The movie does not need added drama

Rating: 10/10 (2 January 2009)

I am surprised that some critics and others were looking for more "character development" and drama in this incredibly intense movie - I suspect there are people who need to know more history of Hitler's Germany to understand how terrible it was, and why even saying you did not like Hitler was dangerous. Every move the plotters made was tricky and nuanced. One critic suggested we needed to know more about why the soldiers plotting the coup did not like Hitler ... good grief, this was not about a why they wanted to walk in the park together - there were at least a dozen well known reasons why Hitler needed to be dead, even to Germans. No, it is not a feel good movie ... but it is about heroism at it's best. The script wasn't packaged to have people leaving feeling up beat. Reality does not work that way. It can be painful. BTW, I think Tom Cruise is a nut case, but did fine job of not over doing his role here and was credible in his role.