I'm not a big Spielberg fan, but I have to say that I have never been moved by a movie quite like this one. The movie is about a group of Israeli terrorists hunting down their Palestinian targets in Europe at the aftermath of the tragedy in the 72 Olympics game in Munich. I was initially worried that this movie is going to trumpet the cause of Zionist terrorists, but it turned out to be a fair movie in terms of showing the audience the evils that both the Zionists and the Palestinian terrorists have accomplished. Within the movie, it has a very strong anti-war undertone and shows the futility of assassinations or terrorist acts. It's a long movie, so it may not be everyone. However, I have never felt such a rewarding experience from a theater. This is the best movie I have seen this year and the last. I highly recommend it. For those who have seen it, I'd like to know your opinions of the movie. I'd like to see this thread stay out of D&D, so please refrain from slinging poo at others.
Caught Munich last weekend. Overall a really good film but a bit too long. To my surprise, it didn't particularly paint anyone as good guys or bad guys, and didn't moralize. I thought Spielberg went too far in trying to present a balanced viewpoint and almost tried to justify terrorism......and I just can't buy that. Definitely worth seeing. D R
Yes, if Palestianians vs. Israelis = Muslims vs. Jews. We live in a society whereby our constitution guarantees the separation of church and state (at least for now!). For me it's hard to fully comprehend a society where they are one and the same...all the rules and norms go out the window. D R
I'm not sure if religion does play a big role in the movie. I think the Palestinians, Israeli and other factions shows themselves as people with different or similar ambitions. The movie doesn't really touch the religious aspects IMO.
Well everyone are bad guys (Zionist terrorists, Palestinian terrorists, CIA, KGB, MI6, private groups) in this movie.
Palestinian terrorists are the function equivalents of neo-Nazis. By the way, was David Berger a "bad guy"?
How so? (if your answer is going to de-rail the thread and become political, can you start a new thread on D&D, we can carry the discussion there) No, the victims weren't bad guys. Did he do something bad in the past?
This is a highly political movie based on real events. If you want to limit the discussion just to keep it here, then you are doing a disservice to an important issue that transcends this one movie.
I know that, that's why I'd like to have the political aspects discussed in D&D. Hopefully the moderators will allow having two threads to discuss this one movie.
go back to D&D, this is just a review of the movie if you want to start a heated discussion on it start a new thread in the D&D from your posts i have noticed you are too arrogant and ignorant to be reasoned with Edit: thanks bernie
I just wanted to know if they discuss the reasons for why the Palastinians did what they did, and also what fueled the Israeli response. Speilberg is Jewish, and I would figure he would slant it as such, but I have read that it is fairly even handed and makes both sides look bad. True? DD
