Munich

[Th0r]

I rented it out today from my local library and I just finished watching it. And I liked it very much. Having waited since the release of the movie several years ago to see it the movie was no disapointment. I thought it was a very realistic and accurate historically and rather gripping.

My favourite part of the movie was "Assasination 2" where the daughter of their target is almost blown up by the group.

I highly recomend the movie to anyone.

Thoughts?

[Nemesix]

havnt seen it, i probably will tho if u think its good

[Th0r]

I'll get round to getting it up for download tommorow Nemesix.

[headcase]

I didn't like it. It was shallow and uninvolving. The characters were so unexplored that by the end I still didn't know who anyone was. And Speilberg has to defend himself for portraying the Palestinians as humans because of one scene that was fairly dire in itself anyway. I watched it to the end, but only just.

[odin_dax]

Maybe you just weren't paying attention...

All the characters were explored, a little, but a movie based on the real lives of spies is supposed to be detailed? I doubt the writer new anymore than the people who lived the story. Even if that statement is incorrect, the information is probably still classified. No, we learn enough about every character to know what they were like. We had at least three decent back stories out of five on the team.

You don't have to like it. I'm just pointing out that your statement was inaccurate.

[Th0r]

Sadly I cant copy the DVD, so I wont be able to upload it.

[headcase]

As Steven Spielberg ponders the pointlessness of tit-for-tat retaliation between Israelis and Palestinians, audiences will weigh "Munich" and find it wanting -- wanting involving characters and economical storytelling, for starters... But the very premise of the film, that violence simply spawns more violence, runs contrary to viewer involvement, especially when the central character, the only one about whom any personal details are provided, is simply not very compelling.

http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_review/VE1117929081.html?nav=reviews07&categoryid=1986&cs=1

Spielberg himself admitted that this film had more speaking parts that anything he's done before. Of course, he said he "wanted to make them all as important as each other", but it seems the convoy was only as fast as it's slowest member; that is to say, he couldn't make lesser characters more important without making others less so.

Others might not have found the shallow characters that important; certainly many critics rated the film highly, but without proper characters in a film, I just don't care. It's generally accepted that the film didn't really raise any real questions about morality; certainly nothing that can't be far outdone by arguements on here or other forums. And the action? Who cares anymore. There are more action films then I've had hot dinners. The features that make them great action films are conspicously missing here.