Shallow Thinkers Make Shallow Films

Rating: 3/10 (7 January 2007)

Apparently the film "Sword of Gideon" was not enough when it came to depicting the Israeli response to the terrorist attack on the Israeli Athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Mr. Spielberg had to make his own version with the help of talentless gay playwright Tony Kushner. Spielberg's version is anti-Israeli to the core and usually can be counted on to pay homage to any unpleasant trait any Jew might have (and share with the rest with the human race). There is an excellent documentary ("One Day in September") on the events at Munich but many of those who see Spielberg's "Munich" may not have seen that documentary .Things that should have been emphasized about what occurred in Munich get lost in the run-through that Spielberg has provided to begin the film. That no one among the geniuses of the police and media was capable of thinking that the terrorists might have television sets is frankly even now beyond belief. (There were even battery TV's that terrorists could carry with them in those years.)Roone Arledge and his wide world of sports helped kill the Israeli wrestling team in a way few would think possible.
Spielberg's "Munich" trashes everything in a similar way. There is no sense of what is being shown and who is watching it. Shallow thinkers make shallow films..and Spielberg and Kushner are very shallow thinkers.