A movie about how Israel dealt with the palestinians who killed their athletes in the '72 Olympics.
Spielberg got a lot of flack over this movie. Perception was that he was making the Jews look like the bad guys, and the arabs... well, not quite good, but sympathetic. Time magazine loved the film, which should say a lot.
I didn't see that view.
Yes, they (the jews) agonized over whether or not they were killing bad guys just to have them replaced by worse guys. But the jews agonized over every man they killed. They agonized to ensure no innocent bystanders.... even other arabs... didn't get killed in their crossfire. The arabs... were just living it up, with apparently no remorse for what they were. Quite the contrast to indiscriminately blowing up a pizza parlor in Tel Aviv.
It broke the jews completely to become what they hunted.
If calling them animals who just don't know any better is being sympathetic, then yes, I guess Spielberg was sympathetic to the arabs, in this movie.
Edited By GORDON on 1185160088