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To: avile

I wish people would go see the damned movie before deciding that they have a problem with it. This guy is relying on second-hand info, and that's a pretty dumb way to form an opinion about something as subjective as a movie.


11 posted on 12/11/2005 12:58:11 PM PST by John Jorsett (scam never sleeps)
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To: John Jorsett

Review by someone who has seen the movie

"Don’t think for a minute that I’m saying this is a political movie. Munich is doggedly apolitical. Instead Tony Kushner’s script tries something that for Michael Moore would probably be unimaginable: it’s fair. Neither side is exactly squeaky clean, and whether their deeds are evil or not, often even the worst killers are motivated by the same things we all are. When under attack, they try to protect their wives and children. A dying assassin stops to say goodbye to her cat, before collapsing in a gut wrenching pool of blood. Some try to escape, some turn and sacrifice themselves to save their brethren. Every death in this movie hurts, not just the deaths of the good guys, but the apparently bad ones as well."


http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=1266


16 posted on 12/11/2005 1:11:19 PM PST by Sabramerican
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To: John Jorsett

First, the title of the article is "Spielberg is no friend of Israel." That is correct even before this film. What has Spielberg ever said or done to support Israel. He has basically kept his mouth shut including through the latest round of Palestinian terror known as the Second Intifadah.

Spielberg's efforts to support Jewish causes are mostly related to the Holocaust.

Also Spielberg did not interview any of the Mossad guys or their families to make this film. Some have already contradicted the film's claims that Mossad agents had "regrets" for their missions. Zvi Zamir, former Mossad spy head, expressed anger about not being consulted.

Here is Spielberg's pre-film release statement:

“Viewing Israel’s response to Munich through the eyes of the men who were sent to avenge that tragedy adds a human dimension to a horrific episode that we usually think about only in political or military terms. By experiencing how the implacable resolve of these men to succeed in their mission slowly gave way to troubling doubts about what they were doing, I think we can learn something important about the tragic standoff we find ourselves in today.”

http://www.laweekly.com/ink/06/02/deadline-finke.php

Add to this the choice of the known anti-Zionist Kushner as script writer, the choice of Malta for filming, and a pre-viewing negative assessment becomes logical if not certain.


23 posted on 12/11/2005 2:00:27 PM PST by dervish (no excuses)
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