GREAT film

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2005)

This was a wonderfully executed film. I am Jewish and it touched me deeply. Contrary to what one would think, Spielberg gave air time to both sides. His main premise, as I interpret it, is that the tit for tat killings are futile and neverending. The participants are caught up in a constant search for revenge with no end in sight. They are never free of fear. By proxy too the world is caught up in it as well and is never free either. Spielberg conveys that each side (Palestinian and Israeli) have justifiable anger. I agree with Spielberg it is simply a dangerous and impossible struggle. So many innocent people are caught in the line of fire and it affects one psychologically beyond repair. Still, as a Jew, my empathy lies with the character that said he cared about Jewish blood only. The Holocaust taints my perspective and I am sympathetic to the Israeli hierarchy caught between KNOWING that this is never ending and the righteousness of the Jewish heart wrenching historical experience and therefore its cause. At the end, I too, even with all the suffering, danger and loss of life cared about Jewish blood more than the others. THAT to me is evidence of how strong the passions are if one has the knowledge of the futility and endless violence but still can push even that aside and feel satisfaction when Israelis prevail!