MOVIES - Valkyrie, Recommended

[PaperPatch]

I got a chance to see this movie over the weekend, and I heartily recommend it.

From history class during my schooling years, this episode from Germany's past received minor mention as an attempt on Hitler's life. Valkyrie fills in the blanks spendidly, and I feel it was money well spent.

Happy New Year!!!

[TedH]

My wife and I were just talking about that movie last night. Looks like we better go see it.

[kimwcook]

I believe I'm going to go see it with the wife too. She loves history.

[Rusty]

I hope it's historically correct.

[20cows]

I would guess it needs to be historicaly correct. There are lots of folks around to tick off if they get to far from reality.

If it is accurate, the ending won't be very pretty. I haven't decided wheather to go or not yet.

[O.S.O.K.]

The thing that distracts me is the total lack of any kind of attempt apparently to use german or even a german accent in the movie. Perhaps that's a more honest way of presenting it but I think I'd rather hear it in german with subtittles...

[JB]

The nazis were scientologists??? Actually as much as I dislike Tom Cruise I'll have to go see the movie. I'm too much of a history buff not to.

[nemhed]

I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan, but I am eager to see how historically correct this movie is since I think the actual events are fascinating. I am with O.S.O.K. though. I enjoy movies with subtitles and I expect the Germans to speak German and so on. I know some people find this distracting. It drove my wife nuts when I insisted on watching "Das Boot" with subtitles. I always hated it when I was a kid that a lot of the "Nazis" in war movies had British accents

[JohndeFresno]

There was, in fact, at least one great movie that appears to have been historically accurate, on the attempted assassination of Hitler by bombing at a designated meeting place. It's called "The Desert Fox, The Story of Rommel" starring James Mason. I rented it recently via Netflix.

Please update us, after seeing this new movie! Is it yet another corny Tom Cruz vehicle? Historical correctness and realism is not a strong consideration in his movies; and I personally dislike his politics so much that I need a real good reason to see anything with which he is associated.

[marlinman93]

Saw it last week with my son in law. I'm definitely not a Tom Cruise fan, and almost didn't go for that reason. I thought it was historically correct, and I actually was glad they didn't use poor accents, or subtitiles. (I hate subtitles!) But I was just mildly interested in the show. Partly because we already know how it all happened, and partly because I'm not a military buff, and then there's that thing about Tom Cruise again.
It wont be on my "I'd watch it again" list, but I didn't dislike it.

[jd45]

IMO, I prefer to hear the dialogue track of a foreign, (at least, to me) film in my language. I've thought about this & have realized that if I'm a foreigner trying to understand the language of a conversation between people of a different culture, I'd like to be an observer from that culture standing on the sidelines listening to that conversation, in which case it'd sound like American to ME. Now this might not give the best bang for the buck for a melodramatic performance, such as a foreign language movie, where you might get a better effect using the subject culture's language with subtitles for the audience viewing, but I think dialogue in the viewer's language makes the most sense. Just my 2 cents. BTW, my brother will go see it Sunday. jd45

[JohndeFresno]

... It wont be on my "I'd watch it again" list, but I didn't dislike it.

Thanks. That settles it for me. One less contribution to the kooks' political fund in Hollyweird.

[Ysabel Kid]

Did his character jump up on a couch and go nuts after losing his eye?

In all seriousness though, my 10-year old loves anything World War II, and has expressed interest in going to see it. Is it okay for him?

[JohndeFresno]

Kid,

I try not to bang a drum twice. But you might seriously want to consider renting "The Desert Rats" and "The Desert Fox - The Story of Rommel" for your youngster. One is the sequel of the other; they were big hits when they came out, had a good cast, and have some good history behind them. The Rommel story is a bit more historically involved than the action of "Rats," which gives one more of a flavor of the wars in the Desert against the Nazis and the Gentleman-Genius General Rommel.

And they were made in the good old days when a movie was not required to have at least one explicit sex scene, denounce our Commander-in-Chief, and provide several repetitions of the most vulgar expletives to meet up with those fine Hollywood standards.

[Ysabel Kid]

Kid,

I try not to bang a drum twice. But you might seriously want to consider renting "The Desert Rats" and "The Desert Fox - The Story of Rommel" for your youngster. One is the sequel of the other; they were big hits when they came out, had a good cast, and have some good history behind them. The Rommel story is a bit more historically involved than the action of "Rats," which gives one more of a flavor of the wars in the Desert against the Nazis and the Gentleman-Genius General Rommel.

And they were made in the good old days when a movie was not required to have at least one explicit sex scene, denounce our Commander-in-Chief, and provide several repetitions of the most vulgar expletives to meet up with those fine Hollywood standards.

Sounds like a good plan to me - and I won't have to take out a small loan to go see a movie and get a bag of popcorn!!!