This movie was probably one of the best movies I've seen that Speilberg did any time recently. The only thing that realy bothered me about it was the amount of dumb ass parents who brought their 6 year old in to see this one. Yeah I know Steven made E.T. and AI and **** but that doesn't mean drag your little jonnhy out to see Shindler's List!!! There was so much violence in this flick. And I would look at the six year olds every time a really violent part happened and they were shocked. Like pee your pants shocked. Good parenting. But the movie was great. Perfect choice for Spielberg right up his alley. The scene's with the hostages were really Spielbergy. The rest of the film was a new style for him though.
Well I saw this movie at I give it two thumbs way up. I had lost much respect over the years for Speilberg...but I got it back with this one. No kids in my theater but lots of grey hair. There were a couple of issue with this movie:
Mistake #1 In the scene where Avner shoots the first Palestinian, the dead man falls forward onto his groceries, but the next time the body is seen, he is lying on his back.
Mistake #2 The 5 German 'snipers' at the Munich airport are shown using G-3 rifles with scopes on them. None of the 5 snipers had scopes on their rifles. In fact, they didn't even have semi-automatic rifles. They used bolt rifles with iron sights. Their poor equipment contributed significantly to the failure of the rescue operation and prompted H&K to develop the PSG-1 sniper rifle.
Mistake #3 In the final scene with the New York skyline in the background, the new glass/stainless steel Manhattan complex at 731 Lexington Avenue is seen; this building is just being finished now in early '06. The building stands where Alexander's dept store once was. (On a related note, it is a nice touch on Spielberg's part to overlay the Twin Towers onto the skyline in that same scene.)
