Valkyrie

I watched Valkyrie last night and was rather inspired and depressed simultaneously! It offers a very much needed insight into history and to the fact that not all German's should be held accountable for the horrors of Hitler's actions during world war II. A Jewish friend of mine tells me that Tom's character was actually very much a hater of the Jewish people that just so happened to also hate Hitler. Regardless of this, the film is necessary to remind people that there are always degrees of variance in people's beliefs and that the honourable and brave plights of the these particularly group of people should be acknowledged and respected. Cruise's performance was moderately impressive, the choice of roles was not a big stretch for him though in my opinion. I'd like to see if he could take on a self-destructive character, those being the more interesting ones to watch on screen!

It's arguably much like John Cusack's "MAX" which bravely attempts to put a human face on Hitler and explain his descent through social and economical circumstances. It attempts to do this rather than just reduce him to a character of pure evil, however much this may bring us a strange sense of comfort in our world of absolutes.