Valkyrie ****

I'm an avid fan of our human history. So I have to watch movies like 'Valkyrie' for several reasons. Mainly it's to see what Hollywood wants us to think about history. Is it accurate? Does it give a full spectrum of what happened?

With 'Valkyrie', I was expecting an epic movie... Tom Cruise and all!
It wasn't really what I would call 'epic' in that it wasn't really an encompassing view of what happened. It's a story of a specific man and his conspirators in a specific situation.

'Valkyrie' was a great history lesson for all of us in what went on with Operation Valkyrie, the failed plot to assassinate Hitler. It's also an important lesson for us... all Germans aren't evil y'all !!! Some of them recognized his madness and did try to stop him.

Tom Cruise really did a great job here. He's not one of my favorite actors, but he earned some respect from me in this dramatic role. He did a great job portraying Col. Von Straussberg, and made me believe that he truly did abhor Hitler. Good job!
I was a little disappointed not to see more of K.Sutherland. His character is transferred halfway through, and we don't really hear from him much after that. But the time we did see him, was very good. I'm a fan of both Sutherlands!

'Valkyrie' was a really good portrayal of Operation Valkyrie, and an important addition to our video libraries! (If you don't see the link below to get it, then go to the blog:) http://triciasmoviereviews.blogspot.com