Two great looking WWII films are coming in the next two months!!!! Defiance looks sooo awesome! and of course Valkyrie does too!

Sorry, Never heard of Valkyrie LOL

Cruise's Valkyrie Ride Delayed—Again

More Valkyrie Woes, Extras Sue Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise films World War II drama in Victor Valley

http://www.ww2f.com/wwii-films-tv/21...k-y-r-i-e.html

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For the first time I have seen "History" at close quarters,and I know that its actual process is very different from what is presented to Posterity. - WWI General Max Hoffman.

From what I can make out Valkyrie has done another vanishing act!

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"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore."

Ive noticed all the adverts on TV have disappeared. And is or was supposed to be opening this month.

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For the first time I have seen "History" at close quarters,and I know that its actual process is very different from what is presented to Posterity. - WWI General Max Hoffman.

Maybe old TC is not happy with it and wants to re-shoot some scenes again.

At this rate it may pop up in the bargain DVD bucket at your local store.

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"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore."

Hi JC. I seen an AD for Valkyrie Thanksgiving Day while watching the Lions get pummeled. Interestingly enough it still said just December for a release.

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"Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes! Powder is scarce and must not be wasted. Fire low! You are all marksmen and could kill a squirrel at a hundred yards. Reserve your fire and the enemy will all be destroyed! - Israel Putnam, at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775
"War is a conflict of great interests which is settled by bloodshed, and only in that is it different from others." - Karl von Clausewitz

Well the proof is in the pudding as they say.

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"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore."

Here is a link to an interesting interview with V's screenwriter . . . .

Valkyrie - An Interview with Christopher McQuarrie » Armchair General

I saw an advertisement today saying it opens Dec 25.

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Regards, Michelle

Oliver Goldsmith, "I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines."

it does.

I know the guy is a wack-a-doo, but I am actually looking forward to the movie. I've never had a problem with him and have always enjoyed his films. With the subject matter being what it is, I'm sure I'll like it.

I do worry that all the controversy that he generates will overshadow what may be an excellent film.

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"Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning." - Erwin Rommel

couldn't agree more.

I don't think the controversy will affect the film. I can't wait to finally be able to see it, it seems like it has taken forever for this film to finally be released. I doubt I will see it on Christmas day however, probably the day after.

Just heard from a guy who saw Valkyrie in a private viewing, he said it was awesome and also said its a "Nazi Mission Impossible". -Referring to the first one in the series not the horrible sequel.

What upsets me by watching the trailers is, every German appears to speak English... Cruise didn't seem to have much of an accent at all either....

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I'm so ready for Valkyrie! I haven't heard of Defiance, but I'll look it up for certain.

I agree which is why I love The Downfall and The Longest Day, then again at least I don't have to be trying to watch the movie and read the subtitles.

If the dialog is in English, there is no reason for the German characters to have German accents. They would have been speaking German without accents so it makes sense that they would not have an accent when the script is in English. If the film were in both English and German, then you would expect the German characters to speak English with a German accent.

If Lias Co. Pilot is checking in on this thread, I will appreciate his opinion on this subject, as I seem to recall that he is writing a screenplay.

Just like in Band Of Brothers. When the German general was speaking to the troops at the end, he spoke to them in German, not English. When the German colonel surrendered to Winters, of course he spoke English so Winters would understand him, yet he spoke with a broken English accent. That is the point I was trying to make.

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'Deep as a bowl of cornflakes': Tom Cruise's Nazi film Valkyrie panned by German critics | Mail Online

Anymore slating?

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"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore."

I think I would go see it if it weren't for Tom Cruise! That boy ain't right.

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Scott

Wow, don't get me started on that one. Funny tidbits about the movie:

1) When the nurses get to Pearl and they are walking towards the men, you can see the Arizona Memorial in the background (unconfirmed by me).

2) It's 1941 and not one person is smoking?!

3) One of the buildings in the movie has a plague that reads EST. 1954 (forget where in the movie).

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Well the movie was made by Touchstone Pictures, which was one of the alternate film labels for Walt Disney Productions. So I guess the head honchos at Disney asked Bruckheimer, Wallace, and Bay to omit as much smoking as possible so it wouldn't be a bad influence to minors.

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