I deeply apologize for having offended your delicate sensibilities. I was merely curious about your liberal use of the word irresponsible and meant no offense. However, as you are given to meeting curiosity with condescension and derision when met with a simple inquiry I will withdraw my question.

I merely came to this site when searching for the box office results of this film. Once I read some of the critiques I felt the desire to defend this worthy effort. No, the film is not great, but the story was worthy of telling and this work was a decent attempt.

I was then simply hoping that someone who labels themselves as a “professor” would disagree. You in turn chose to use sarcasm instead of your “vast knowledge”

Again, please forgive the obvious affront to your intellect.

Since you have such a vast knowledge of history, it appears that we might have all have benefited from your wisdom had you just been an on-site consultant for this “oh-so wonderful” film.

Plus it appears that you have a lot to say. Maybe Tomkatcrazy is not the best venue for you to express all of your worldly concerns.

For me, the movie is far more important than Cruise or it’s release date, and not because it came “out on Christmas”, but because it may lead to a greater knowledge of the subject matter. The groups organized against Hitler had worked for years so that Germany would become the country it finally is today. Yes, the stain of Hitler still permeates the society, but we were no better to the native Americans in our program of genocide (wiping out their food sources, placing them on barren reservations to starve and giving them blankets of smallpox).

Good people make their country great by looking at the mistakes of the past, learning from them and moving forward with pride in the good things they’ve accomplished and will accomplish.

Stauffenberg and his group (or the group that took him in, more precisely) knew this and realized the legacy Germany would be left if they had done nothing.

Sorry for rambling, but I don’t give a toss about Cruise. The subject matter and telling of this story are what matters and from my reading of this subject, they did a good job of condensing this tale into a watchable film.

Happy New Year to all.

All the men had made remarks regarding the historical reference (time and place), while all the women remarked based on feelings and emotions. Men are from Mars, and Women are from Venus. The Venusians must truly be a strong race, since the majority of them speak of “taking” taking their poor husbands to see this movie.

I myself find this movie irresponsibly released, and irresponsibly made. Are we just watching any ‘ol movie just because it comes out on Christmas?

While I think Cruise’s personal life is a trainwreck, I try to give a movie like this the benefit of the doubt given the rest of the cast and subject matter. It paid off. This was a very taught suspense thriller that tells the story of a few very brave people who gave their lives to stop one of the most evil men the world has ever known.