Take the Trip to Munich

A very typical Steven Spielberg film, Munich touches on many of the elements that make watching his movies such a joy.
Star Eric Bana has this one scene where after being apart from his wife and newborn child gets a moment from his "mission" to phone home (sorry couldn't help the E.T. ref.) and when hearing his daughter's voice breaks down into tears.
That scene alone is worth the price of a prime time ticket.
Case closed.
But lets say for argument sake you need more convincing.
Well there's the background players.
All very convincing as the team to take out the terrorists who gunned down the athletes from the 1972 Olympics.
The scenes are very shocking and upsetting, but under Steven's very capable hands, it's a sweet sad affair.
I knew little about that horrible moment in time, only that it happened and that some athletes were killed.
This movie, although I am sure is not a true re-telling of the facts, does give us an understanding of what happened that fateful night.
I heard that the Israel Nation has some problem with the story.
I can't see what it would be.
The team is a covert operation and they go around killing the men involved in the Munich Killings, so maybe they didn't like the fact that Steven is basically saying they did this.
But what else are you going to do, when faced with such atrocity.
The moments spent in subtle silence are the best but they also make the movie feel a bit dragged on.
And unlike the King Kong movie, this one did make me feel like it was 2 hours and 50 minutes.
The only problem with the movie that I can see.
But for all the dragged on scenes there are many more great ones.
So pluck down your 9 bucks and see a bit of history worth seeing.

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