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ALOHA (2015): More Bradley Cooper Please!

February 12, 2015 Giadreams (themoviemylife.com) 1 Comment

More Bradley Cooper, Please!

It’s hard for me not to feel this way after his brilliant Oscar-nominated performance in American Sniper (2014); not to say that his new movie, Aloha is a similar kind of film, mind you

Writer/Director, Cameron Crowe – the man responsible for the 1996 hit, Jerry Maguire is back with the story of a celebrated military contractor (Cooper) who must choose between two love interests, played by Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams.

As we all know, love triangles can get notoriously tricky, particularly if you have to choose. Let’s see how things turn out for the parties involved in Aloha. Maybe we can get a few tips on how to manoeuvre similar predicaments.

What a shock that Jennifer Lawrence is nowhere to be seen in this movie. I’d become so used to her and Cooper sharing screen time. Luckily, we do have two great comedy Actors in the shape of Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) and Danny McBride of Pineapple Express (2008), This Is The End (2013) and other Seth Rogen/Judd Apatow movies.

Bring on the love triangle shenanigans!

Happy Film Loving,

Biography, Drama, No Spoiler Reviews

AMERICAN SNIPER (2014): Bradley Cooper Makes It Good

January 9, 2015 Giadreams (themoviemylife.com) 7 Comments

There are obvious moral issues that come up as a result of the subject matter of Eastwood’s American Sniper, but that isn’t really what the film is about. Instead, it’s a story that touches on the impact of war on the psyche of someone whose job – simply put, is to kill anyone that poses an immediate danger to the Soldiers he’s hired to protect in Iraq, post 9/11.

Bradley Cooper does a brilliant job of portraying Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history – and he does in part with well-placed silences rather than words.

If you know the Chris Kyle story, you already know how this movie ends, and towards the end, you’ll be glad about how Eastwood dealt with the last few scenes; especially what you don’t see just before the real-life footage begins.

Considering Eastwood’s body of work, American Sniper is good, but it’s certainly no Million Dollar Baby (2004) or Gran Torino (2008). Some have stated that American Sniper feels more like a dictation of the subject’s life rather than an actual movie, and I don’t completely disagree. I think it’s worth watching because Bradley Cooper is great in the role. I recommend watching for his Oscar nomination worthy performance.

Happy Film Loving,

Biography, Drama

AMERICAN SNIPER (2014): Just My Kind Of Clint Eastwood Film

December 20, 2014 Giadreams (themoviemylife.com) 2 Comments

Read my spoiler-free movie review of American Sniper (2014).

The result of Bradley Cooper’s emotional transformation to play real-life US Sniper Chris Kyle is probably as impressive as the physical change he had to undergo. All so he can play the lead in Clint Eastwood’s latest, biography/drama, American Sniper (2014).

To say that based on the below trailer, the film looks great is just right. Sienna Miller, Owain Yeoman and Luke Grimes also star but what I’m really most curious about is the adventure into the psyche of the Sniper. Especially since such a job is so far from anything most of us could ever imagine choosing to do.