I may be chiming in a little late, as I only saw this movie this past weekend

I think that while American Sniper was a well made movie, I would say it was more of a loose version of Kyle as a man.

I recently saw an interview Chris Kyle made about 7mo before he was murdered, and it really sheds a picture into who Kyle was, and what he felt after he left the military. He spoke about while he moved on from it, he resented his wife for making him leave....and they were quite close to divorce after he came home. He felt that his job was being a sniper seal, he helped to protect the ground troops. Irregarfless of if he is the best or not is irrelevant I think.

Real life Chris Kyle seemed to be a God fearing country boy who became a Sniper, and he knew what he was sacrificing. He is what the military called, "a lifer"...he wanted to be in it for the long haul. You see in his interview how he lit up when be spoke about the commrodarie of being one with the seals. I don't think he wanted to go home as he did in the movie.

Many scenes in the movie, while beautiful and moving don't seem to be reflective of Kyle's true feelings:

"I'm coming home."

The analogy of the sheepdog

The staring at a television set

Did this really happen? No...while it touches an emotional core in the audience, Chris Kyle didn't want to leave...the father's speech wasn't even said by his father, and maybe in many ways the war changes people but Taya knew that when she married him.

Maybe since the loss of her husband, the movie version of Chris is who she wanted him to be so bad, she believes it now...that memories are replaced? I don't know. I think its nice to have the film for his children to see too.

Also Ventura, while he was defamed... First the biggest thing Kyle did was tell the world who he hit in the bar. If he never did, the case would never be in the courts. But Ventura, to keep going after his estate is wrong...and quite classless. Ventura is defaming his own character now.