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#1 December 25, 2008, 07:21:20 am

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VALKYRIE, crazy boy tom cruise's latest film. i'm actually not sure what to think of this; mixed reviews, though the concept is interesting (even if its been done before!). what i'm really concerned with is that cruise looks really out of place in the trailers (but some critics gave him thumbs up for his performance), and for some reason the fact that there seems to have been no effort to make it actually seem german bothers me a lot - not even the guy who plays hitler has a german accent in the movie apparently.

on the other hand, a lot of critics say it's not a bad movie if you're not going into it expecting them trying to win an oscar.

is anyone planning on seeing this tomorrow?

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Lyndon

#2 December 25, 2008, 12:37:22 pm

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I've heard lots of things about the accent thing.

People bring up a good point that even if you put on an accent, they're still speaking in English. It's kind of half-assed, so they just cut the bullshit and made a film about Germany for an English speaking audience. It was either that, or have the whole thing in German with subtitles, but I doubt the studio would allow that given the nature of this film and its target audience.

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#3 December 26, 2008, 01:25:19 am

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Yeah having everyone speak english in a german accent with the odd token german word everyone knows (SNELL AUF WIEDERSEHEN) is really pretty lame and just makes it seem like Allo Allo.

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Ragnar

#4 December 26, 2008, 01:42:55 am

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Tom Cruise looks like a gay James Bond villain or something

and Hitler looks like Emo Hitler

so this movie will probably suck

Edit: Also how does it end

Last Edit: December 26, 2008, 01:46:55 am by Ragnar

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#5 December 26, 2008, 01:55:57 am

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Part of me wants to see this because Eddie Izzard is in it and part of me knows he won't be a big enough part of it to be worth it for just that.

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#6 December 26, 2008, 03:47:56 am

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Quote from: Ragnar on December 26, 2008, 01:42:55 am

Edit: Also how does it end

merry christmas! they kill hitler. it's an arg.

That’s right, you have the young gaming with the old(er), white people gaming with black people, men and women, Asian countries gaming with the EU, North Americans gaming with South Americans. Much like world sporting events like the Wolrd Cup, or the Olympics will bring together different nations in friendly competition, (note the recent Asian Cup; Iraq vs. Saudi Arabia, no violence there) we come together. The differences being, we are not divided by our nationalities and we do it 24-7, and on a personal level.

We are a community without borders and without colours, the spirit and diversity of the gaming community is one that should be looked up to, a spirit and diversity other groups should strive toward.

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#7 December 27, 2008, 04:35:24 am

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i just saw this and it was a lot better than i expected! tom cruise did a pretty good job acting, and the rest of the cast which is mysteriously british did their parts well.

i was kind of surprised at how far they got before the plan failed.

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#8 December 27, 2008, 07:12:06 pm

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both this and lions for lambs or whatever that was both came off to me as super hokey in their advertising. i dunno if i'm just weird or what but they just seem like parodys of themselves

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#9 December 28, 2008, 06:05:17 pm

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"We have to kill Hitler." - Pirate Tom Cruise.

At least it's based off historical events, unless they actually do kill Hitler in the movie.

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#10 December 28, 2008, 06:24:37 pm

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Quote from: aztec on December 28, 2008, 06:05:17 pm

"We have to kill Hitler." - Pirate Tom Cruise.

Quote from: wikipedia

In 1943, Stauffenberg was promoted to Oberstleutnant i.G.[9] (lieutenant-colonel of the general staff), and was sent to Africa to join the 10th Panzer Division as its First Officer in the General Staff (Ia). There, while he was scouting out a new command area, his vehicle was strafed on 7 April 1943 by British fighter-bombers and he was severely wounded. He spent three months in hospital in Munich, where he was treated by Ferdinand Sauerbruch. Stauffenberg lost his left eye, his right hand, and the fourth and fifth fingers of his left hand.

complaining about the eyepatch is pretty dumb considering its historically accurate!

don't go into this movie expecting FILM OF THE YEAR or anything but i found it pretty interesting and kind of educational if they kept it accurate at all, which i'm pretty sure they did.

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#11 December 28, 2008, 08:43:00 pm

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i'm sorry but i can't take a WWII movie seriously with TOM CRUISE

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Ragnar

#12 December 29, 2008, 08:04:13 pm

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Quote from: Standard Toaster on December 28, 2008, 06:24:37 pm

complaining about the eyepatch is pretty dumb considering its historically accurate!

It still came off as a super-queer supervillain eyepatch like he's from S.H.I.E.L.D. or something I dunno

like eyepatches from WWII could look exactly like that but maybe it's just on Tom Cruise it instantly looks like he's like "yay Halloween is fun"

Last Edit: December 29, 2008, 08:10:25 pm by Ragnar

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#13 December 29, 2008, 08:41:49 pm

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whoa what? someone told me the eyepatch was not historical.

something's daffy here...

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#14 December 29, 2008, 09:04:21 pm

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yeah, he didn't actually wear an eyepatch after losing his eye! (see also: horatio nelson)

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#15 December 29, 2008, 09:52:13 pm

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this movie wasn't actually that bad tbh

That’s right, you have the young gaming with the old(er), white people gaming with black people, men and women, Asian countries gaming with the EU, North Americans gaming with South Americans. Much like world sporting events like the Wolrd Cup, or the Olympics will bring together different nations in friendly competition, (note the recent Asian Cup; Iraq vs. Saudi Arabia, no violence there) we come together. The differences being, we are not divided by our nationalities and we do it 24-7, and on a personal level.

We are a community without borders and without colours, the spirit and diversity of the gaming community is one that should be looked up to, a spirit and diversity other groups should strive toward.

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#16 December 31, 2008, 01:35:02 pm

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So, is this like Salon Kitty?

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