Steven Spielberg could have made it shorter...

Rating: 6/10 (7 January 2006)

The dialogue was well written,the cinematography was excellent and what I believe to be the best John Williams score yet, but the film didn't match up to Steven Spielberg's other works. Don't get me wrong, I am a big fan but this film just didn't work for me, but I would still give it a six out of ten. It's great that he is trying to get people to see things in a different light but it just seemed to be too long, which hurt the film the most. It was hard for me to understand what was going on as well, due to the fact that I know nothing of the matter before watching this film. Going in all I knew was about some event that happened at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The film shows what happened on that day and the days that would follow. Someone who is familiar with the story would probably enjoy this film more than someone who hasn't. I guess it like a history lesson for the rest of us, and for that I say thanks...