28 Responses for "Valkyrie, final trailer"

1. Phil October 31st, 2008 at 11:20 am 1

   That was entertaining. I only wish Tom Cruise didn’t sound like Tom Cruise. Wasn’t the actual general Stauffenberg German? He could at least put on a German accent. That confuses me, and I can’t help but think this movie is going to get hammered for that.

2. Daren October 31st, 2008 at 12:10 pm 2

   If I remember correctly Enemy at the Gates had 3 Brits play russians, with british accents and an american to play the german and though people complained it got decent reviews, not raves but that was because it had about a billion things wrong historical speaking. So as long as the movie is good and makes up for the accents it should be fine, and it should be said I would rather have non german accents than bad german accents.

3. Daren October 31st, 2008 at 12:10 pm 3

   oh and the trailer looks good

4. Harry October 31st, 2008 at 12:21 pm 4

   I’m okay with the no accents. A lot of actors simply can’t do them well (not everybody is Christian Bale). The Eagle Has Landed comes to mind as a great example of a movie made worse by the horrible accents of Robert Duvall and Donald Sutherland.

5. sonnymoscoso October 31st, 2008 at 12:51 pm 5

   wow this movie is getting 99% of the attention because of the accents… for all of those against the accents in this movie, do me a favor, SHUT UP…
   i found it more natural when they speak normaly than if they were germans speaking in english…
   look at the cinematography, the cast, and specially tom cruise… this movie will be amazing… THIS is my dark horse for this years oscar…

6. Habsburg October 31st, 2008 at 1:33 pm 6

   Lol. I REALLY think it best Tom not do a German accent.

7. Dan October 31st, 2008 at 2:36 pm 7

   It looks really good!

8. elessar October 31st, 2008 at 3:38 pm 8

   Alas, the computer I’m using now (from my house rather than my apartment at school) cannot view this trailer. What sold you on it, Ryan?

9. me October 31st, 2008 at 5:41 pm 9

   Excellent Trailer

10. Alfredo October 31st, 2008 at 7:21 pm 10

    still not buying it. Also for all those of you who say they rather have no accents than bad accents how about this…how about we get actors who can convincingly portray a german (ie Ralph Fiennes in Schindler’s List)?? I guess that’s too much to ask from a Tom Cruise film. I’m predicting this will be another flop.

11. JR October 31st, 2008 at 7:28 pm 11

    If you’re making a movie about germans, you have to carry a german accent. I don’t care what anybody says. This film will fail because of it. Why cast people who can’t pull it off. And why did they steal the theme for the Saw films. Oscar-nothing.

12. Jen1 October 31st, 2008 at 8:30 pm 12

    Looks so good. To me, at least. *shrugs*. I hope it rocks!

13. The Natural October 31st, 2008 at 9:17 pm 13

    Everyone in “The Last Emperor” spoke English. Enough said.

14. Chamboosy November 1st, 2008 at 7:08 am 14

    I’m more interested in the supporting cast than Tom Cruise. Hopefully Bryan Singer is able to redeem himself for abandoning the X-Men films for Superman Returns.

    (Also, isn’t it a little odd that Singer continually ends up with source material that has Nazi elements – Apt Pupil, Magneto’s history in X-Men, and now Valkyrie).

15. Andrew November 1st, 2008 at 8:03 am 15

    Why do the movie if he couldn’t pull off the accent? That’s what I want to know. Cruise used to be a good actor. I think he in fact could have done the accent too, but the fact that he didn’t just annoys me. He should take a ten year hiatus and reassess. I hereby declare Tom Cruise banished from movies.

16. Paul Outlaw November 1st, 2008 at 8:29 am 16

    Sorry but no.

17. Keith Lucas November 1st, 2008 at 10:34 am 17

    Did Hitler learn English for this movie?

18. RRA is champion of his local FIGHT CLUB November 1st, 2008 at 10:48 am 18

    Having a Accent, or not Bothering, are two seperate schools of cinema art that have their plus/minus facets, each legitimate.

    Thing is, most of the time, both are are done while speaking the English tongue. So what’s the point of an accent if you’re saying in English and not German or Russian or whatever? What’s the difference?

