Michelle SweeneyReview - Valkyrie
March 8th 2009 10:38
Billed with Tom Cruise as lead actor is problematic in itself. Maintaining controversy wherever he goes, his spotted career is not necessarily enough to guarantee bums on seats. The secondary cast however reads as a whos who of interesting character actors including Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Terence Stamp and Eddie Izzard.
One of the problems facing Singer's movie is that having a script based on the real to life plot against Hitler is that most (if not all) of the moviegoers already know the outcome. To have it threaded together as a thriller in my opinion took most of the thrills out of the movie. As a historical movie, I felt the variance in the accents very offputting although the action itself was tightly constructed and effectively played out.
This was not a bad movie overall. I just felt it would have worked more effectively as a telemovie. The appearance of Kenneth Branagh prompted me to recall the 2001 UK telemovie Conspiracy which while did not cover the same story, recreated the conference in which the solution phase of the holocaust was devised. The telemovie was recognised internationally receiving all kinds of accolades including nominations for AFI awards, BAFTAS, Golden Globes and Emmys. Valkyrie itself was nominated for a VES (Visual Effects Society) Award - need I say more!
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The film industry is full of individuals who will make a film for money, and no other reason. This was one of those films.
It's a bit like Orble. It's full of individuals who will write anything for votes or karma.
Wrong. It was a piece of shit. Get real with your movie reviews and slam a piece of shit when you see it. You obviously know how to diss the diss about movies, so diss. Don't fall into the trap of writing for a virtual audience and trying to please them all. Say what you truly think and forget the votes and karma.
Kind Regards. (that's the PC way of ending a comment. It means nothing, because it's not real).
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The casting may not have been as effective as it should and I don't agree with all of the director's choices but overall I definitely wasn't one of the worst movies I have seen.
This is an average movie in my books hence the average rating - not particularly memorable as you say. But hell I've seen a lot worse than this!
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