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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Who Done Its
Tom Cruise
Risky Business
Hitler's Hollywood pundits!
I cannot see or read about Tom Cruise without seeing him gesticulate like a madman on Oprah's couch. I have tried to get that image out of my mind, believe me, but I cannot do it.
So trying to see him as heroic or serious or anything like that is now a mission impossible.
After he reads all of the reviews..
Singer decided to let all the actors use their natural accents, instead of speaking with a German one.
--Tom Cruise isn't a good enough actor to speak his lines with a Real, Authentic German Accent. (RAGA).
The Picture's Producers and casting directors could have used John Banner and/or Werner Klemperer from, "Hogan's Heros, if they were still alive...There two are certainly better actors than Tom Cruise.....,....
Cruise on the hand
Just stinks...
What to do? Sigh.
A highly overrated director who generally flops whenever the limelight is on him (Superman Returns), whose best effort is gigantically exaggerated (The Usual Suspects) and who generally delivers when entirely ignored (Apt Pupil).
A blowhard, borderline psychotic actor (Tom Cruise) who takes arguably, almost relevant and intelligent points (perhaps we are slightly overmedicating children) and blows them so far out of proportion that you not only vehemently disagree with him but want him committed(Oprah's couch, Matt Lauer's interview).
Finally a movie reviewer whose reviews I've never agreed with.
Quite a quandry indeed. Guess I'll just have to see Valkyrie and make up my own mind. It's not like this movie's gonna do any box office anyway. Plus it's always kind of peaceful sitting in an empty movie theather. This one's a must see for me.
Don't write Cruise off that quickly, his performance in Tropic Thunder was nothing short of brilliant, he basically stole the film. The boy actually has some talent as an actor, no matter how haywire he is otherwise. I was hoping to see some of that in this one. Well, I'll see it and judge it for myself.
In the meantime, enjoy this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e7XLioq58k
I totally agree
"Usual Suspects"
Was lauded from Hollywood to Washington D.C!
"Apt Pupil"
On the other hand
Was sharp, brilliant
And unfortunately a sleeper
Singer's cold examination of the cruel banality of evil
Was more much much more than just a garden variety
Steven King
Drive in movie
Nickel and dime
Creature feature..
I certainly do agree
That cruise is more boy
Than man.
It could have been about a plot to kill Hitler,s dog. Or maybe about a cute Florida couple adopting a somewhat repentant Nazi. Either way-GOLD!
How does the title
"On Golden Eva Braun" grab you?
You might have mentioned that there was much opposition in Germany against Tom Cruise. People feel that a Scientologist is miscast in the role of Stauffenberg. Scientology here is perceived to be very similar to Nazism.
It took many years for the German public to accept that Stauffenberg was a hero and not a traitor. Some people still see him as the latter. It's really too sad that the German movie industry did not see fit to make such a movie.
By the way, Stauffenberg's family survived and one of his sons became a General in the German Army.
Seems to attract hosts of History/
Hitler Channel addicts
Living room
Arm chair
Archie Bunker historians
Town criers
Holocaust deniers
Bands of brothers
Bands of varied others
Calling others
Wrong
Or liars
Blind in mind
And spirit
To documented ice cold
Cabinets
Crammed with war crimes
This hit list
This Hitler delerium
Is the the morbid television opiate
Of the golden age
Of the American
Serial killer thrilled Imperium..
He fought the evil imperialist Zionist America. That at least gets some credit here.
Ugh. Kookball Cruise wants to get his rocks off by dressing up and playing Nazi but still wants to be the "good guy." What a perfect combo for a fetishistic loony. Bleh.
After enduring disingenuous nods from reviewers Kenneth Turan and Manohla Dargis, filmgoers are finally allowed to enjoy something, anything about this tedious exercise in major studio excess. Stephanie Zacharek risks losing her press pass to all future United Artists films by telling the sad truth about Cruise's comically bad turn.
Why is everybody afraid of this media magnate, whose acting deceit destroys an otherwise 'workmanlike' film? Director Bryan Singer steers the crippled ship sturdily into the storm, and the script by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander delivers a concise, suspenseful telling of a failed plot to assassinate Hitler. John Ottman does double duty, and deserves kudos for his crisp editing and a swelling, emotional, even award-worthy music score.
Big studio obfuscation and manipulation of bad movie openings is a holiday tradition, but this rollout reeks of special favors. Meanwhile, expect to see UA Chairman Cruise at the Oscars with his able crew.
First off, there are no "Good Guys" in this story. They're all Nazis, and the reasons they wanted to snuff Hitler weren't altruistic at all. Those of you who know something of the War in Europe will recall that after the British kicked the Luftwaffes' ass in the Battle of Britain, Hitler went berserk, and decreed that it would be He and He alone that ran the day-to-day operations of the war, to the chagrin of the Generals, which not only frustrated their planning, but pissed them off royally. (It's ironic to note that if Hitler had authorized the release of his Reserve Panzer Tank Divisions immediately after the invasion had started, most notably the 2nd & 116th, the invasion would probably have been repelled. But Hitler refused to allow them to be implemented, resulting in the Allied victory. In effect, he ruined any hope that the German Army could resist the invasion, by way of his strategic ineptitude)
The German General Staff realized that with Hitler calling the shots, defeat at the hands of the Allies was inevitable, and the only way they could even hope for a reversal of any kind, was to eliminate Hitler. Therefore, this plan was implemented. They were not looking to sue for peace, to the contrary, they sought victory over the Allies, and might have achieved it if they had killed Hitler. At the very least, if they had succeeded, it would have prolonged the war.
It is also a historical fact the the Allies discontinued all attempts to kill Hitler after the Battle of Britain, because they knew with Hitler in direct command of his forces, the war would be over sooner.
Despite the fact that Cruises' career has "Jumped the Shark", this movie is way off the mark, not only historically, but also with respect to quality. It's basically a fat paycheck for the actors involved. It isn't inspiring, it's rubbish. Hopefully, this will be the last of the Tom Cruise vehicles we'll have to endure.
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The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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