Villains

I stand corrected on my last statement, there is a movie where the villain wins. It is not yet on DVD but still in theatres. In this movie the villain is not the main character but wins in the end, and even going to see the movie i knew the outcome but I still figured it would make a decent a movie. The movie is about Hitler, and for those of you who do not know what movie i am talking about, it is Valkyrie.

The movie, which stars Tom cruise, is about an assassination attempt on Hitler, but we all know Hitler kills himself when he is surrounded by the allies, so we know the outcome of this movie, but i found myself thrown into this movie, cheering him on, hoping it works, but knowing it does not. For more followup information and pictures you can visit http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985699/

This movie is a rare commodity, leaving me with a sense that the villain has won. I find myself asking if this is something we should try to explore, just having the villains win? I personally did not enjoy the ending, even when i knew it was coming. Left me feeling that there should still be something done, someone should be doing something about this "villain" and not let him do this, and leaving me unsatisfied and unhappy with the movie. The villain cannot win, I have been brainwashed that the happy ending is coming, but for this man it is not. There will not be revenge or a Valkyrie 2.

This leads me to believe that this movie would become a flop and nobody would watch once the word got out along the unsatisfying ending. Then i found an article on the Internet about why it didnt flop here http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2008/12/30/2008-12-30_sorry_haters_tom_cruises_valkyrie_not_a_.html which pretty much explains that because Tom cruise is a star, that his fan base made this a hit. Im not sure which way to go with this, i dont believe that it all factored in on Tom's side, but maybe a portion of it did.

Villains winning is not the way to go, we like to keep ourselves happy, and content, which makes us believe those fairy tales. I do believe this was a nice change of pace, but i do not know if the mainstream is ready for the villains to win.