Reply #31: I know I was Surprised [View All]

[Daveparts still]

I don't normally write film reviews but wrote this more as a public service announcement.
"The Eagle Has Landed" was good film taken from an actual plot.
"The Great Escape" Was based on a true story as was "Bridge Over the River Kwai"
"The Dirty Dozen" was a good film based on plausible characters, where of course the black guy always dies first.

"The Sting" was all about the plot, the cleverness of the sting. Building a story from the beginning that engages the viewer much like "Pulp Fiction" you were drawn in try to figure out how all these characters intertwined and then at the end you went, oh wow!

I want to see "Valkyrie" because of the amazing story and because the German press despite reservations about Tom Cruise said that it was good. If only Von Staufenberg had had a Louisville slugger!