The Making of a Navy SEAL by Brandon Webb

'I'm not saying let's give the world a look at exactly how the SEAL sniper program is, but it's one of the best programs in the world and I thought that at least give it that respect that the program produced this guy. He realizes he's not objective when it comes to this, since he said he helped reinvent the program that the real-life Kyle actually went through, but he still thought the segment trivialized an incredibly physically and intellectually demanding course. Webb also took issue with the chunk of the movie that covered Kyle's sniper training. this isn't President Obama ordering a drone strike that's potentially going to come with a lot of civilian casualties as a result of that, just as a collateral consequence, you have Chris making these decisions and really being a precision tool,' Webb said. 'The situations that Chris is put into as a sniper, having to make those judgment calls. Webb didn't discuss the moral implications of such decisions, but said that they are in the hands of the snipers themselves because they can react with the most 'precision.' In one scene, featured in trailers for 'American Sniper,' an anguished Kyle watches as a child picks up weapon, making the young boy a potential target.

Webb said that another part of the movie was right on: the dramatic, on-site calls that snipers sometimes have to make while looking down their scope. So Bradley Cooper's performance, I thought he nailed it,' Webb said.

'There were moments in that film where I thought I was watching Chris on screen. That's why it was surprising when Webb said that at certain points in the movie, he forgot that Cooper wasn't Kyle. Webb said he wasn't terribly close with Kyle while they were SEALs together, but after they each left the service, they became closer friends. The aspect of the Clint Eastwood film that struck Webb the hardest, he said, was Bradley Cooper's portrayal of Chris Kyle.

The Making of a Navy SEAL by Brandon Webb