Movie Review: Valkyrie

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If you don’t mind the subject matter or staring at Tom Cruise’s mole in extreme close-ups then I’d totally recommend watching this movie. It keeps you in suspense from start to almost finish—the last five minutes of the movie it becomes pretty obvious how everything is going to play out. The film sticks to the main plot and doesn’t deviate to concentration camps or anything—think of it as a Saints and Solder’s (small budget, realistic effects) meets Braveheart (plot and the good guys’ odds of winning). Perhaps because it’s a true story and what these people risked makes it all the more powerful regardless if you know your history and know what happens.
My family felt it was at most a onetime see, but I wouldn’t mind putting it in our Nelson Video Vault. There are no inappropriate scenes and I believe there’s only one swear word total. My only suggestion is that they shouldn’t have released the movie during a merry Christmas time since you don’t walk out of the theaters with all those warm fuzzies after watching it.

Comments

Gramps said…
Thanks for the review....it's about time somone reviewed a good movie...I'm in a mood for a good movie. Here is an overview at IMDB.
04 January, 2009 08:36
Chad said…
I've heard that this is a good movie, and sticks to the real events very closely. I've heard that the ending doesn't give you warm fuzzies, but that's because the real events didn't end with warm fuzzies.
04 January, 2009 10:18
Marilyn said…
yes, and they are becoming increasingly difficult to find. The other day out of desparation, we resorted to watching a movie online since there was nothing to watch on TV. We even went to this site (kim just referred to) to make sure there was nothing objectionable in it before we watched it. We finally landed on one rated G that was filmed in 1984, so we figured it was perfectly safe, but we were disappointed when half way through the movie a whole lot of bare chested women showed up (Tahiti). That genealogy is looking better all of the time!
04 January, 2009 11:11
Gramps said…
The movie was THE BOUNTY and it was rated PG.
04 January, 2009 18:23
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