Pity party over, I went through two more movies today. Tom Cruise's Valkyrie and Underworld: Rise of the Lycan, however that title is spelled. Valkyrie was incredibly disappointing and the closing summary pretty much explains it. There were fifteen failed attempts to assassinate Hitler recorded. This movie was based on one of those failed attempts. The funny thing is that with all the cloak and dagger crap going on, there was very little suspense. Everyone they wanted to get in on the plan, got on board like over throwing a regime was no big deal. The fact that the failed attempt on Hitler's life with a brick of explosives failed in the movie because someone lifted the briefcase up and moved it two feet over is crazy. If it was that hard to do, they should have just taken a listen from John Wilkes Booth. You don't need a big conspiracy to get that kind of job done. (Disclaimer: I do not support Booth's actions, just pointing out the simplicity of it.)
Underworld was pretty and easy to watch. Actually, of all the movies I've been watching lately it was probably the best. The difficult part of watching it was the fact that it was a prequel and it's been so long since I've seen the other two that I couldn't really remember the references even when direct scenes were cut from the older movies. It's a good action trilogy if you're into that kind of thing. I'd rather watch the Die Hard quadrilogy or Lethal Weapon though if I was going to catch some action flicks.
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