Yeah, I started looking at the movie posters too! I think in "London" I saw a poster for "The Sting" which given the 'everything is not what it seems' plot, seems very appropiate!

Hmph! This post has been sitting here for over a week and not a soul has felt the need, nay, the obligation to quote it due to it's brilliant use of sarcastic wit.

Maybe I should've posted it to the Otter Farm instead.

I appreciate the humor; though I might have gone the route of the actual terrorists in the movie being replaced by hippie stand-ins.

Okay, now that made me laugh.

That was my favorite scene in the film. I thought it was brilliant.

Just saw this last night in a packed house, which I didn't expect. I found it gripping yet meandering, especially near the end.

The scene where seemed like an odd choice. It seems to me that

It is a very risky and polarizing scene of a risky and polarizing film, IMHO. I loved the casting in this film. The entire tragedy plays out as vividly on Eric Bana's eyes as on a screen. Ciaran Hinds was wonderful(he is great at ethnic character roles), and Matthiew Kassovitz's toymaker turned bombmaker was very stirring. I also liked the two french information agents. The scene where was very gripping as well.

I give it a 4.5/5 the pacing and editing could have been a bit better. Look forward to owning the DVD.

caught the movie last night, pretty good size crowd for a monday night btw. I thought it was a pretty good movie, Everything was top notch the only thing that needed was some editing, it seemed like it was too long.the action scenes when they were commiting the hits were fantastic. Very well done, the acting and characters were all fantastic, Not something I would buy but One that I am glad I seen

3.5/5 or a B

Finally caught this today and loved it. Best 2005 movie I've seen so far, though I've still got a few oscar contenders to catch up on.

Very tense in places, ultimately disturbing and left me thinking about it for hours afterwards. Bana was fantastic.

4.5/5 for me.

i thought it was a great movie until the ending. the last maybe 30-45 mins just didn't do it for me. it seemed to switch gears and become a little cliche to me. it started out as "let's get our revenge" then became, "oh noz now we're the hunted *sob*" several characters were added that shouldn't have. they should've ended the movie with the killing of ali salameh or what ever. by the end of the movie, i just didn't care enough about avner to really care what he was going through. it all seemed just a little rushed like spielberg wanted to put so much into it but didn't give enough time to each aspect. overall, excellent first 3/4, boring drawn out ending imo.

I finally saw Munich for the first time tonight. I loved just about every minute of it. Great movie!



Up until this point, King Kong has been my favorite movie of 2005. But now Munich is tied. I hope one of these two movies wins best picture.

Well, you'll have to hope for Munich then, since King Kong wasn't even nominated for Best Picture.

Never say never!

wtf?

Thought I would add my thoughts on the film. First, it was overlong with an ending that really seemed to drag. I didn't start looking at my watch until about 2 hours in, but then it seemed I was looking every 5 minutes until the end. Second, the acting, cinematography and production design was top notch.

I'm kind of torn on the story itself. It tried to be 'objective' and thought provoking, but it was done in such a cliched, trite way that it didn't resonate. The overall message seemed to be "killing is bad", which isn't exactly a novel concept. It also was "inspired by true events", but so much of it was obvious fabrication that I'm not sure how well it can be said to reflect reality. This is one of the main problem I have with any fictional, or quasi-fictional story with a political message, the facts are often just sculpted around whatever the storyteller wants to say. You could say the same thing with any other fiction, but if it is done well the 'facts' will resonate as true to life. That wasn't the case here, at least for me.

My exact situation. I did look 2 hours in just to see how fast this thing was flying by. I couldn't believe anything else was getting Oscar consideration(I still haven't seen Brokeback but I have all else). And then it just lulls.

I'll disagree with some who said it lacked Speilberg sentimentality, because I think the final half hour was nothing but that, just repackaged. And as a cinematic device, I can't necessarily gripe, but in a realistic situation, I doubt someone capable of ascending the ranks to such a position wrestles with the morality of killing murders. I can believe they'd wrestle with "damn, what are the implications of this for me?"

However, all in all, a strong movie, probably my top 4 all time Spielberg with Raiders, Schindlers, and Saving Private Ryan. I could have done without the blownout filtered Minority Report film stock in a few scenes, but a good watch overall.

Steven Spielberg sure has a thing for fathers reuniting with their family in front of a brownstone, doesn't he?

Geoffry Rush was Eric Bana's father? Stupid me missed that somehow with fucking broads talking behind me on what was probablly their movie night or something.

Geoffrey Rush was Eric Bana's handler. He was the one who told Avner what the mission was, who was in it, etc.