Munich

I saw Steven Spielberg's Munich tonight, and I thought it was good. I'd been meaning to see this film since it came out last year, and for whatever reason, hadn't. I've heard numerous opinions, ranging from exaltation to condemnation.

Unfortunately, the DVD contains a 4 and a half minute "introduction" by Spielberg in which he essentially pleads innocent to the charges that the film has an anti-Israel point of view (summed up by Krauthammer in the link above).

Regardless, I suspect extremists on both sides of the issue will dismiss this film as meaningless or worse, and for that, I think it's a success.

And I have to say, the very last shot of the movie (which takes the risk of running straight down "heavy-handed alley") works beautifully.