Like, I can't decide whether it had nothing to say, or if it just didn't know how to say what it wanted to. Like Moonz said, it was a borderline shameless propaganda movie. Two hours of 'MURCA FUCK YEAH, a powerful scene or two bookending what was basically Call of Duty footage. Which is fine. Other movies have done all of that admirably, and American Sniper probably does those things better than those other movies. Except, this movie seems to think it's the fucking Hurt Locker, and it spends way too much time trying to establish some DEEPER POINT, which ends up being that, hey, Chris Kyle was a goddamn patriot! Hooray!
It's not The Hurt Locker. Hell, it's not even Brothers or The Messenger. It's a mediocre movie dressed up in shameless tearjerking patriotism.