Movie Night - Munich

Munich is a powerful, political film that resonates with the state of the world now. Unfortunately, the state of the Middle East has grown worse and terrorism is not only a worldwide epidemic, but a way of life. It really makes you see that by going "an eye for an eye" only drives one further into madness. You really watch the transition of Avner, from a simple family man into a murderer who is driven into a state of madness and paranoia. There's one scene that takes place in London where Avner completely looks like Alex from A Clockwork Orange - he has that same maniacal look on his face while walking in the rain with one mission in his mind. The similarities from that point on to Kubrick's Clockwork become totally apparent. Sure, the 11 that murdered the Israeli athletes should be condemned, but it seems each time that one of Avner's "droogs" made a hit, the Israelis were hit harder. Each time Avner got information from Louie, he was being betrayed. One by one, his group got smaller and the psychosis that Avner falls into toward the end is completely riveting.

I've always felt that neither side is right in this conflict, and it further shows that a government that is ruled by religion is completely unjust. Religion and politics are never good when thrust together and it drives people toward insanity. This film resonates with what is going on in the world now - the situation keeps escalating and escalating. Two wrongs most certainly do not make a right. If both sides continue their "eye for an eye" ethos, the world will destroy itself.