ROTTEN TOMATOES: First Valkyrie Pic Revealed Comments

First Valkyrie Pic Revealed

by Alex Vo | July 19, 2007

Summary

The release date's still a ways off, but the first image of Tom Cruise in Valkyrie has already made its way onto the interwebs. Shooting began today in Germany, and this photo depicts Cruise with (presumably) the briefcase bomb intended for Hitler. Back to Article

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skasforfags writes:
on Jul 19 2007 06:14 PM

We'll see.

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wiggins writes:
on Jul 19 2007 07:35 PM

this is difficult to take seriously

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bigbadbear writes:
on Jul 19 2007 07:45 PM

tom cruise or the article?

Cruise is still a very good actor despite all his madness.

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screwhead100 writes:
on Jul 19 2007 08:49 PM

im going to have to agree with bigbadbear on this one..........tom cruise is top of the line........

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skasforfags writes:
on Jul 19 2007 09:15 PM

I just think he looks a little silly in this particular picture, however I have complete confidence in the movie.

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yodas gooch writes:
on Jul 19 2007 09:29 PM

If executed properly (pun intended) this will be a great film...Tom doesnt look silly per se...its just those campy uniforms

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ksduded writes:
on Jul 19 2007 09:53 PM

Tom is a very talented actor, and if you check his movies on rotten tomatoes, most are certified fresh, reiterating the fact, that most often than not, his movies are good too.

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gratefuldawg writes:
on Jul 19 2007 10:00 PM

Looks like a still shot from some gay Nazi WWII porno film. Is the eyepatch covering up that lazy eye working overtime in A FEW GOOD MEN. Seriously though, Cruise is no longer a revelant actor. His public flaunting of percieved importance shows that the man is nothing more than a by-product of Hollywood.

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SLICKMAN120 writes:
on Jul 19 2007 10:36 PM

In reply to this comment (#951064)
So in other words, gratefuldawg, your not a fan of film... Just the persons life outside it defines their work. I see, so let me get this straight. A film is supposed to take us to another place, being a different genre is a different place; it allows us to escape reality for that very moment when all is down. Yet, a persons real character out side their work is supposed to effect the escapism that film lets us have? I'm a bit confused here.

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CMPunk>you writes:
on Jul 19 2007 10:47 PM

...score one for Slickman!

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jon_jay writes:
on Jul 19 2007 11:19 PM

Nevermind that Tom Cruise is starring in this movie (which who I think is a terrific actor), but this movie also marks a long-awaited reunion for "Usual Suspects" director and writer, Singer and McQuarrie. Doesn't come out for awhile, but looks fairly decent so far.

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MarkMortimer writes:
on Jul 19 2007 11:46 PM

In reply to this comment (#951198)
So you would be quite happy watching a paedophile portray someone else on the big screen as long as YOU were immersing yourself into the fantasy of film!!!
I know he isn't a paedophile, I am making a point and that point is that your logic is flawed :)

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jul 20 2007 12:41 AM

In reply to this comment (#952034)
Actually your logic is flawed because Cruise who we're referencing hasn't done anything criminal. Being odd is still not a crime in most countries of the world. As long as he makes entertaining movies he can be as weird as he wants to be off it within criminal limits of course.

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GOD90 writes:
on Jul 20 2007 12:48 AM

Cruise is one of the best actors in Hollywood today. Hopefully he'll get the accent right.

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jasperoosterveld writes:
on Jul 20 2007 01:43 AM

Cruise just really annoys me when i see him, but he was great in south park ;)

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alsanali writes:
on Jul 20 2007 02:12 AM

In reply to this comment (#952034)
People still listen to Michael Jackson, don't they?

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wiggins writes:
on Jul 20 2007 03:12 AM

"a terrific actor" in my opinion, is someone who is versatile and has the ability to really disappear into their role and actually "become" their character. gary oldman is the first example that comes to my mind, but of course there are many others. whenever i watch a tom cruise movie, i immediately know i'm watching tom cruise. don't get me wrong, he's been in plenty of good movies, i just feel he has very little range and is more of a "movie star" than an actor.

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Wizo writes:
on Jul 20 2007 05:17 AM

Sweet! A Tog Gun prequel!

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Crenshaw writes:
on Jul 20 2007 06:48 AM

HaaHaa! He looks like Fearless Leader from Rocky and Bullwinkle.

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Merlin235 writes:
on Jul 20 2007 07:05 AM

Cruise isn't one of my favorite actors, but I'd rather watch him than Sinbad

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MarkMortimer writes:
on Jul 20 2007 07:51 AM

In reply to this comment (#952302)
Actually if you had read my post properly you would have understood that I was linking the relevance between an actors real life personality and how it can affects his movie persona in the eyes of movie-goers.

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gratefuldawg writes:
on Jul 20 2007 09:08 AM

In reply to this comment (#951198)
To reply to your statemtent, I absolutley love film, if not I would've plunked down $20 to see CHUCK&LARRY. But film though it provides escapism is also art. To discredit film as less is truly illogical and would point the finger of "film hater" towards yourself. True art is considered in the eye of the beholder, but there's a reasons why velvet Elvis and Clown paintings aren't hanging next to Whistlers Mother. Im merely pointing out like other's that Cruise among a few of todays top actor's; aren't actors. Their a product or "Movie Star", call it Hilton Phenom or what have you, being hyped upon the public, unfortunately people buy into the fantasy and allow for ****ty careers to prosper.

