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Spielberg defends his 'Munich'
Sun Times ^ | 12/25/05 | ROGER EBERT

Posted on 12/25/2005 6:19:46 AM PST by Pikamax

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To: dennisw

You really didn't MISS anything by not seeing War of the Worlds. Its dumb on so many levels.


101 posted on 12/25/2005 12:37:06 PM PST by packrat35 (The America hating bastards at the NYT must spend their entire life with their heads in the toiletat)
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To: ncjetsfan

I was 10 years old in 1972 when the Olympics was on. I lost my innocence then and have hated Arafat and all terorists ever since.

I despise any attempts to humanize the terrorist trash killing innocent people.


102 posted on 12/25/2005 12:41:18 PM PST by packrat35 (The America hating bastards at the NYT must spend their entire life with their heads in the toiletat)
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To: dennisw

It ain't going nowhere. This one will bomb. PC stinking history to the max. Some of us were following the events as they happened. To turn that historic tragedy into a nihilistic pile of psycho-babble is criminal. I hope it sinks with the gay cowboys.


103 posted on 12/25/2005 12:47:52 PM PST by Luke21 (i)
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To: Prodigal Son

Well, I hope you are aware of the true story and will be able to recognize how erroneous this film is.


104 posted on 12/25/2005 4:53:03 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl (OMGIIHIHOIIC ping list)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

I can take care of myself thank you. I don't need anybody else to 'show me the true way'.


105 posted on 12/25/2005 4:55:10 PM PST by Prodigal Son
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To: Prodigal Son

I'm not sure what your attitude is about. But you're on my nada list as of now.


107 posted on 12/25/2005 8:30:23 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl (OMGIIHIHOIIC ping list)
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To: Prodigal Son; Cinnamon Girl; veronica

It's a crummy movie. Even his mama said it stunk. Moe Larry and Curly walked out. Jackie Mason heaved. No way will I put money in Stevie's pocket to confirm it's absurd. The action is better on SpikeTV with lots of James Bond back to back


108 posted on 12/25/2005 8:32:46 PM PST by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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To: Prodigal Son
I understand what you are ultimately saying about diplomacy, and of course diplomacy is a good thing. Of course we would prefer to use it rather than fight or go to war, but the truth is that there is some moral equivalency being handed out to the two parties when they enter into diplomatic discussions. They AGREE that each has a valid point, perhaps even while realizing they come from different perspectives.

If you look at the cold war, though, you can see where in many ways the West was too lenient in allowing the Soviet Union to have moral equivalency in various talks and agreements. Ronald Reagan didn't buy it. Thank G-d he didn't.

If, and that's a HUGE if, bin Laden had any kind of "valid point" before he sent the planes into the buildings, it was too hideous an act to be given any kind of moral equivalency. Terrorism should never be a call for more talks.

109 posted on 12/25/2005 9:31:28 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: spetznaz
If I watched a movie and saw a horse neigh I wouldn't complain that the sound shouldn't have been a neigh but instead a bleat or a moo or a miaow. In the same way if in the real world terrorists say stupid things, I will not go bananas if a movie has the terrorist characters saying the same inanity on celluloid.

Excellent analogy to explain why the line(s) didn't upset YOU. I like it. However (and I admit to not having seen the film), my anger at what you report comes from the fact that Spielberg had a chance right after that line to tell the actual TRUTH to not just the foolish terrorist, but to most of the world's citizens, who at best think Israel is equivalent to the Palestinian terrorists and at worst think Jews are a major problem in the world today. Spielberg made things worse for us. Europe and liberal America already are no friends to Israel. It breaks my heart and disappoints me.

110 posted on 12/25/2005 9:40:08 PM PST by Yaelle
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111 posted on 12/25/2005 9:49:45 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK (secus acutulus exspiro ab Acheron bipes actio absol ab Acheron supplico)
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To: Cinnamon Girl
But you're on my nada list as of now.

Oh no! Not the nada list!

That's ok. I'm not running a popularity contest.

112 posted on 12/26/2005 3:12:12 AM PST by Prodigal Son
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To: dennisw
It's a crummy movie.

Well, this is your opinion. I will go and find this out for myself.

113 posted on 12/26/2005 3:13:25 AM PST by Prodigal Son
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To: dennisw

Spielberg sounds like an ass in this article. Clearly he is an ass. He made a movie to impress the left, not to tell the truth. As ASS.


114 posted on 12/26/2005 6:07:59 AM PST by veronica (....."send Congressman Murtha a message: that cowards cut and run, Marines never do.")
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To: Cinnamon Girl

Clearly this movie will please Jewhaters, jihadis, and the left. None of these types are worth "debating" with.


115 posted on 12/26/2005 6:10:48 AM PST by veronica (....."send Congressman Murtha a message: that cowards cut and run, Marines never do.")
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To: veronica

Spielberg will be acclaimed for his "balanced and even handed" approach to this movie. And for hiring such a "sensitive" screenwriter as Kushner. After all they are both Jews so how could they get it wrong? I wish he had never touched the subject of the Munich massacre. He diminishes true understanding of Jihadist terrorism. He has Hollywoodized, has Spielbergized this awful incident and the Israeli revenge with sex, action and flashy production values


116 posted on 12/26/2005 6:40:52 AM PST by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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To: dennisw
Spielberg will be acclaimed for his "balanced and even handed" approach to this movie.

I don't think so. Daily Variety already hammered him for making a bad, boring movie, in 2 reviews.

117 posted on 12/26/2005 8:20:23 AM PST by veronica (....."send Congressman Murtha a message: that cowards cut and run, Marines never do.")
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To: veronica

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/23/movies/23muni.html
check out this predictably favorable New York Times review --->>>

By MANOHLA DARGIS
WITH his latest film, "Munich," Steven Spielberg forgoes the emotional bullying and pop thrills that come so easily to him to tell the story of a campaign of vengeance that Israel purportedly brought against Palestinian terrorists in the wake of the 1972 Olympics. An unsparingly brutal look at two peoples all but drowning in a sea of their own blood, "Munich" is by far the toughest film of the director's career and the most anguished. Mr. Spielberg has been pummeling audiences with his virtuosity for nearly as long as he has been making movies; now, he tenders an invitation to a discussion.

The film's title suggests that this is the story of what happened at Munich in September 1972, and it is, though only in part. Most of the action - and if nothing else, this nail-biter is a full-on action movie ......


118 posted on 12/26/2005 9:32:25 AM PST by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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To: dennisw

The NY Times. Not a surprise.


119 posted on 12/26/2005 11:59:43 AM PST by veronica (....."send Congressman Murtha a message: that cowards cut and run, Marines never do.")
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To: Yaelle
I see your point (and Spielberg could indeed have done more). Have a fab Chanukah and God bless.

Spetz.

120 posted on 12/26/2005 12:51:37 PM PST by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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