21 Hours At Munich DVD

Advantages: NON POLITICAL
Disadvantages: RUBBISH ACTING

...Sunday afternoon weather outside is terrible and I am getting over a bad cold so I decided to watch Munich the dvd. I had high hopes for this DVD prior to viewing having read a book about the Munich massacre and seen the excellent documentary One Day in September 1999. However I was very disappointed by the film, which tells of the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes in the Olympic games in Munich in 1972, which is the factual part of the film and The Israel government's response to the massacre, which is considered to be part fiction/part fact. The actual fact of the kidnap and massacre of the athletes is told in various flashbacks throughout the film, which I thought was a major fault of the film. The kidnapping and massacre of the athletes should have been shown at the start of the film as anyone unfamiliar with the story... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: A well directed story.
Disadvantages: Sometimes hard to follow.

...This was a well director mircale. Munich recounts the dramatic story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to trackk down and assassinate 11 Palestinians beleived to planned the 1972 Munich massacre. This is a gripping movie, though as most true stories, it's quite hard to follow. I would reccommend this to someone who is aware of the politics in Israel and the situation surrounding the massacre. Definately not a family movie. It's only special features are an introduction from director Steven Spielberg and 'Munich: The Team, The Mission' featurette, which are okay as this is a serious movie there isn't many more features they could put on. On the whole I thought it was a good movie by an excellent director, a bit hard to follow but entertaining all the same.... Read review

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Advantages: Incredibly harrowing; raw and authentic; superb score; politically relevant; takes no sides
Disadvantages: Spielburg expects audience to know what the film means; weak in parts; odd end

...Schindler's List has been the only time Steven Spielburg actually applied a human face to the aggressors of the Second World War. That said, this only applied to an extent, as Oskar Schindler was the only "good" Nazi in the film. Munich, however, is entirely different. He adds humanity to the two adversaries; the Israelis and the Palestinians. This is the key factor into what makes Munich such an utterly harrowing experience. His most daring film to date, dealing with an extremely sensitive topic, Spielburg shows why he's one of the world's top directors of all time. Palestinian terrorists took eleven Israeli athletes hostage at the 1972 Munich Olympics, an attack that ended in complete disaster for both the terrorists and the hostages. In revenge, the Israeli government secretly dispatched a team of assassins, alias "Black September... Read review

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