Hi everyone! I’ve had a great week of watching many shows and movies. But I don’t want to focus on any of them! Instead, I thought I’d tackle something that had been bugging me ever since I saw Selma and American Sniper. I was interested in why Selma made me feel flat, whereas American Sniper didn’t. Don’t get me wrong, American Sniper didn’t inspire or wow me. I simply recognized that American Sniper made the better hero. I have a few ideas about why that is.

If you want to hear more of my opinions about the two films, head over to the podcast I co-host, The Hermit Cave. I go into the films a little bit more generally during the podcast. Here, though, I’ll be focusing on the differences between the two films in terms of their respective heroes. Spoilers after the jump.

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