Ahmad Jamal Trio - Live At The Munich Philharmonie 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

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Some good acting & a good cast
Disadvantages: Long and sometimes difficult to follow

.... This mission, track down and kill those behind the Munich Attack. Avner accepts this mission and along with a team of four other Mossad Agents undertakes the process of tracking down and killing a group of 11 people on a list of those supposedly behind the attack. Director: Steven Spielberg Screenplay: Tony Kusner/Eric Roth Cast: Eric Bana - Avner Daniel Craig - Steve Ciarán Hinds - Carl Mathieu Kassovitz - Robert Hanns Zischler - Hans Geoffrey Rush - Ephraim Michael Lonsdale - Papa Mathieu Amalric - Louis Running Time 157minutes My views: I rented Munich this weekend after reading a number of very positive reviews of the movie. The movie however left me a little disappointed, not that the movie was poor rather it failed to live up to my expectations. The acting epically by Bana I thought was excellent and believable especially as his character... Read review

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