Munich (2005)

Nominee

UMMMMM...hmmmm...well...it was....okay? I am slightly confused. Because I don't really have an opinion on this movie, and because I thought I was going to love it...I think it let me down?? Maybe? Here is the deal: Dearest Steven I expect a lot from you...I expect either a blockbuster entertainment classic, or a chillingly graceful commentary on some important event. However this was not the epic fight sequences of Indiana Jones nor the subtle poignant messages of Schindler's List. It was somewhere in the middle and for that it did not entirely hold my attention.

The plot is actually fascinating. We have a horrible event which leads to a huge moral dilemma: How should Israel react? Is aggression just turning them into the violent people that the terrorist want the world to see them as? Or should they show that they aren't going to stand by anymore? Okay Steven  you got my attention but then what did you do with it...

You showed me a motif around cooking? With kitchens being an important theme? You juxtaposed a violent massacre with...an orgasm? I mean that's just weird. I am usually first to jump at a cool visual commentary but...that was just AWKWARD! Also Steven the cast was just okay. Everytime I see Eric Bana though I just kinda wish someone got Liam Nesson or Colin Firth instead. Everyone else was just alright, the exception being Geoffrey Rush, he is always good.

There were some good shots though. A lot of interesting light effects and the deathes are still presented in that brutally honest way that only you, dear Steven, can seem to do. Oh and the blood and the milk moment, nice, the perfect visual image to allude to the balance of life and death, purity and violence.

Wait wait, Johnny my boy, Steven is not the only one who did not get it right here. Your music alone can usually make a good movie. Here it just sounded sad, wailing, and Jewish...I wanted a little bit more from you...

Overall: This is like when your all star Olympic Team brings home the bronze. It was still better than most movies but it just was not quite up to par with what they are capable of. So...I am going to go with a...good? Yes I will let you have a good because I know what your capable of and I still saw some of it here. Just don't let it happen again.