ROTTEN TOMATOES: Trailer Bulletin: Valkyrie

Trailer Bulletin: Valkyrie

For Tom Cruise, every day is Look Like a Pirate Day.

by Jeff Giles | November 09, 2007

Valkyrie isn't scheduled to reach theaters until next summer, but its first official trailer is online, and Yahoo! Movies has it!

The historical thriller, directed by Bryan Singer, stars Tom Cruise as Claus von Stauffenberg, the German colonel who led the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler during World War II (and who apparently looked and sounded exactly like Tom Cruise with an eyepatch). To get an early look at two and a half minutes from Valkyrie, click below!

Source: Yahoo! Movies

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ZiGyStRdUsT writes:
on Nov 09 2007 08:23 AM

wow, I really wanna see this now

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cmonsteve writes:
on Nov 09 2007 08:26 AM

i was really hoping for a return to form for singer, but i think this just looks like ****e.

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digitalsoul68 writes:
on Nov 09 2007 08:30 AM

why do all the Germans have British and American accents?

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JUDGE DREDD writes:
on Nov 09 2007 08:52 AM

No German accents even? Damn, thats what let down ENEMY at the GATES.

At least pretend to be German! Isnt that why theyre called ACTORS? This could have been the perfect opportunity to see Tom Cruise play someone OTHER than HIMSELF!

Boooooooooo!

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ZiGyStRdUsT writes:
on Nov 09 2007 08:58 AM

accents aren't necessary, I remember they tried it in that one submarine movie with harrison ford and it ended up not sounding that authentic. Mainly because he kept switching between a russian and an american accent.

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arendr writes:
on Nov 09 2007 08:59 AM

Hmm...could be okay. I don't know.

Don't they still have to reshoot tons of footage that got messed up at the lab?

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dahluzz writes:
on Nov 09 2007 09:35 AM

the featurette on quicktime shows how much tom looks like that cycloptic gerry guy. bryan singer, thanks for X2 but please stop making superhero movies. the usual suspects is my favorite film and let's just say it hasn't been uphill since.

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TheHarold writes:
on Nov 09 2007 09:42 AM

not bad...not great, but not bad at all

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moviemonkey2 writes:
on Nov 09 2007 10:03 AM

Meh. Maybe a DVD rental, but probably not. Tom Cruise just tastes bad these days.

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Typhoon20 writes:
on Nov 09 2007 10:36 AM

Bryan Singer is pretty overhyped and overrated.

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kubrickfan writes:
on Nov 09 2007 12:19 PM

If you think about it, accents are kind of silly anyways. As far as "authenticity" goes, if they had German accents, then they should also be speaking German, and not english, because the story does not take place in America. Someone mentioned K-19, that was silly because no one would be speaking English on a Russian submarine anyway, regardless of how good or bad Ford's accent was. I remember the movie Max, with John Cusack getting a lot of criticism because no one spoke with a German accent, However no one points out the fact that they were speaking English instead of German. If the Story takes place in a non-english speaking country, then accents are useless unless the movie is subtitled in the native language.

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johnny stone writes:
on Nov 09 2007 12:20 PM

All that money into sets, authentic vehicles and costumes to immerse you into another time and place, but no authentic German accents...wow. Maybe a bigger budget to include acting lessons would have been worth the investment.

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arendr writes:
on Nov 09 2007 12:31 PM

In reply to this comment (#1264830)
I think the quality of the movie is the most important part. Max was a good movie. Who cares if they use an accent if the story and acting is good?

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kubrickfan writes:
on Nov 09 2007 12:48 PM

^ I completely agree.

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johnny stone writes:
on Nov 09 2007 01:05 PM

and quality is generally reflective of and represented by how much time and effort you put into something. No accents means Cruise tried it and sucked, so rather than lose the star, let's all not use accents and rush to just get this thing out into theaters to make money. I'm sure the story is great, but how can you propose the acting is good when Cruise, Branagh and everyone else are playing Germans, but sound like Americans. I'm not asking them to speak German and tack on subtitles, I'm just asking them to act like Germans (which is English for "speak with German accents")

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Hamboner writes:
on Nov 09 2007 01:12 PM

It is too bad I ever bothered to read a history book... this could be a really exciting movie if you weren't sure how it will end. But I suppose well-executed build up will have to suffice.

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Armless Penguin writes:
on Nov 09 2007 01:31 PM

In reply to this comment (#1264899)
I'm sure the subject of accents has more to do with appeal than anything else. I'm sorry, but if you think that anyone in America is going to want to watch a movie where everyone speaks in a barely-understandable German accent--well, that's ridiculous. 98% of films set in foreign language countries don't use native accents or languages. Why? Because it's an American film, not a German one, and despite the fact it's set in German it's being marketed toward an obviously English-speaking audience. Of course they're going to use English and American accents. It has nothing to do with the quality of the film.

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AlbertBrodsky writes:
on Nov 09 2007 01:49 PM

I thought "Enemy at the Gates" was a decent flick, but I didn't enjoy the fake dialog. If you're going to do a period piece, then you better make it authentic or nothing. If you have a great movie, then do you really need a star like Tom Cruise? Germans make some of the best films I've seen, so I'm sure you could get a german cast that would be superior. Could you imagine if "Letters to Hiro Jima" used american actors to play the Japanese speaking in american accents dressed up like Japanese soldiers. No you can't, because it would be garbage. This movie might do well at first, but will have a short life span, and will never be a classic. Can't wait to see it in the $3.99 bargain bin right there with "Enemy at the Gates". Speilberg would never have done this.

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BjornFree writes:
on Nov 09 2007 01:55 PM

I read the accent comments before actually watching the trailer, and beforehand, I really didn't care about accents if they weren't speaking German anyway. After watching the trailer, the Tom Cruise straight-up American accent just doesn't work well, in my opinion. There have been a growing number of native-tongue films coming out, and I do think that speaking American English in Germany will hurt authenticity.

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wallstreet_jony writes:
on Nov 09 2007 03:57 PM

why^ ?? that means basically tom cruise, tom hanks, matt damon, even al pacino are then not the right choice for some of thier films b/c they didnt put on the accent of the counrty they were supposed to be from????

its not important.

get over it.

singer is a great director. he is not overrated. he may not be one of the best directors but all of his films are story driven. (HMMMNNNnnnnnn....sounds a bit like clint eastwood)

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