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To: marajade
I just remember all the crap from freepers who said he was this and that based upon his movie, Munich. And that was coming from freepers who hadn't even seen it

I heard a lot of criticism on this forum about Munich being anti-Israel but I like Spielberg's films so I went ahead and rented it.

I thought it was a great film. I didn't in any way find it to be anti-Israel, pro-Black September. Sure, there was a fabricated scene where one of the Mossad agents engages in conversation with one of the terrorists that Spielberg took a lot of heat over. I felt this scene was just a slight bit of dramatic license used by Spielberg to give viewers a little background on the Arab/Israeli conflict. Not a sin for a filmmaker

To any FReepers who avoided this film based on what you read here, I really recommend renting it. You might be surprised.

28 posted on 08/06/2006 4:49:52 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

Well if I had been an academy member, I would have voted for it over Crash.


31 posted on 08/06/2006 4:53:14 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Drew68; marajade

I saw Munich. The characters that are portrayed sympathetically are all Israeli Jews. I didn't think anything in the movie was very sympathetic to the Palestinians. There are one or two scenes where the Arab characters say some of the standard pro-Palestinian propaganda points - that was about all. Other than that, the Palis are shown as being the terrorists and murderers that they are. I wouldn't watch the movie expecting anything historical accurate, then again the film is claimed to be "fictional based on true events", and not a historical documentary.


47 posted on 08/06/2006 9:36:11 PM PDT by Fish_Keeper
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