Nothing like vibrant conversation to cheer up a cold and dreary day in Central Ohio. I was eagerly and hopefully waiting for discussion of the opening scene, which personifies, in bold lettering, tension, anxiety and distress. Walz oozes with "charm". You feel the farmer's despair and understand that you yourself would succumb.
August Diehl as Major Hellstrom was so incredible. The tavern scene is the best scene of the movie. The violence at the end of the sequence was completely secondary to the scene itself.
The camera angles, the music, the entire feel of the scene was incredible. The tension builds & builds to the point you feel almost like you are sitting there observing it wanting to interject. Then there’s a certain point early on in the conversation that you know the Major has either already identified them or like the game they play he will find a way to uncover them. Diehl only had one long scene as the Major but his acting was as memorable as Christopher Waltz was as Col Landa over the entirety of the movie.
Totally agree. I haven’t watched the movie in awhile, but I recall feeling like their entire game was up as soon as the major gets up to chat with them. I think he had them made immediately.
Love this movie!!
Nothing like vibrant conversation to cheer up a cold and dreary day in Central Ohio. I was eagerly and hopefully waiting for discussion of the opening scene, which personifies, in bold lettering, tension, anxiety and distress. Walz oozes with "charm". You feel the farmer's despair and understand that you yourself would succumb.
August Diehl as Major Hellstrom was so incredible. The tavern scene is the best scene of the movie. The violence at the end of the sequence was completely secondary to the scene itself.
The camera angles, the music, the entire feel of the scene was incredible. The tension builds & builds to the point you feel almost like you are sitting there observing it wanting to interject. Then there’s a certain point early on in the conversation that you know the Major has either already identified them or like the game they play he will find a way to uncover them. Diehl only had one long scene as the Major but his acting was as memorable as Christopher Waltz was as Col Landa over the entirety of the movie.
Totally agree. I haven’t watched the movie in awhile, but I recall feeling like their entire game was up as soon as the major gets up to chat with them. I think he had them made immediately.