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Excellent movie
posted by genplant29STAFFMOD on July 29, 2020 at 3:43 AM
I just finished watching this. Excellent, compelling movie! The 2-3/4 hrs. passed very quickly.
Munich received five Academy Awards nominations (Best Picture; Best Direction [Steven Spielberg]; Best Adapted Screenplay Writing; Best Editing; and Best Original Score [John Williams]), but didn't win either of the categories. Nonetheless, it's a decidedly first-rate film.
Incidentally, regarding the actual events, I remember watching (as a pre-teen) all the live coverage on ABC back during the '72 Olympics; I definitely recall the engrossing reporting by Jim McKay, Peter Jennings, etc. Coverage of the Munich Olympic Village tragedies and the hostages situation took over t.v. for a long time and was absolutely gripping. A bit over four years later I visited Munich and the Olympic Village and it felt very weird being so near to where all that terrible stuff had gone down.
Reply by genplant29
on July 29, 2020 at 1:55 PM
Eric Bana is a really good actor, and I don't understand why he hasn't had a much more prominent career than has turned out to be the case. He seemed to have definite full-fledged star standing for 2-3 or so years during the period when this movie came out, but then seemed to - for no apparent reason - largely fade from sight, so lost his career momentum, thus (for the most part) his stardom, as a result.
Reply by Jacinto Cupboard
on April 13, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Bana seems to be doing things that he thinks are worthwhile. He probably made a bundle during his A list years and he's not the kind of guy to be chasing moonbeams.