Comments on: Valkyrie http://www.moviezeal.com/valkyrie/ The official podcast of MovieZeal.com, where film is always best discussed under the gentle influence of fine wine (as fine as $10 will get you). Each week Evan, Heather, and Luke pick a theme, discuss a theatrical release based on that theme, pop the cork and drink a wine that fits said theme, and finally subject one another to The Gauntlet, where forcing others to watch painful films nets you fabulous prizes. There is not anything else on the internets like it (literally). Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:39:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: [review]: Valkyrie « …yet made of stars http://www.moviezeal.com/valkyrie/comment-page-1/#comment-54804 [review]: Valkyrie « …yet made of stars Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:59:56 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=1829#comment-54804 [...] April 18, 2009 Cross-posted at: MovieZeal [...] [...] April 18, 2009 Cross-posted at: MovieZeal [...]

]]> By: Haiku Girl http://www.moviezeal.com/valkyrie/comment-page-1/#comment-36013 Haiku Girl Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:30:06 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=1829#comment-36013 I found it somewhat dull, and didn't really find myself caring much about any of the characters. Its been a week, and I am hard pressed to remember to many details of the film. One Word Review: Forgetable I found it somewhat dull, and didn’t really find myself caring much about any of the characters.

Its been a week, and I am hard pressed to remember to many details of the film.

One Word Review: Forgetable

]]> By: Luke Harrington http://www.moviezeal.com/valkyrie/comment-page-1/#comment-35916 Luke Harrington Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:15:45 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=1829#comment-35916 Well Thadd, I'm glad someone enjoyed this movie as much as you did. This was a film that I really wanted to love, but I just couldn't get beyond liking it. And after seeing it, it faded from my memory fairly quickly. I noticed that the critics are pretty divided over it (it's got a 52, I think, over at Metacritic), so clearly there are people out there who love it more than you, and there are also people who hate it more than me. What it comes down to for me, I think, is that, while there's obvious reason to be emotionally involved with the dilemmas present here, Singer just doesn't develop anything new from them. I enjoyed myself, but it just didn't change my thinking at all. Well Thadd, I’m glad someone enjoyed this movie as much as you did. This was a film that I really wanted to love, but I just couldn’t get beyond liking it. And after seeing it, it faded from my memory fairly quickly. I noticed that the critics are pretty divided over it (it’s got a 52, I think, over at Metacritic), so clearly there are people out there who love it more than you, and there are also people who hate it more than me.

What it comes down to for me, I think, is that, while there’s obvious reason to be emotionally involved with the dilemmas present here, Singer just doesn’t develop anything new from them. I enjoyed myself, but it just didn’t change my thinking at all.

]]> By: Thadd Harrington http://www.moviezeal.com/valkyrie/comment-page-1/#comment-35784 Thadd Harrington Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:42:51 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=1829#comment-35784 I'm sorry, I have to heartily disagree with your assessment. I thought this was an excellent film, thoroughly entertaining and inspiring. I thought the film did an excellent job of making the audience care about its characters. Although I knew, deep down, they were all doomed to death, I grew very attached to them over the course of the movie, and part of me wanted to cry when they died. It might have been a movie that was made solely for the purpose of winning awards, but I don't think that makes it a bad movie. I’m sorry, I have to heartily disagree with your assessment. I thought this was an excellent film, thoroughly entertaining and inspiring. I thought the film did an excellent job of making the audience care about its characters. Although I knew, deep down, they were all doomed to death, I grew very attached to them over the course of the movie, and part of me wanted to cry when they died. It might have been a movie that was made solely for the purpose of winning awards, but I don’t think that makes it a bad movie.

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