I'm afraid the minds of liberal Jews are no different than those of other liberals, filled with the incessant chant: "I hate Bush, I hate Bush, I hate Bush..."
Spielberg lost my respect with his treatment of AI, a film that was Stanley Kubrick's child until Steven showed up. It was speculated to be a commentary on Judaism - one that Steven didn't agree with.
As a conservative Jew, I can tell you now: liberal Jews are the enemy. The Castro-loving Spielberg is a disgrace. The Christian-bigot Abe Foxman is a despicable cockroach. They hate Israel. They hate America. They seem to hate above all their own Jewishness.
I'm not Jewish, so I suppose that I don't really have a dog in this fight, except as a person who wants history reflected accurately, even in films. I'm just really disappointed because I'm a big fan of Australian actor Eric Bana, who has the starring role in this film. I'm probably not going to be able to see this film, though I've been looking forward to it. It might sour me on all subsequent Bana films, which would be truly regrettable. I'm just get so sick of this same template being played out over and over again. Would it really have been so hard to portray the Israeli commandos as righteous defenders of their country? Is it really impossible for anyone in Hollywood to make a film about the Islam's war against the West without it being an automatic indictment against America. I don't mind liberals having their say; it's just sickening that there is never an alternative viewpoint. It appears that the powers that be in Hollywood are the biggest hypocrites around, beating their breasts about their love for diversity while shutting out any alternative viewpoint.
Something tells me that this is just pre-release hooplah and has nothing to do with the movie. Spielberg is Jewish and is a practicing Jew. He made his wife convert before marrying her. I can't imagine him doing this. I'll wait to see this all for myself.
When folks say that because liberal Jews support Israel that it sort of excuses what they do domestically...I just don;t buy it.
Their votes, and cultural and political influence are not offset by supporting Israel no matter how noble that might be if it were accurate.
And while they may claim to support Israel, they sure don't support destroying Israel's enemies like they ought to.
"Munich" movie Web site, with trailer:
http://www.munichmovie.com
(The story link includes the line: "...the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who led it." Looks like a real downer...)
ooooh snap! Steven Speilberg, you've been served.
Spielberg's got enough money to survive anything short of a nuclear attack, but he doesn't have enough to buy back the honor and respect he appears about to sacrifice on the altar of political correctness. The foolish aren't usually rich, but the rich are often foolish.
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This anti-Israeli movie will indeed turn out to be Spielberg's downfall, which is pretty amazing, considering Spielberg told people his (now ex-) wife Amy (Irving) was carrying "the next Messiah" while pregnant with their child.
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As for this notion of liberal Jews supporting Israel, that is just not the case.
All over the world right now Israel is under attack, because somewhere along the line it became leftist dogma to side with the Palestinians against Israel.
The fact is that evangelical christians that I know are the best friends to Israel I know of, and even when I differ with them on some issues, I admire their commitment to Israel.
Can someone recommend a good book on this topic? The Munich incident happened wen I was in junior high school, and I remember it well. I would like to learn more about the subsequent hunt for the murderers.
I'm wondering how much money was lost on that movie and how many more of these flops Spielberg, et al can afford before they go broke.
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"...........But by setting those concerns against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, you will cleverly sidestep having to contend with the kind of overwhelming backlash you would face if your movie made any direct politically charged controversial statements about America's own current war on terror..........."
Agree 100% with the author's "suspicion" and the 'inference', in the second highlighted point, he's drawing from it.
Because Spielberg is NOT risking his career. Let's face it. Liberal Jews are generally secularists, whos primary religion is actually liberalism. However, one vestigal part of Judaism they retain is "Jewish guilt." That guilt allows them to believe that Israel and Jews are now the oppressors, and that the poor palis are the oppressed minority who are valiantly fighting back against a mighty and evil opponent (that would be Israel).
Spielberg only needs to satisfy liberal Jews, which claim to speak for all Jews these days.
Mark
This was a strange time in history. My mother worked for an Egyptian travel agency and then for a Egyptian travel counsel in NYC between 1971 and 72. They used to receive death threats from jewish extremists. My father who worked for radio liberty at the time, was so nervous he finally made her leave their employment.
We ended up going to the Munich olympics that summer...because of the worldwide youth riots in the late 60's early 70, most of us weren't that concerned with violence yet. But Munich proved to be the beginning of the Islamic terrorist movement. I certainly don't recall any anti-jewish feelings at the time. It just seemed that there were extremists on every side.
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No one has seen the movie and already its being criticized. Maybe we should wait.