Unfair and inaccurate

Rating: 4/10 (1 January 2006)

For a story based on a "true" incident, Munich made up an awful lot. None of the top level Palestinians were ever killed (or taken to trial by an international court) and Spielberg really makes like the slaughter of Olympic athletes was justified. SPOILER: The interweaving of the athletes killing and a sex scene near the end was, come on people, stupid and nonsensical. Okay, I'm not a movie purist (for example, I never saw "The Piano" because it would have lined the pockets of a pedophile and I don't believe that any "art" transcends the maker), but don't sell a movie like Munich as being "based on a true incident" unless it actually is based on the incident. Unfortumately, the revisionist and politically correct history portrayed in Munich will be taken as actual history by a lot of people who will feel sorry for the Palestinians for all the wrong reasons. Spielberg should stick to movies like ET if he wants to do fantasy and to movies like Schindlers List and Saving Private Ryan if he wants to do historical (and accurate) based stories. Disappointing movie .