1.One way to get audiences to unambiguously support Kyle�s actions in the film is to believe he�s there to avenge the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The movie cuts from Kyle watching footage of the attacks to him serving in Iraq, implying there is some link between the two.2.Kyle�s primary antagonist in the film is a sniper named Mustafa. Mustafa is mentioned in a single paragraph in Kyle�s book, but the movie blows him up into an ever-present figure and Syrian Olympic medal winner who fights for both Sunni insurgents in Fallujah and the Shia Madhi army.3.Multiple scenes in the movie portray Kyle as haunted by his service. One of the film�s earliest reviews praised it for showing the �emotional torment of so many military men and women.� But that torment is completely absent from the book the film is based on. In the book, Kyle refers to everyone he fought as �savage, despicable� evil. He writes, �I only wish I had killed more.� He also writes, �I loved what I did. I still do. If circumstances were different � if my family didn�t need me � I�d be back in a heartbeat. I�m not lying or exaggerating to say it was fun. I had the time of my life being a SEAL.� On an appearance on Conan O�Brien�s show he laughs about accidentally shooting an Iraqi insurgent. He once told a military investigator that he doesn�t �shoot people with Korans. I�d like to, but I don�t.�4.Kyle claimed that he killed 30 people in the chaos of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, a story Louisiana writer Jarvis DeBerry calls �preposterous.� It shows the sort of mentality post-war Kyle had, but the claim doesn�t appear in the film.5.Kyle told numerous people a story about killing two alleged carjackers in Texas. Reporters tried repeatedly to verify this claim, but no evidence of it exists.6.Kyle alleged that former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura defamed Navy SEALs and got into a fight with him at a local bar. Ventura successfully sued Kyle for the passage in his book, and a jury awarded him $1.845 million.7.The National Review debunks the claim that all proceeds of his book went to veterans� charities. Around 2 percent � $52,000 � went to the charities while the Kyles pocketed $3 million.Although the movie is an initial box office hit, there is a growing backlashagainst its simplistic portrayal of the war and misleading take on Kyle�s character. This backlash has reportedly spread among members of the Academy of Motion Picture of Arts and Sciences, which could threaten the film�s shot at racking up Oscars.