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taran72 writes:
on Jul 20 2007 09:32 AM

Great actor, despite his crazy personal life. All the offscreen attention given to him is just a product of this tabloid, over-exposed bull***** society. Twenty years ago, he'd just be another excellent (no not Oldman level) actor who's been married a couple of times with kids.
Movies are escapism, get over it. If you are sitting there watching this movie and still thinking of his couch jumping, then you are a shallow moron.

That still does not excuse MI:2 or Vanilla Sky.

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Product_of_You writes:
on Jul 20 2007 11:02 AM

Bah, Vanilla Sky was great.

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FernandoDANTE writes:
on Jul 20 2007 11:45 AM

That eye-patch looks slightly ridiculous.

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Marnye writes:
on Jul 20 2007 02:02 PM

A German actor like Sebastian Koch (who played the part in a TV film a few years ago) should have played the part, he is a better actor than Tom Cruise and he really disappears behind his roles, he is unrecognizable in "Speer und Er" and he knows German history.

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Rockslide writes:
on Jul 20 2007 06:35 PM

I'm glad to see people supporting Cruise. His personal life aside, I think he's a good actor and I've enjoyed a good number of his films. I'll continue to pay ticket prices for his films. People jump on hate-bandwagons so quickly around here, I'm glad to see some people haven't lost all sense.

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Callpacas writes:
on Jul 20 2007 10:04 PM

we should be hating Shia Labeouf...
but is that purple on the pants?

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Scarborough Fair writes:
on Jul 21 2007 11:08 AM

This looks like Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. I hope this isn't a 'serious' film.

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sos10 writes:
on Jul 21 2007 01:52 PM

I wonder how they will distort history in this movie, because they will, as usual.

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Scarborough Fair writes:
on Jul 21 2007 07:49 PM

sos10 is a holocaust denier.

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Enemy writes:
on Jul 22 2007 02:52 PM

In reply to this comment (#952306)
"Hopefully he'll get the accent right"

What are you talking about? All Germans in this movie will of course speak English, so there won't be any accents. Why would he have a German accent speaking English?

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Jaimon writes:
on Jul 23 2007 02:39 AM

Actually Stauffenberg was beamed up into a spaceship right before the final 'execution' of his life story.
Cruise is the perfect fit.

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TombstoneLawDog writes:
on Jul 23 2007 07:57 AM

In reply to this comment (#952034)

It's 'Pedophile'. No 'A' in there. ..I thought maybe your hand slipped, but it's there, twice. Seriously undercuts what might've otherwise been a solid argument.

In reply to this comment (952432)

I tend to agree with you with the following modification: TC is kind of like Nicholas Cage in my opinion- At the beginning of all their movies, you look at the character and go "okay, in this movie Tom/Nic is playing himself as a ."

..and yet, at the end of most of their movies, I find myself believing in the character, even if I never really scraped off the 'Tom Cruise' or 'Nic Cage' identity from the character. Great example: trying to accept NC as a Russian-descended arms dealer in 'Lord of War.' At first, you're like 'WTF, you're name is 'Yuri'!?!'
But by the end of the movie, I bought it.

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Silverence writes:
on Jul 25 2007 01:30 PM

I dont know much about the plot of this movie but I do know a little about the history of what its about, and unless the History Channel has lied to me, this isn't really going to be one of those big effect shoot-em-up's or anything even resembling an action movie. I'm completely down with that, but for me It brings into question Cruise's casting in it. I actually really like Tom Cruise. Yes, Yes, hes a little nuts but so is half of Hollywood these days. If it isnt scientology, its kabala. Or cocaine. But anyway, my point is, that everything that I've seen Cruise in that I've enjoyed him has been some sort of action picture, or at the very least a hipster rom-com like whatever the hell Jerry Macguire was. I normally would be perfectly fine with him, but do you really want to see Tom Cruise, looking as goofy as he does in that picture, talking (with a German accent nonetheless) for two hours?

If they had to shoe horn someone into the role I much rather would have had them go with someone with a little more versatility. Clooney or someone similar. Interestingly enough, on that thought, if I could choose anyone for that role, it would been Clooney's costar from Goodnight and Good Luck, the guy who play Edward R. Murrow.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jul 26 2007 01:30 PM

In reply to this comment (#962181)
Also if Hollywood has taught us nothing it's that nazi's and all other evil doers speak with a British accent :)

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It. writes:
on Aug 18 2007 08:28 PM

In reply to this comment (#958306)
german serious(!) media said the script and concordance is 'magnificient'.

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It. writes:
on Aug 18 2007 08:29 PM

In reply to this comment (#972400)
I don't find clooney more versatile than Cruise! au contraire, cruise is versatile, from Vietnam veteran to Vampire or sex guru, he can do anything he want

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It. writes:
on Aug 18 2007 08:30 PM

In reply to this comment (#951062)
you're an ***, that's why **** is coming out of your mouth. crazy lazy idiot

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rastenborg writes:
on Dec 03 2007 04:08 PM

GrossGott!

It looks like Vogel and Borgmann have escaped again. A good thing they are so poorly read. Two thumbs up for Historical brilliance.

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