Other mistake: After the shoot out at night the American forces are faced with a group of hostile locals, and the team are told to pull out and get in the vehicles. As they drive off we see a back shot of them sitting on the back of the one of the vehicles, but on the right hand side you can see a backpack and part of an American soldier, did they just leave him? (01:12:50)
American Sniper (2014)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Jake McDorman, Luke Grimes
Chris is seen leaving the house, to join a fellow vet, to go somewhere. We can't hear properly what they are saying, as Chris moves closer to him and the microphone is with Chris's wife, who stands at the front door, watching her husband walk away and she has a strange look on her face when she sees the other man's face, body and his posture - is she getting a signal to stop Chris leaving? On the screen, we read how Chris was killed that day by a fellow vet; we don't know if it was the same one who came over that day. Along the route that the hearse and an escort take to deliver Chris to wherever he is taken, on both sides of the roads are people lined up the whole way, very sombre, and a bugler plays non-stop. On his coffin are about thirty gold "wings" (I'm not sure what they are); we've seen other coffins with five or six on them; we saw Chris put one on a mate's coffin, but nowhere near the amount Chris has on his coffin.
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Marc Lee: You got some kind of saviour complex?
Chris Kyle: No. I just want to get the bad guys, but if I can't see them I can't shoot them.
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Chosen answer: Chris has "shooter's strawberries" on his elbows, which are red callouses caused by lying in the sniper's position for long periods. He notices the same marks on the elbows of the father, and realizes that he too is a military sniper.
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