Re: Best Military Sniper Movie.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Greg Langelius *</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm not a Sniper, never was, and now it's unlikely I ever will be.
I think that if we expect Hollywood to get it right vis-a-vis the Sniper genre, we will wait forever.
In the meantime, I think the movies where Snipers are portrayed are at least entertaining, and generally portray Snipers and their missons in a positive manner. I don't think that's either too much or too little to ask for.
I have seen all the Sniper (I-III) movies, and consider them fair-to-middlin' entertaining. Authentic, no; but remember, we <span style="font-style: italic">are</span> talking about Hollywood...
I settle for what I can get.
Greg </div></div>
Greg's comments are on the money. These are films to entertain; they are not documentaries. As a fireman for 34 years, I can tell you Backdraft is nowhere near realistic. I still think it's a good movie.
There really are only 5 or so sniper movies listed here; movies where the sniper or sniping is the main element. The rest are movies that have snipers in them. Black Hawk Down and Saving Pvt. Ryan are two of my all time favorite movies, but I would not call them sniper movies.
Shooter, Sniper, and Enemy At the Gates were all entertaining for me. Shooter is the best movie (i.e. film meant to entertain rather than educate), at least for me.
The next time you find yourself criticizing a movie because of the lack of realism, ask yourself if you liked The Wizaard of Oz and Star Wars. One was based on a chick's dream and the other has a 9 foot hairy co-pilot driving space ships. If you say yes, then you get it. If you say no, well........... then there is just something wrong with you.
