I went to the cinema the other day to watch Valkyrie. You know, this new movie starring Tom Cruise where he’s supposed to be this general in the german army trying to take down Hitler. Presumably based on a true story (haven’t had either time nor will to look it up in detail, but I guess it’s true). In the theater there was me, my lady, and like… 6 other dudes/dudettes. A shitload of space in other words to spread yourself out on.

The movie starts out good, where we get to hear like… a million german soldiers chanting (or rather screaming) out their oath to the führer. In german, of course. Then the language is suddenly changed to english – and kept in english throughout the whole movie.

What a dissapointment. I would’ve rather seen every german officer speaking german instead of speaking the language of the enemy. Anyways, I guess you can’t make Cruise and the others learn german when making the movie (and making it sound real). And I guess it wasn’t an option to hire german actors, since the movie wouldn’t have stood a chance for commercial success.

Valkyrie was really good though, leaving the language used aside. Not so much blood, gore or explosions (although there are some), but the tension felt when they’re getting closer and closer to the führer was really high. The acting was good, and the ending was… well, you’ll have to see it. I won’t spoil it. ( I would’ve spoiled it for you and spare you 2 hours of agony if I didn’t consider the movie worth seeing).