please kill me!

Rating: Null/10 (18 December 2005)

Squirmed through nearly three hours of Hollywood cinematic B.S. last night in "Munich", a film I was truly looking forward to see. Script was a nightmare. Reeked of "Book", multiple writers and lack of antagonist as well as a three act structure. Spielberg demonstrates a clear lack of political artistic backbone. Gutless film-making at its worst. He should go to see "Missing" by Costa Gravas or any number of great political art films. Hey, Steven, anyone can make the Nazis look bad! I have a feeling the Peeples' ("Unforgiven") script was probably the best of the four written. Good choice by producer Kathleen Kennedy as this should have been a violent tale of redemption. Instead we get the "Putzes Who Couldn't Shoot Straight". Just one of many cinematic/historical problems: For me to believe that there was any moral uncertainty by members of the Mossad in carrying out retribution for those who planned and carried out the killing of THEIR NATION'S OLYMPIC TEAM is patently absurd! Spielberg looks at '72 Munich through 2002 intifada glasses and he goes blind. Tony Kushner, lead him down the path of Jewish guilt and self-loathing. To Spielberg's detriment, he followed him. So sad. Such great material wasted.