Munich

Lori and I Watched Munich last night and we enjoyed it.

The movie didn’t change my opinion on the Arab / Israeli conflict and I still feel it’s a stupid conflict over very little!

I also don’t understand why this movie is considered so controversial.  Usually when I see “based on true events” I accept the fact that most of the movie is probably made up and therefore I should not take this to be a factual, historical account.  In fact maybe the only true events in this movie were the news reports / coverage of the hostage and airport stand off.  Also this movie is made by Steven Spielberg, his second sympathetic / pro Jewish movie, the first being, oh what’s it called… oh yeah Schindler’s List!  So to go into this movie expecting him to present both sides equally as the idiot terrorists they are, fat chance of that happening!  Yes Mr. Spielberg, we get it, the Jewish (terrorists) were only defending themselves, to set things right and their assassins are more sensitive and precise when they kill and they are also careful with money!

All that aside this is a very good hired assassin/action movie with decent acting, interesting characters and good directing.  It definitely kept my attention although it was a bit long.  My only criticisms (beyond the above Spielberg agenda ones) are that the movie was a little too bloody, I wish they would’ve shown a little more of the other side and I didn’t quite *get* the next to last scene with the sex paralleling the bloody airport massacre scene.

Bottom line: Assassinations and Assassins are are brutal no matter how carefully planned or sensitive they are (or how you can carefully spin it). If you go into a movie made by a (good) director who possibly has an agenda but who also prefaces his movie with “based on actual events” and you still get mad when it’s not 100% factual, or fair… then you definitely have some problems.

Good movie and probably the best in the category of best movie.