Comments on: A Movie Review

By: Lynne

Lynne — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:46:43 +0000

I want to see it. JR is on the fence just because Tom Cruise doesn’t have a German accent. …I wonder how that would be?

By: Ina

Ina — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:05:51 +0000

Thanks for the review — on the strength of it DH and I went to see the movie over the weekend. I’m not a Tom Cruise fan, but is was good to see him in a mature heroic role, with a strong supporting cast and deft film craft.

By: Patti

Patti — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:44:01 +0000

For New Year’s Eve, my SO and I took my 17-year-old son to see Valkyrie. Since we homeschool, this also counted as history class. I do enjoy movies on WWII and this one is definitely worth buying when it comes out on DVD. I am not a Tom Cruise fan, but I didn’t have a problem with him in this movie. At the beginning when he is shown writing in German and narrating what he is writing, it slowly fades into the English language and that was fine as far as the transition from the accent to a lack of one. Anyway, you had plenty of British accents running around in the movie, too, so I really didn’t have an issue with Cruise’s non-German accent.

I totally got caught up in the movie, to the point that I cried at the end even though I knew the plan wasn’t going to succeed. I was emotionally drained. I’m currently reading the book in order to fill in the gaps – but let me note something. There are two versions of this book and one is abridged. I didn’t know that at the time and I bought the abridged version. I plan to buy the other one but may have to order it.

Also, may I add that I was delighted to see Eddie Izzard in a serious role. Most people write him off as just a comedian, but the man did a good job in this movie.

By: jill

jill — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:43:15 +0000

My husband and my dad went to see this movie the other evening. They both came home with great things to say. Guess I should have joined them!

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:31:58 +0000

I should see this. I saw the trailer, and have been thinking about the Hitler regime since. It always seems odd to me that he could exert so much influence to make so many people do such bad things.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:43:44 +0000

It’s definitely on our list of movies to see.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:38:53 +0000

I haven’t seen it yet. We went to see The Day the Earth Stood Still on Christmas Day, but I didn’t care for it very much. I thought it was really boring.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:01:32 +0000

Tried to see VALKYRIE on Christmas Day, but it was sold out with two ahead of us in line… we saw DOUBT instead. Having just watched Meryl Streep in MAMA MIA, it was… quite a switch. The movie was okay — it was good — lacked a little something for me — it was not as compelling as I thought it would be. Weird camera angles now and then didn’t have the desired effect… left me wondering, “Why the weird camera angles now and then?” I’ve always liked war movies, so I’m looking forward to VALKYRIE and hope I like it… it’s in the plan for New Year’s Day!

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:22:41 +0000

If you want to see a movie that really inspires hope, and not at all in a sappy way (in fact, it’s occasionally brutal to watch), go see Slumdog Millionaire. Best movie I’ve seen in a long, long time.

By: deb

deb — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:20:18 +0000

In our house, I like the war movies. I wondered about seeing a movie where you already know how it winds up – but then, I knew the ship sunk in Titanic!!