Film Critic, Michael Medved, Comments on Steven Spielberg’s Movie “Munich”

Read this interesting re-post of Michael Medved's review of the upcoming Steven Spielberg movie “Munich”, a movie about the response to the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, from Crosswalk.com.

Spielberg Pushes Moral Equivalency

Michael Medved

Beyond the News
January 3, 2005

It’s been 45 years since Hollywood released a major motion picture about Israel, so considerable anticipation surrounded Steven Spielberg’s new project about the response to the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Unfortunately, his skillfully crafted but deeply misleading film, “Munich,” spends nearly all its time depicting Palestinians as victims and Israelis as implacable killers—the terrorist slaughter that inspired the events of the movie is shown only in brief, confusing flashbacks at the very end of the film.
The entire theme of the project stresses moral equivalence—suggesting there’s no difference between those who commit terrorism, and those who fight terrorists. While the U.S. and Israel try to defend themselves against suicidal Islamic fanatics, Hollywood shows startling sympathy for our enemies—not only in “Munich,” but also in George Clooney’s “Syriana,” where all the Americans are corrupt and arrogant and Muslim homicide bombers are totally sympathetic.