I owe nothing, I will definitely stay away from masterpieces

Norberto 2022-01-25 08:08:18

I watched it on the second day of its release in theaters on February 27, and regret is inevitable... This film is destined to be a passing passerby. But not because of business, although Tom's face is big and beautiful. In a class at the film school, a very unpopular teacher teaching film art said a truth: "Your film owes a little bit, that's a little bit, it's definitely not much, but it's definitely not good." This The words were fulfilled in Valkyrie.
First of all, we must admit the difficulty of presenting the historical fact of "Assassination of Hitler". Not only because this story has been put on the screen several times before, but also because of the danger in the script stage. Sadly, the script failed to achieve conquest and stumbled.
why?
Because when everyone knows the result, there must be a new dynamic to pull the audience into the story instead of suspense. What is this motivation? Valkyrie gave only one answer: grit and determination as Colonel Stauffenberg failed due to hesitant complicity and coincidence of fate (Hitler's fate). In short, a great man and his tragic failure. But the audience still has to sympathize with the hero's tragic and solemn character - from beginning to end, he does not hesitate or compromise... His perfect personality is also unkind and almost unreal. The script did not leave the protagonist with the words of "difficult choices" - imagine that as a professional soldier from a prestigious family, a senior officer who swore allegiance to the head of state, can there be no process in his heart from obedience to "betrayal"?
This lack can't be covered up with clichés like "anti-fascist spirit".
The second is the lack of environmental construction. Antonioni probably said: "Without my environment, there would be no character." There is hardly a decent World War II scene in the whole film - although the desert battlefield at the beginning is the scene where the colonel loses his left eye and right hand, it is not directly related to the theme of the film. Relevance - because the protagonist was sentenced to the oath of allegiance to Hitler because of his patriotism, not out of personal grudges. Just imagine how important a narrative and emotional function the war ravaged and devastated once played in many successful works.
In this film, Berlin, Germany, is clean and minimal, even rude. Although the devastation may not be new, it may not have been devastation in July 1944, but the film expresses the essence of truth. The self-destruction of Germany under Hitler's rule did not show itself, so how could the actions of the protagonist not be suspicious?
Let’s talk about these two points first, it’s too late and I’ll add it later.

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  • Vella 2022-03-21 09:01:33

    Tom is really handsome! ! ! ! ! There is wood! ! ! !

  • Johnathan 2022-03-22 09:01:29

    The filming of a real event whose process is known and the ending has been determined is twists and turns, and Brian's skills are indeed profound. It was not the event or the movie itself that touched me the most, but the fact that the Colonel, as a well-known anti-war activist, was not only able to avoid being purged, but also entered the wolf's den, and his family members of the failed coup were not killed. It seems that the Nazis are far from being on this earth. The most vicious one is much more gentle and gentle than a certain country or organization.

Valkyrie quotes

  • [Remer has just left Goebbels' office and orders the arrested Nazi officials to be released]

    Second Lieutenant Hagen: [confused] But sir, these men are part of a coup.

    Major Otto Ernst Remer: I've just been on the phone with Hitler himself. We *are* the coup, you idiot! We've been duped!

  • General Friedrich Fromm: I don't know what you're brewing up, and I don't want to know. But when the music stops, I'd be obliged if Keitel found himself without a chair.