Two Movie Reviews and a Happy New Year

Over the past two weeks I went to the theater to see Valkyrie and Yes Man.

Valkyrie is a slow movie. It starts with a bang and ends with a montage. This movie is not for everyone, as I noticed when my dad, who loves historical dramas more than I do, said he thought it was just ok. I really enjoyed this movie. Good acting, a pretty solid plot, and exciting political intrigue make this movie worth 10 bucks to see. I have two complaints: The first is that most actors are British, and celarly so. This movie involves mainly German officers, so it would have been nice to hear some accents. My other complaint is about reviewers. They keep saying that this movie makes no mention of the Holocaust and seem really upset about it. The Holocaust is mentioned as one of the reasons for Tom Cruise's character wanting to kill Hitler. So there. This movie is also about people in the Nazi army and government who wanted to stop Hitler for a variety of reasons and the formation of a plot to kill him. It is not about the Holocaust. Go see Schindler's List if you want to watch a movie about the Holocaust.

Yes Man is only like Liar,Liar in premise, and is much more mature and funny than that movie. Jim Carrey does the best I've seen from him in awhile. Its nice that he can play the funny man and be serious. This movie is very fun to watch and features a great performance from the guy who plays Maury on Flight of The Concords. His character as the bank manager will make you laugh each time you see him. Not to spoil anything, but if you grew up in the 90s there's a musical treat for you in this movie. Definitely go see it.