shameful

Rating: 1/10 (21 July 2010)

Having been instructed to sit down and view this film by one of its admirers I prepared myself to be told a good story about an historical event. As the movie unreeled, however, I found I was treated to a shameful falsification of history and what looked more like a propaganda tool for the Israeli government than a true story.
Mr Spielberg began his tale by eliminating a rather telling point: the reason why these militants decided to do what they did at Munich. That reason being the continued unrelenting bombing of innocent civilians in refugee camps by the Israeli military. When people see their innocent loved ones blown to bits they tend to get a little upset and want to have vengeance.
The dehumanizing way the Palestinians are depicted in this film, as if they are nothing but dirt under the fingernails, is sharply contrasted by the hilariously "noble" depictions of the Israeli assassins, even showing their concerned wives and children (do not the Palestinians have wives and children?). After awhile it was simply too much to bear and I felt sullied by having to sit through such rubbish, complete with sex and violence, made by a director who has never been known for taste, subtlety, story-telling ability or good judgment.
I cannot recommend this movie to anyone at all, certainly not to anyone who is interested in the truth of this matter.