24 Frames: Nazi Chic

It appears that the Nazi is the flavor of the month. Not that it is box office gold, but there seems to be a trend towards utilizing the superior race in recent months. It seems our goose stepping haters are becoming even more overexposed than zombies, which is tough to do.

First the Obvious:

Valkyrie: A flick that hosts a bevy of der Führer's boys traipsing around secretly to try and kill the boss. Tom Cruise stretches himself by wearing an eye-patch.

The Reader: Ralph Fiennes discovers that when he was a fifteen year old boy sleeping with Kate Winslet, that she was actually a Nazi. Personally, I don't care if Kate Winslet is a top Al Qaeda agent. If I get the chance, I'm sleeping with her.

Defiance: Jews strike back in this true story about three Jewish brothers who build tree forts in the forest and protect the tribe from Nazis and Russians. This is a pretty unremarkable film with lots of talent.

Lesser Known:

Good: Viggo Mortensen twiddles his thumbs and may have to betray a Jewish friend when he is cajoled into joining the party. Viggo actually looks pretty good in the uniform. Gulp!

Adam Resurrected: Jeff Goldblum gives a tour de force performance as he degrades himself to survive the concentration camps by becoming Commandant Willem Dafoe's pet. Dafoe could actually pull off the toothbrush mustache had he chosen to.

The Boy In The Striped Pajamas: Two boys on opposite sides befriend each other and party members say they had no idea what the camps were for. David Thewlis plays Nazi daddy.

WTF!

The Spirit: For no reason what-so-ever, there is a scene with Sam Jackson dressed like a nazi. We unfortunately do not get a line of dialog declaring, " I have had it with these mutha fuckin' Jews on this mutha fuckin' plane." Then again he might, anyone who saw the film can tell me. If anyone saw the film.


The future is holding even more Nazi's for us. Quentin Tarantino will be shooting at them with his Inglorious Basterds and there is a Nazi Zombie called Dead Snow coming from Norway. A movie I couldn't care less about... Unless Kate Winslet is cast in it.