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August 27, 2006

Thoughts on Finally Seeing the Film “Munich”

by @ 6:10 pm. Filed under Uncategorized

I finally got around to seeing Steven Spielber’s film “Munich.”

It’s completely different from the 1986 HBO Movie Sword of Gideon starring Michael York, which is probably why Spielberg didn’t acknowledge the earlier work.

The only similarities are plot, point of view, setting, names of characters, and that both were based on “Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team” by George Jonas.

Except for that, they’re completely different.

That being said, this is a great movie, and certainly raised questions for me concerning the idea of vengeance. As did Sword of Gideon.

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2 Responses to “Thoughts on Finally Seeing the Film “Munich””

  1. Roxanne Says:

    I hated the last 10 minutes of it. Other than that, I thought it was one of Spielberg’s best.

  2. AltHippo Says:

    I’d say so, too. I’m partial to Schindler’s list and the Indiana Jones trilogy, but Munich is definitely up there.

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