THE HILL — “American Sniper,” the film that became a conservative favorite for its portrayal of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, was largely shut out of Sunday night’s Academy Awards.
It won for best sound editing, only one of the six categories in which it was nominated. Star Bradley Cooper did not take home a statue for his performance as Kyle.
The movie was beloved by many conservatives and reignited the debate over how to portray America’s war in Iraq.
Many critics on the left said that the movie reduced the Iraq war to a conflict of good-versus-evil. Others said that it failed to properly grapple with Kyle’s history of racially charged statements directed toward Arabs.
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