By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Universal Pictures
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Hey all you fans of Spielberg and all the magic that comes with the director. I have been so interested in seeing Munich for a few reasons. First, the film stars Eric Bana and Daniel Craig; enough said. Second, the film is one of those few Spielberg films that emphasizes on the story and the history rather than the special effects. And, third, the film is based on horrific event in history that deserves a second (third, fourth, fifth) look. In a world today where radical groups exist that are so full of hate one has to wonder where Munich falls into the chain of events that bring us into the 'terrorist' ideals/actions of the present.
Munich Review
Besides some of the obvious political suggestions that people can take from this film, we here are CanMag.Com are more concerned about the film itself. Therefore, we are left with only one simple question-- is it good?
The good people over at AICN posted one of the first reviews for Munich and they seem to think that Munich is a culmination of everything Spielberg has strived for in the past decade; which is a good thing.
I never thought I’d even think this about a Steven Spielberg film that didn’t include hundreds of special effects shots, but if you don’t see this film, something is terribly wrong with you. Spielberg has managed to make a movie as compelling and far more controversial than Schindler’s List. Munich is controversial more for the fact that it presents such a balanced look at the events that occurred after the horrible 1972 assassination of 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. Spielberg does an astonishing job at simply laying out the albeit disputed facts, as the Israeli government unofficially sanctions a team of men (most of whom were not trained assassins) to find and kill those who carried out or planned the event in Munich.
Everyone who sees Munich will certainly bring in his or her own emotional and critical baggage to this film, and it will undoubtedly taint your opinion of it. But if it’s possible for you to take a step back from the feelings the film stirs inside, you may actually realize that Munich is a first-rate political thriller than asks as many questions about when governments cross the line into becoming what they are attempting to destroy. Has this issue ever been more relevant? Each Israeli assassin has at least one sincere moment questioning their course of action, no more so than Bana’s character, who has a wife and child who soon become targets of retaliation once the terrorists find out who has targeted them.
To read the entire review for Munich, head over to AICN.
Munich just squeezes into the year with a release to theatres on
December 23rd, 2005.
For more movie info, synopsis, the trailer, movie stills and synopsis, go to the Munich
Movie Page.
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