Munich

There are spies, there are saboteurs, and then there are warriors.

Most espionage thrillers are actually about saboteurs, and they galmourize, simplify, and exaggerate the subject of black ops. But Munich gives the feeling of being real, as it captures the tedium of the process.

The film may be mistitled, as it it not so much about the death of the Israeli atheletes in 1972, but the targeting for assasination of those who assisted in the massacre.

Eric Bana deserved a nomination as he is able to convey to us a transformation of chracter from someone who seem vaguely idealistic to someone deadened by fear and killing. Geoffrey Rush also give another great performance as Bana's case officer in the Mossad.

There have been complaints about the film not being "accurate", and that the persons involved were never consulted, or that the film is too "pro-Israel" or too "anti-Israel".

For me, the most profound line was when one member of the assasination team decides to leave, and tells Bana's character: "It doesn't matter that people have hated us for thousands of generations. What matters is my own righteousnes, and if I lose that, I lose my own soul."