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Conversational bits on Munich...
Also, I felt it was a simplified message and while it did take a clear stance on the issue that violence produces more violence it fails to comment beyond that. If a film makes a statement, especially such a relevant and potentially philosophical one that it should dilvulge a bit more in the form of exploration of its thematics. It's a hard topic, certainly, but I wish it would have offered more in terms of the deeper issues involved in comparison to the superficial ones. The layering of the film seems to only play as a slice of worldly events instead of dealing with any further concerns, which is a much safer approach.
There's a definitive difference between potentially challenging themes in films and films that are actually challenging. Munich failed to offer any commentarial resolution and the background story primarily served as means to explore violence producing violence. That being said, it's not a strictly profound message by any means and fails to comment on the human nature but rather emphasizes socio-political themes as motivation. There is some detailing regarding the individual spirit but the characters are very emotionally disconnected and their arcs are far too jagged to offer any real philosophical musings on the deconstruction of a man's psyche through a misunderstanding of his own motives. As I said, these could be quite insightful issues but are presented in a manner far too heavy-handed and unnecessary additions of one-liner jokes and inappropriate musical choices only further in weakening them. Some of Spielberg's decisions were sloppy and disconcerning of the issues and the attempt to try and tie in past, spirtually-related violent incidents with the attack on New York was forced and unneeded.Random RT Douche said:
Also, I felt it was a simplified message and while it did take a clear stance on the issue that violence produces more violence it fails to comment beyond that. If a film makes a statement, especially such a relevant and potentially philosophical one that it should dilvulge a bit more in the form of exploration of its thematics. It's a hard topic, certainly, but I wish it would have offered more in terms of the deeper issues involved in comparison to the superficial ones. The layering of the film seems to only play as a slice of worldly events instead of dealing with any further concerns, which is a much safer approach.
