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Operation Valkyrie
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| Krypton |
A Nazi movie at christmas...weird. I'm going to see it. The reviews are bad though...
| quote: | Review: Cruise distractingly bad in `Valkyrie'
Much ado has been made about "Valkyrie," starring Tom Cruise as would-be Hitler assassin Col. Claus von Stauffenberg.
There is the release date, which has been moved around several times until finally being set for Christmas, the perfect time for a feel-good movie about killing Nazis. There's the marketing of the film: Is it a historical thriller featuring Cruise in an eye patch, or is it a straight-up action picture full of explosions? And then, of course, there is the Cruise factor itself — the fact that his very presence adds a layer of tabloid-friendly fascination.
Turns out Cruise is both the central figure in "Valkyrie" and its weakest link. He's distractingly bad in this, the iconography of his celebrity so strongly overshadowing his performance. He's just too powerfully contemporary. With his hard, flat American accent, he stands out in every single scene. And he's not a good enough actor to immerse himself in this kind of period piece, or allow us to do the same. (Then again, if he had affected a German accent — or a British one to blend in among his co-stars — he would have invited derision for that, too. Maybe the guy just can't win.)
He's outclassed and outmatched by every member of the strong supporting cast, any of whom would have been more believable as Stauffenberg: Kenneth Branagh, Tom Wilkinson, Terence Stamp and Bill Nighy as fellow German officers, even Eddie Izzard, who's a unique and unexpected choice. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222...view_valkyrie_1 |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| Jews and Christmas....I don't see the problem. |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| Great story, but I've heard the movie is gash. There was a film version from about ten years ago that is supposed to be a much better portrayal. |
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| denys envy |
I haven't heard anything good about it. And even the previews look awful. Just Tom Cruise walking around, no action, Tom Cruise speaks, no action, someone's hand is bleeding, Tom Cruise speaks again.
gaaay brooooo |
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| PoisonJam19 |
| Considering Hitler killed himself, I think I already know how this movie ends... |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| Any movie with Tom Cruise is bound for doom nowadays....I wish he would just focus on his cult and get those idiots to drink the KoolAid. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by PoisonJam19
Considering Hitler killed himself, I think I already know how this movie ends... |
Hitler is still alive. |
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| PoisonJam19 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
Hitler is still alive. |
Where are you keeping him? |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by PoisonJam19
Where are you keeping him? |
He's keeping all the Jews out of my city for me....ing jews |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| quote: | Originally posted by PoisonJam19
Considering Hitler killed himself, I think I already know how this movie ends... |
You can say the same of any historical picture. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by PoisonJam19
Considering Hitler killed himself, I think I already know how this movie ends... |
The movie is portraying a sequence of events that the majority of the US population is oblivious to. They aren't even aware of the story!
Disclaimer: this is in no way, shape, or form endorsing this movie. Just the story behind it. |
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| diggerz |
| quote: | Originally posted by denys envy
I haven't heard anything good about it. And even the previews look awful. Just Tom Cruise walking around, no action, Tom Cruise speaks, no action, someone's hand is bleeding, Tom Cruise speaks again.
gaaay brooooo |
and then we have
tom cruise |
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