Valkryie
Valkryie is the latest film staring Tom Cruise, what that means is it will get some unfair criticism before anyone has seen it because some people don’t like him for various reasons. I’ve also heard some criticism that it’s spoken in English – would it not be weird for the cast to be speaking German (badly!) or speaking English with a strange German accent, like ‘The Reader’, which I found annoying? Anyway enough about what other people think, what did I think?
I find history interesting (sad, but true) and I found the story involving, although we already know what happened it some how manages to keep a little suspense till then end. The interesting subject matter is what saved the film because there are some major flaws, firstly the casting seems a little strange Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard and Kevin McNally all seem a little out of place and although Tom Cruise isn’t bad as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg it just doesn’t seem to be a role that suits him. As I’ve said the story is interesting but the script itself is a little suspect. The other major flaw is the lack of exploration into the characters, you know nothing more about them at the end, apart from a little about Stauffenberg. It would be interesting to know what drove them to their plan considering the risks involved, I know there is only so much time in the film but a little background would have gone a long way.
As you can see these are some major flaws but some how I still found myself enjoying it to its very moving ending. The film definitely won’t be to everyone’s taste but I would say it’s worth popping along and judging for yourself, you might actually enjoy it.
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