"Munich"
- From: "The Chozen Few" <thechosenfew@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:45:24 -0700
I went to see (and hear) it yesterday morning, while the wife and daughter
saw (ditto) the latest Harry Potter episode. They had to share their
theater with a lot of noisy kids and I didn't, but OTOH they reported little
difficulty in distinguishing the heroes from the villains in the movie they
watched.
I wouldn't say that those making "moral equivalence" charges against
Spielberg's movie are precisely correct, but then he was apparently anxious
to ensure that any kind of charges that anyone might make against his movie
wouldn't be precisely correct. His ostensible heroes (the oddly inept
Israeli hit squad) agonize over what they're doing even while they're doing
it, but does that mean Spielberg thinks what they're doing is wrong or does
it mean he thinks they're more civilized than the people they're killing?
His ostensible villains (Palestinians) seem to have few qualms about
anything they do, but does that mean he thinks they're less civilized or
does it mean he thinks they have more grievances? Or all of the above?
I don't know. What I do know is that I plan on learning more about the act
of terrorism around which "Munich" centers, and that process will include
reading the book Spielberg reportedly used as a basis for the movie
("Vengeance," by George Jonas), and another he didn't use (Striking Back,"
by Aaron J. Klein). Maybe I'll have more to say about this movie later. In
the meantime, I'm still stewing over it -- especially the last scene, and I
won't say anything specific about that for the obvious reason.
-- TCF
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