A new post! Finally! But, life's been crazy. SO....don't be too mad... 
Three days ago I watched Munich (rated R for violence, language, nudity and sexual content). It was so different than I thought it would be. From what WORLD and nearly everyone else said, I thought it was a terrorist sympathizer movie. But I was wrong. So wrong. The movie is about change. The realization that the things that you believe in so strongly just might be wrong. The realization that revenge is wrong. The realization that you can't play God.
Judaism is supposedly a peaceful religion. Israel never negotiates with terrorists. They just take revenge on those terrorists. Murdering in cold blood isn't peaceful. Revenge on terrorists is the premise of the movie. In 1972, at the Munich Olympics, 11 Arabic terrorists killed the entire Israeli Olympic team. The movie is about Israelis killing the 11 Arabic terrorists, not about the Munich massacre (another misconception I had). This movie creeped me out, because of the joy and glee both the Arabians and Israelis took in murdering each other. In the end, the main character (played by Eric Bana) learns that revenge is wrong, that murdering is wrong, and that he is no different than a terrorist when he murders them. He turns his back on his country. Steven Spielberg is Jewish. I honestly think that he had A LOT of guts to do this movie. He is raising questions about his religion that makes one doubt the patriotism that masquerades as terrorism. He doesn't take a stance on it either way, but he raises the question.
Personally, I think this movie was really good, I would highly recommend it. There were a two sex scenes that should have been taken out, they didn't add to the movie, but the rest of the movie was amazing. (And the music is by John Williams, yay!!!  )
Jade
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