a mess

Camron 2022-04-22 07:01:05

The film is limited in time, and the beginning is hurriedly explained, "Audiences, please remember that Stauffenberg is the embodiment of justice, please share his joy and sorrow with him", so don't care why Bill Nighy is so quick to catch up with Tom Kerr Ruth, and worship him as a god; and don't worry about Tom Cruise when he is looking for a comrade, because the gang first shouts a few words, and then obediently goes to prepare for the assassination. One is because this is historical fact, and the other is because this is not the focus of the film.

But what is the point of the film? I didn't see it.

This film should not go for business, director Brian Singer never made a movie just for box office numbers. Tom, who has always been prepared for a rainy day (that's why he has his current status), knows that if his acting career continues to develop like this, it is very likely that Meg Ryan's today is his tomorrow, and there is an urgent need for transformation.

But everyone is smart and smart, and the actual effect is another matter. The restrained performance of other actors (Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, etc.), coupled with the overall atmosphere of depression, makes the film lean towards the direction of a documentary. But every time Ah Tang appeared, the originally tense situation was filtered by his sunny and confident face, and immediately disappeared. It is comparable to Andy Lau's foolish appearances in [Black Gold].

If the Germans have only one expression, then Ah Tang's performance is in place, with a confident and firm expression from beginning to end, like believing in a cult.

In the end, the great truth in the subtitles at the time of the death was too ineffective. How could these rebels be so righteous and awe-inspiring? In fact, what I want to see most is that at the beginning of the assassination, all kinds of true and false news are flying everywhere, everyone is thinking about the performance of the team, but unfortunately this is not the focus of the film, the chaos is over, only the Nazi professional Thomas Kretschmann (If you don't make a Nazi film now, you would be embarrassed to tell people that you made a Nazi film.) The part about receiving the phone call from the Fuhrer is worth mentioning.

There is also this film that preaches "patriotism is not love for the party, killing the top leader is an act of saving the country", and it can still be released. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television is really unfathomable.

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Extended Reading
  • Letitia 2022-03-22 09:01:29

    The assassination part is handled indistinctly.

  • Christine 2022-03-22 09:01:29

    It's not easy to be disappointed if the story can be flat like this

Valkyrie quotes

  • General Friedrich Fromm: I'll hear you say it Colonel!

    Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: [angrily turns and raises false arm] Heil Hitler!

  • Erich Fellgiebel: And you think that makes me a sympathizer, hey? Give a man a choice of betraying his fellow officer or his Fuhrer and you think his actions will show you his heart.

    Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: It's not that simple.

    Erich Fellgiebel: Yes. Yes it is. For the last time, don't push me to make a decision.

    Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: I don't have a choice, it's clear now. Without you there is no hope of success.

    Erich Fellgiebel: You're nothing but rats jumping from a sinking ship! What makes you think you'll be any different? What makes you think you're stronger than the people, the Reich? The very momentum of history?