[rattrap]

"There is an entirely fictional scene in the movie in which [the leader of the Israeli hit squad] and his Palestinian opposite number meet and talk calmly, with the latter getting a chance to make his case for the creation of a homeland for his people. That scene means everything to Kushner and Spielberg..... Without that exchange, 'I would [said Spielberg] have been making a Charles Bronson movie — good guys vs. bad guys and Jews killing Arabs without any context. And I was never going to make that picture.' "

That pretty much sums it up right there.

[RedStateRocker]

WEll, it's not like anything he does is going to make Isreal *LOVED* so perhaps a bit of a reminder that the only democracy in the middle east never forgets and has always effectivly practiced 'eye for an eye' will make a better movie.

But then I'm the most Zionist Irish boy I know of:-)

[veronica]

Shameful. And bad moviemaking.

[wideawake]

Spielberg spends his spare time documenting the last Holocaust while working to justify the next one.

Pathetic.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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[hershey]

Spielberg and Kushner took a page from Oliver Stone's playbook. It's despicable. They portray lies as history, and young minds full of mush believe it. Oh, well, it's just 'nuancing'. Nothing to get upset about.

[Semper Paratus]

I can imagine Michael Savage's take on this.

[avital2]

has this guy seen the movie? he seems to be quoting others. that kind of thing makes me very nervous and reminds me of those who condemned "Passion of the Christ" without having even seen it.

[veronica]

More HERE...

[brownsfan]

Spielberg has outlived his ability.
He hasn't made a decent movie in a while.

And, I will never understand why Jews tend to be leftists, and support those who support their tormentors. It's so illogical.

[edpc]

"There is an entirely fictional scene in the movie in which [the leader of the Israeli hit squad] and his Palestinian opposite number meet and talk calmly, with the latter getting a chance to make his case for the creation of a homeland for his people. That scene means everything to Kushner and Spielberg..... Without that exchange, 'I would [said Spielberg] have been making a Charles Bronson movie — good guys vs. bad guys and Jews killing Arabs without any context. And I was never going to make that picture.' "

Small credit is given for admitting the scene is fictionalized, BUT.......

Jews killing Arabs without context? How about the "context" of the '72 Olympics. It's the basis for the whole movie, dope.

The group assigned to kill the terrorist plotters were required to meet face to face with their targets. The only conversation, however, was to tell the mark why he was being killed, then dispatching him. You can forget the Palestinian Homeland diatribe. The only thing this POS had time to say was "uuuuhhhh" as he died from "lead poisoning."

[rabidralph]

What would you expect from a guy who would replace the guns in the hands of FBI agents with cell phones, in the DVD version of ET? If any movie deserved to be a Charles Bronson flick, it was this one.

[MillerCreek]

This is the first opinion I've encountered (anywhere) that shares my utter ickiness as to Tony Kushner being hired on to redo/offer another script for MUNICH.

I've opined elsewhere about Kushner in relationship to MUNICH's script, but never read same by anyone else.

So, it's encouraging to read that someone else gets the problem here, and especially that a Jewish source would.

The first script was written by Eric Roth (wrote adaptation for "Forest Gump" among other works) and Kushner was said by Speilberg to be hired to redo a script based upon the need for "humanizing" the story.

I could barely believe the counter spin about that, and the selection of who and why...I knew there would be a problem with this project from that moment forward.

[MillerCreek]

Has anyone (also) read the persons advising Spielberg about this film? Former Clinton Administration person, among others...

I'll see if I can find the article about it and post a link here if I do, which specifies exactly who is behind this film and being used by Spielberg on this (and other) films as advisors...

[ssaftler]

Oh, man, talk about a cooler! The early trailers for this looked great, but the more I read about it, the less I want to waste my money on this work of fiction masquerading as fact.

Sounds like another Michael Moore-on hatchet job to me!

[3AngelaD]

I hope someone is organizing some nice demonstrations in front of theaters showing this movie. It is amazing that there is not one intellectually honest person left in Hollywood. Next: World War II from poor, picked-on Hitler's perspective. Apparently Oliver Stone is already making a 9/11 film from the poor, picked-on terrorists' perspective.

[MillerCreek]

A rather acerbic, crassly worded article, but here it is:

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

"...Spielberg has assembled a team of pro advisers to confront the protestations that are sure to occur.

"The team consists of Dennis Ross, a well-known U.S. diplomat who played a leading role in shaping Middle East policy in the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations and is now the Washington Institute’s counselor and Ziegler distinguished fellow; Mike McCurry, President Clinton’s White House spokesman, now a for-hire political strategist; and Allan Mayer, a crisis PR specialist with Los Angeles–based Sitrick and Company who has advised Spielberg for several years..."

[Zionist Conspirator]

The Jewish Press is very rightwing on Israel but domestically is a Modern Orthodox publication with a very knee-jerk "yellow dog" liberal Democrat orientation (Dov Hikind being a favorite politician). G-d bless Jason Ma`oz for doing the L-rd's work at JP with regard to a wide variety of issues (the Republican party, Senator Joseph McCarthy, etc.).

Maybe Spielberg's nauseating turn here will combine with Mr. Ma`oz's work to open some eyes, minds, and hearts.

[JustAnotherOkie]

Speilberg's next movie is about Tookie Williams putting 4 terminally ill people out of their misery.

[colorado tanker]

Funny, Spielberg didn't feel the need to portray the Nazis as "individuals" with "families" in Schindler and Ryan. Why is it that whenever Hollywood portrays any event near the present time they have to revert to reflexive leftist doctrine, even to the point of an American Jew betraying the story of Israeli Jews fighting the terrorists of Munich??-