World War II and the Jews --- All Over Again!

Rating: 7/10 (25 January 2009)

Defiance, like dozens of other movies over the past 4 decades, tells about World War II with it's focus squarely on the Jews, the Jews and nothing but the Jews. In fact it's the 12th World War II movie this year to focus on the Jews("Valkyrie" was the exception). Thus Hollywood has successfully re-written history to allow two generations to believe the war was primarily about the Jews. Taint so, McGee; and this distortion is not only a monstrous lie but takes away from both the real heroes of the war and the real victims of Nazi Germany.
What about the invasions of Austria, Poland, Czechoslavakia, France. Can Hollywood even spell Czechoslavakia? What about the fire rocketing of London? What about the destruction of 20 thousand buildings in 20 minutes, Hitler's gift to Rotterdam? The list goes on. And yet we haven't seen the end of Hollywood's spin job for 2009: "The Reader" is getting the must-see spin for the Oscars.
As for "Defiance" except for the propaganda spin it's a pretty good movie. A good story, and this time having a few Jews fighting back (like they do in Israel these days, God bless 'em) rather than relying on Americans, Brits and others. Daniel Craig does a very good job here and can redeem himself after being stuck in the most stupid James Bond movie ever made. The Lithuanian locations add to the mix. I'd say a solid 7 out of 10.