That was a joke.
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Withnail and I.
It makes me cry.
Like butcher’s boys.
Obviously one of the greatest human endeavours.
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MUNICH (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
Over 20 years since I watched this (and 30 since I read the source book by George Jonas; of which more in the books thread). As a film it’s technically brilliant even if the reverse cut at the end feels bizarrely tasteless. As an adaptation of Jonas’ book it’s following the story’s beats largely as could be expected from a Hollywood production (with some digressions due to ‘artistic license’).
And yet it’s entirely changing the characters and their motivations to the point of reversing their convictions. All in all it’s what 2005’s world thought 1973’s should have asked. MUNICH tells us more about western society after 9/11 than about the aftermath of the Olympic Games terror attack. For that one would have to read the book itself, regardless of its supposed shortcomings.
Interestingly, Craig already looks quite fit in this. But there’s not a single frame where I’d see him as Bond. Naturally, that also wasn’t Spielberg’s aim; in spite of several shootouts the action isn’t depicted particularly photogenic. MUNICH doesn’t aim to appeal to the audience with action, it tries to convey the terror. At times it’s unintentionally comic, then horrifying again.
Overall, it’s not a ‘light’ film. It’s bordering on overlong and taking a few wrong turns in deciding what to drop from the original story. It poses the questions you would expect from a 2005 US production by Spielberg - but it does so at the expense of people living 30 years earlier, and of the source material, both the book and the real world figures. There’s a reason I didn’t watch this since 2005.
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I like the easter egg that James Bond is acting opposite Moonraker’s villain whose son is QOS’ villain.
Obviously not intentioanl as 2 of them hadnt done it yet, just fun as a Bond fan now.
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As well as Bana being a favourite with some fans to get the role. And Kassovitz later landing his own part in a ‘realistic’ espionage show which would get its own US adaptation with the former Craig-Leiter and Fassbender, yet another fan favourite for 007.
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I always love such easter eggs.
Here’s a tricky one: two future Bond villains, one of them not the first and not the last incarnation of his particular villain, and the other one even kills his own future henchman (not the henchman’s first appearance in Bond), under the helm of his future Bond director (multiple times Bond director).
Name that movie 
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Die hard is a Bond fan nightmare.
“3 in just Dalton’s era!!!’
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I am working on it…i hate myself not getting it already
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As I said, it’s tricky. Had this one up my sleeve for ages… 
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Got to be FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE, no?
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Only henchmen in that one. And I wouldn’t have left out all the other alumni in my description…
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I think ive got this far…
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But i also know Blofeld actors have often worked with others
This is fun.
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…giggles…
(you’ll know why when you found out)
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The he shoots his own…
Ow Faceless blofeld!
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Did I say shoot?
A hint: the movie was shot in a future Bond location.
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I was assuming not him as he doesnt meet 3 and would be too obvious on the location
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Oh, the red herrings…
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This is fun
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