Trailer: Valkyrie
By Craig Kennedy - September 25th, 2008; 9:19 pm
Here’s the first actual look at Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie starring Tom Cruise, Carice van Houten and Kenneth Branagh.
It feels like a fairly straightforward action/thriller and I think that’s a good thing.
Catch it in HD at Yahoo or watch a featurette here.
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Tags: Bryan Singer, Carice van Houten, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Cruise, Valkyrie
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Tom Cruise looks like he’s doing typical Tom Cruise. But, the trailer actually looks promising. I’m putty in Carice van Houten’s hands.
Honestly, not overly impressed. The poster is so great that it makes the trailer seem a bit underwhelming. And Cruise is not even trying to sound German at all, which I suppose is a good thing — unless everyone around him does (which, judging by the trailer, appears to be precisely the case). Sigh. I don’t know. I imagine that if the reviews are good, I’ll be there on opening night. We’ve been severely spoiled with outstanding trailers these past few weeks, so again, this? not too exciting.
I like it, but then I wasn’t expecting anything highfalutin.
Guess some people must be really hard to impress. I, for one, really liked it. I like how it channels (both in the trailer and the poster) the thrillers of the late 60s and 70s.
Once again I’m on the same page as elessar.
I suspect a lot of people have similar expectations to Dorothy and I worry they’re going to be disappointed.
Maybe it was just spin, but when the studio moved it back to December, I seem to recall them saying it wasn’t intended as an Oscar move, but who knows about these things.
I very much disagree with the implication that I’m hard to impress. I’m actually quite the impressionable young lass. I’m glad you liked the trailer, elessar. I was simply making the point that during the past few weeks we’ve been bombarded with some stunning, stupendous trailers that got me all riled up to see those films. “Valkyrie” wasn’t even in my radar until yesterday, but the poster definitely got me excited–it’s unconventional, powerful. I was, however, underwhelmed by the trailer itself because it plays it a bit too safe. Again, this is not to say the film is bad, which really, at this point nobody can say whether it is or not. Bottom line: As with most movies, I’ll give it a chance if the reviews are good.
I think I mischaracterized your expectations DP and I apologize.
I do think there has been a sense among the industry journo types that this is somehow meant to be an Oscar movie and when it comes out and it’s not, the supposed taste makers are going to turn their noses up at it.
What I’m thinking of specifically by way of recent examples is Stranger Than Fiction. Like a year before it came out, people like Jeff Wells were tossing it around as an Oscar movie…based on what, I have no idea. When it finally came out and it turned out to be a fairly simple romantic comedy, it was gauged a misfire, not because it was bad, but because it wasn’t up to incorrect expectations.
I think I’m not making sense here….and I should always know I’m in trouble when I start beating the STF horse AGAIN…but anyway, I’m watchful of something similar happening with Valkyrie.
No apologies necessary, Craig. I was replying to elessar’s comment (I will confess, I didn’t read your post until after submitting mine; breach of etiquette on my part, I know :) ).
hahah…no worries.As long as we’re clear. I do think I was mischaracterizing your expectations for the record.
Apologies, Dorothy. I should have made clearer that I wasn’t referring to you specifically, only the general poor-mouthing of a really good trailer. I don’t know if I’m easy to impress or not, but I do know what I like.
Agreed about the barrage of impressive trailers (W, Milk, Soloist, Frost/Nixon, RR). I would add Valkyrie to that mix, as well, and ask: Where the trailer for THE ROAD?
If this and W succeed, I hope something can be done to resurrect PINKVILLE. That project sounded excellent, and I was very disappointed when they shelved it.
BTW, why is it that, since maybe the 80s, that some of the best films for each decade come either at the very end or the very beginning of the decade (1999 comes to mind)?