Valkyrie Reviews

 (2008)
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An Unexpected Triumph
May 21, 2009
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VALKYRIE deserves wider attention than it received during its theatrical release, a theater run mired by the media emphasis on the tacky behind the scenes stories of the making of the film and the character destruction of Tom Cruise. This is... Read more
The Plot to Kill Hitler
May 11, 2009
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Claus von Stauffenberg, a man famous for being a German Army Officer who came closest to a assassinating Adolf Hitler. Von Stauffenberg is the closest figure Germany has to a national hero during World War 2. It's surprising that it took... Read more
A Simple Review
May 04, 2009
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I've just finished watching this and I feel I have quite an open taste when it comes to films and I refuse to comment too much on giving the plot or characters away. The good points - This film is suspenseful... Read more
Nice attempt, but too simplistic character portrayal.
Apr 30, 2009
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In case you wonder why the film kind of leaves you cold, here's my guess: the protagonist, Stauffenberg, is lacking any inner conflict. As generally the characters Mr. Cruise plays seem to be in doubt max 5 mins of the respective... Read more
Great movie, doesn't do history justice
Apr 13, 2009
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I was curious about this movie since it had caused so much controversy with Tom Cruise in the main role. Personally I think he was after all not a bad choice for this part and all in all I am very... Read more
Good movie, strange accents
Mar 22, 2009
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Valkryie, a movie that takes on the closest assassination to Adolf Hitler, being such a huge history buff, sadly I knew how this was going to end. I love walking out of the theater hearing the teenagers go "What the heck?!... Read more
From Rastenburg to Hollywood
Jan 22, 2009
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A cheap historical reconstruction, trying to fill-up with insignificant details the serious flaws, and vulgarizing an important plot of the last century. Commercial, shallow and spectacular. One of the biggest failures is the over-blowing of von Stauffenberg, a mediocre officer with... Read more
The Failed Plot Against Tom Cruise
Jan 09, 2009
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I'm appalled at the way the specialized and not so specialized media attacked Tom Cruise for this movie. Why? He's not just good but very good in his against type performance. I've heard critics calling him "distractingly bad", how ridiculous and... Read more
Tom ruined the movie
Jan 03, 2009
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Even when I put my personal feelings about Tom Cruise aside I still couldn't get into the movie. The plot was slow enough with him and he just made it worse. He needs to just not get involved with movies like this and movies like this just need not to get involved with him.
Not an amazing hit to me
Jan 03, 2009
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I thought this movie was a waste. I had bad ideas about the movie to begin with, but a friend had to see it for a history report. They took a fact and murdered it. Tom Cruise has lost all respect from me when he made Scientology. I thought he was an idiot then and they should not have used him in this film if they wanted it to do good. He was out of his normal Mission Impossible role. There wasn't any part of the movie where i think i actually was interested. It seemed as though the movie was moving in slow motion. The movie had a story line that wasn't really all that bad. It's not hard to do though with the germans back then. Now im german also, but it made me sick some of the ways that the Nazi's were depicted. The Nazi's were crazy. I think they should've just made the movie have some special forces bust threw the gates with guns and bombs to destroy the whole place.