OK, so I'm a cheap, no-good schmuck that watches movies a week before they open to the public and then gloats about to all of y'all...
... And boy am I happy that I am :-)
Valkyrie (2008)
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Written by: Christopher McQuarrie, Nathan Alexander
Starring Cast: Tom Cruise (Colonel Clause von Stauffenberg)
Supporting Cast: Keneth Branagh (Major-General Henning von Tresckow), Bill Nighy (General Friedrick Olbricht), Tom Wilkinson (General Friedrick Fromm), Carice van Houten (Nina von Stauffenberg), Jamie Parker (Lieutenant Werner von Haeften)
What's it Rated?: PG-13 for violence and brief strong language
Genre: Drama, Historic, War
Synopsis: Colonel Clause von Stauffenberg is just back in Berlin from North Africa where he was wounded by an attack on his panzer division by British Spitfires, and he is intent on killing Hitler and ending the war through a new government and negotiations with the Allies.
My Take: Na-na-na-na-na, sorry... I just had to do that. I just got back from my press-and-invited-guests-only screening of the acclaimed film Valkyrie, and you know what, I reeeeeally want to see it again. Being fascinated with history in general (and also that man fails to learn from it), I really enjoy a good drama-oriented "thriller", if you will, about WWII... and Valkyrie delivers.
The story is excellent and well explained, operation Walküre (AKA, operation Valkyrie, designed to protect Hitler's Germany if he were to be assassinated) is well outlined and stated clearly that the Resistance is going to use Hitler's own protection-plan against him. Unlike similar "coup oriented" films like the Ocean's 11 films, Valkyrie is relatively easy to follow, and it all lends to this films excellent plot.
Naturally, a caveat must be thrown in here: brief strong language and scenes depicting executions by hanging and firing squad as well as suicide make this otherwise non-gory film possibly very disturbing.
In conclusion, I'd like to give a round of applause to director Bryan Singer. He's crafted not only a fantastic drama, but an almost tear-jerking, inspirational tribute the men that risked not only their own lives but everything they owned and loved to attempt to bring down a terrible regime and reestablish their beloved Deuschland to it's true, unperverted glory.
Story: Based on a true story, and I gotta say, truth is better than fiction. 9 out of 10
Humor (more like comic relief): 8 out of 10
Action/Suspense: 9 out of 10
Overall: 8 out of 10
2 comments:
Grady you low down...(words fail me) grr! You are soooooo mean!!!!!!!!!!!!! Should I try to see it in theaters or just wait for DVD? (that's a dumb question!)
On another note we saw The Dark Knight yesterday, it was AWESOME!!! It wasn't a scarry as I was expecting and Daniel stayed around to watch it! Heath Ledger get a standing "O" from me for his amazing job! That thing he kept doing with his tongue added a lot, he was funny and CREEPY at the same time! It was better then GOOD it was GREAT! New favorite movie!
We also saw Get Smart, that was not a dumb as I thought it was. I liked it!! You might like it too check it out.
See it in theaters on opening night, it's worth it. (OK, maybe not opening night, that's Christmas)
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