Eric Bana was robbed.
And Mr. Spielberg? You're forgiven for War of the Worlds.
I'm yet to see two of the other three nominees (Crash up next), and I will before the awards are handed out, but dammit Munich is the best film of 2005.
This is how you take a moral drama and fold it into a kinetic action film. You watch the characters and you know how they're doing it and maybe WHY they're doing it, but you're not quite sure if THEY know what they're doing and why they're doing it.
Steven also controls his natural urge to grab an idea and hit his audience over the head with it until they cry. I was concerned when the epilogue began to drag a bit, but the final scene ended with the proper amount of uncertainty for the tone of the film. You don't know what happens. You know what YOU want to happen, and you know what is LIKELY to happen, God forbid, but Steven doesn't tell us what exactly happens.
Eric Bana should have gotten a nom for lead actor. Strong, rock steady performance of a man whose moral compass gets caught in a magnetic storm. He's got a port, but will the storm overwhelm the port? Is he in control? Was he ever in control?
The debate over Steven's treatment of terrorism and the "dialogue" of violent acts between the Israelis and Palestinians was not just handled well, it wasn't handled at all, which is important. Steve's a Jew, so we all know where Steve stands. It's irrelevant for Munich. This is just a story, and I did not detect anything in the way of an overt message. When you become as your opponent, you cede the moral high ground, and wrong and right all swirl into one really large pool of blood.
Bottom Line: Best Film of 2005. Do NOT miss it.
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