Great film locations, but close to senseless

Rating: 5/10 (22 December 2007)

Munich is a thriller which depicts the 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes by Black September gunmen and the Israeli government's secret retaliation assassinations. Truthfully, I was pretty much lost throughout the film. I sat there wondering what is going on. The scenes move too quickly and jumped around several locations all around the world in a period of time too short, adding to the confusion. It did feel like an intelligent thriller, but the plot was way to complex for me to comprehend half of what the characters were trying to say.
On the lighter side, I loved the locations the film was holding which had the genuine retro theme in Old world landscapes. The explosions were done very well too, not to mention the great acting from Bana and Rush.
Perhaps I did not possess the intellect to appreciate this film, but this is certainly not Spielberg's work I've imagined to be, not to mention touching on a very sensitive issue. What happened to great shows like 'Empire Of The Sun' or 'The Terminal' which is appreciated by the larger audience and yet smartly written at the same time?