wishes that he could have been a part of the story.
It does not surprise me that this film attracted such a large crowd. Many Americans, including myself, did not know of Chris Kyle's story before the film was made. Each viewer was able to see Kyle's mindset as a soldier as well as his call to help those he could. Eastwood portrayed Kyle's story as it should've been told. He was a man who was not fulfilled unless he was assuring the safety of as many Americans as possible. Chris Kyle was an unselfish soldier, and his story left my theater speechless.
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