Movies to Come

Over the past couple days I've had the privilege of getting free tickets to early screening of movies to come. Now, if your one to hit up the movies after you indulge your self in presents and food on Christmas there are two movies which I saw this past week that come out Christmas day, Valkyrie and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button..

Valkyrie is a movie starring Tom Cruise and Tom Wilkinson. It is directed by Bryan Singer who is most popular film would probably be The Usual Suspects. He is also, known for his work on TV shows House and Dirty, Sexy, Money. The movie is about German officers collaborating together in an effort to assassinate Hitler during the war and take over Germany in efforts to restore Germany to the way it was. My views of the movie was that it could of been a lot better. It seems they half assed it by just fusing the German language into English and then forgetting about accents all together. The movie is suspenseful, even though we all know the ending (hint: Hilter commits suicide). The movie moves fast and there are no great, big, meaningful dialogues. It's kind of like Ocean's Eleven and the German version of Thirteen Days.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a movie starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. The movie is directed by David Fincher who has also directed such films as Se7en, Panic Room, and Fight Club. The movie is based on the short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Benjamin who is born with a rare disease where he is born with the characteristics of an old man that physically gets younger as he gets older. Benjamin is orphaned and grows up in a nursing home. As he gets older he gets more youthful while he experiences death all around him. This story also features a girl which he falls for at a young age (but is old looking) named Daisy whose daughter is reading the story of Benjamin Button to her mom who is on her death bed, which is centralized in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. It is an interesting story that is comical as well as dramatic. One drawback is that it is two and a half hours long. The movie probably will be nominated for several awards. If I had to compare it to other movies it seems like a cross between Big Fish and Forrest Gump.

If I had to score both movies:

Valkyrie = C-

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button = B