It's entertaining, Cruise obviously was reined in hard by the director and the ensemble of actors is superb. Not a classic but not a "raspberry," by a long shot. There is a dearth of grown-up fare this season, so far, and if you're in the mood for some Nazi bashing, hey, you could do worse.
One problem, of course, is that it's hard to exalt those that tried to do something without making it seem like you're excusing the vast majority which were quite okay with all the Nazi atrocities.
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Topic - God help me, I saw, "Valkyrie." - tinear 15:53:51 01/05/09 (4)
- Not to mention... - sjb 18:46:01 01/06/09 (3)
- In other words, they were military men, not moralists. All it would have taken was - tinear 19:07:44 01/06/09 (2)
- RE: In other words, they were military men, not moralists. All it would have taken was - Jazz Inmate 23:16:43 01/08/09 (1)
- It was a worthwhile story. Killing Hitler could have seriously affected the War's conclusion. - oscar 10:40:40 01/09/09 (0)