https://www.isegoria.net/2015/02/american-sniper-is-an-ordinary-war-movie/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:52:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2015/02/american-sniper-is-an-ordinary-war-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-2147705 Faze Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:12:55 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37425#comment-2147705 Traditional war movies aren’t about “the war” itself, they are about human beings who find themselves in a war. They are about people making choices, solving problems, interacting in groups. Most interestingly, they are about people doing all these things in the near shadow of death. They are intensified snapshots of the human condition. Some post-Vietnam movies still do this. In addition to Clint Eastwood’s Iwo Jima films, there is “Black Hawk Down”, “Private Ryan”, and “Glory”. There may be others I’ve missed.

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