    Then I see that terrific episode of the new DOCTOR WHO, “The Girl in the Fireplace.” Supposedly the girl in question is a French royal mistress, but the actress speaks in her natural English tongue.

    Again, does it matter?

19. frederic lyon November 1st, 2008 at 12:13 pm 19

    “Supposedly the girl in question is a French royal mistress, but the actress speaks in her natural English tongue.

    Again, does it matter?”

    No it doesn’t. And as a french guy i would prefer to listen to her speaking english without a french accent. By far !

    I she speaks english with a french accent, i would think : Why is she speaking in english ?

20. RRA speaks in Geek November 1st, 2008 at 1:26 pm 20

    frederic lyon – To use an example close to your home….

    Look at John Frakenheimer’s fucking awesome THE TRAIN. You had badass Burt Lancaster as a Frenchman sabotaging those Nazi trains trying to steal the national art treasure back to the Fatherland…and yet Burt didn’t bother with a stinking accent.

    Then there was ENEMY AT THE GATES a few years back. Ed Harris is one of America’s current great actors, probably the most deserving of an Oscar out of the winless Yankee greats so far…..and hes good in GATES as the Nazi villain, but damn his German accent was, less than suitable.

21. dan November 1st, 2008 at 8:08 pm 21

    I dont think its Best Picture material at all. Could squeek out a few nominations here and there at best.

22. Robert November 2nd, 2008 at 1:17 am 22

    I love all these folks saying that “Valkyrie” could not be a superb movie. They say these things for a number of reasons.

    1. Cruise is a scientologist. Scientologists are awful people, therefore the film must be awful.

    2. Cruise is a closet homosexual. Even though Cruise has had many affairs (and marriages) with heterosexual women, and none with homosexual men.

    3. Cruise jumped up on Oprah’s couch because he was in love with a beautiful woman (particularly irksome to the “Tom Cruise is really gay” crowd).

    4. Scientology is unfriendly to gays.

    5. Everyone who has ever worked with Cruise says that he is a great guy. “Even though I know that he’s really a closet gay, because I read it on IMDB.”

    6. Did I mention he is a scientologist?

    7. People do not know that Nicole and Cruise got divorced after Tom found out she had comitted adultery with Ewan McGregor on the set of “Moulin Rouge.”

    8. Kidman aborted a child with Cruise to keep her figure.

    Cut Cruise a break. He is a gentleman, a professional and a card-carrying nice guy. Oh, and I have seen Vaykyrie, and it is terrific.

    Bye bye.

23. Paul Outlaw November 2nd, 2008 at 1:38 am 23

    9. Tom Cruise’s acting leaves them cold.

24. Robert November 2nd, 2008 at 1:53 am 24

    10. I hear that Paul. His drunk scene in The Last Samurai was awful. But he’s really, really good in Valkyrie. Bryan Singer knocks it out of the park with the picture. But the dark horse nominee is Kenneth Branagh for supporting. Wow, is that guy good here.

25. Tufas November 2nd, 2008 at 6:54 am 25

    Tom Cruise playing Tom Cruise. …. not really, no, sorry

    Shame, cause everything else looks top notch.

    T.

26. Dominik November 2nd, 2008 at 9:08 am 26

    Why am I so damn sure this hollywood superstar Nazi-movie of the year will leave not a single word about the fact that Stauffenberg was an anti-semite..??!

27. Friedl November 3rd, 2008 at 11:34 am 27

    Looking more and more like “Stauffenberg’s 11″.

    I dunno. I’ll see it, I’m sure it will be entertaining, but it will annoy me (if you’re going to make an purely entertaining film make an entertaining film, if you’re going to make a serious movie, then make a serious movie. I’m ALL for a combination of the two, but very few people can pull it off… maybe I’m just being facetious).

    It looks slick and thrilling, but I want it to be serious and thought-provoking. I doubt it will manage to be both.

    I dunno where this Oscar heat is coming from… honestly.
    It doesn’t NEED to be an Oscar-film to be a good movie, but seriously. This is not an Oscar movie.

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