This was one of the best episodes of Grey’s Anatomy I’ve ever seen. George joined the army and Izzy is dying of a brain tumor. A man got hit by a bus saving a woman’s life. He is in bad shape and not expected to live. Izzy opts for having surgery and Derek operates. She loses her long term memory. Everyone expects Izzy is going to die. Turns out George is the unknown man who was hit by the bus. Meredith finds out right before George crashes. At the same time, Izzy crashes. It ends with both Izzy and George’s lives are in limbo. Izzy and George meet as their spirits leave their bodies on the elevator. Izzy in a long evening gown and George in his army uniform. It was a big surprise to me. I never expected the outcome. I thought George would simply join the military. It also looked like Izzy was going to make it. The show ended in limbo though so either or neither George or Izzy may make it next season.

I just watched the movie, the Assassination of Jessie James by the coward Robert Ford, starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck. the movie is slow moving and narrated at parts. You must either love history or Brad Pitt or both to like this movie. Pitt plays Jessie James and unlike most other Hollywood flicks, Jessie is portrayed as the cold blooded murderer he was. It shows Robert Ford as the victim. He killed Jesse because he honestly thought Jesse would soon kill his brother and him. He also thought he would be made a hero and thanked for doing so which was not the case. Robert Ford was considered a coward for shooting Jesse in the back yet very few ever thought Jesse to be a coward for doing the same to others. Ford was taunted by others and someone eventually shot and killed him. The killer was pardon after ten years because of popular opinion. It is not the best Brad Pitt movie I’ve ever seen, I would not watch it again, but I don’t regret watching the movie in the first place – mostly cause i love history and Brad Pitt.

Valkyrie is the new movie that came out today, Christmas Day. It stars Tom Cruise. The movie tells the true story of the plot to kill Hitler during WWII. I have not seen the movie yet. However, I know the story well as I have been studying WWII for quite some time now. The plot was planned by the top generals and staff of the German army. They knew the Germans were losing the war and had no hope of winning. Hitler would not accept defeat and planned to fight to the last man, woman and child. The German high command knew it was senseless and wished to make a deal with the allies and knew Hitler would never consent. von Stauffenberg, played by Tom Cruise, had access to meetings with Hitler. He took a bomb into a meeting in his briefcase. He left the room leaving the bomb which he placed under the table which was made of heavy oak. The bomb went off but because of the heavy oak, the table shielded Hitler. He was only injured but the others in the room died from their injuries. The consequence of the attempt was terrible. The key people (20) who were involved in the plot were executed terribly. Hitler watched as he ate dinner while these men died by being hung by piano wire. Rommel was implicated in the plot. He was given a choice to commit suicide or his whole family would be killed. Close to 5000 people were executed. I watched the story of Valkyrie on the history channel. It said that even though the plot did not succeed in killing Hitler, it did succeed. The German resistance was once thought to be traitors, now they are hailed as heroes. The history channel program said that the film was filmed at the same places in Germany where the events took place. It also said that the film keeps to the facts. I hope the movie did not stray too much from the facts as Hollywood tends to change history to make a story better.