ThiefHott Too much of everything

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

gretz-569-323863 I had never heard of this movie before tonite, when I watched it on cable. from reading other reviews I understand that I didn't get to view some important but gruesome scenes. those scenes may have made the film even stronger, but believe me, "One Day in September" still packs a punch.the documentary covers the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, with an emphasis on the blundering (West) Germans who made a mess of the situation. Michael Douglas narrates, beautifully. for me, the interviews with survivors and family members were less interesting than the live-action scenes of the terror attack as it happened. it was especially moving to see Jim McKay ("They're all gone") and a little astonishing to watch the newspeople giving a play by play about the rescue attempt, which the terrorists were watching on TV along with the rest of us!I dimly remember the event, but I had either never known or had forgotten the details. for example, how truly craven the Olympic officials were--after Israel flew its dead back home, the games continued. (it's interesting watching it now, after the IOC's refusal to give a moment of silence at the 2012 London Olympics.) this is a very important movie for people to see. among other things, it reminds us that haters can always find a pretext for killing the people they despise. that's something we should especially remember these days, when another film is setting the Muslim world on fire, literally. I will definitely watch it again--this time with no cuts!

johnhenrik This 'so called' documentary is too much like a Hollywood suspense movie. It's supposed to be about the real event that I vaguely remember when I was a kid. It doesn't cover enough of the background information regarding the motives of the 'terrorists' (otherwise referred to as Arabs in Hollywood), or the German Government, or the Israeli Government. Also, for them to insist that the Olympics are meant to foster good relations between people from different countries, is ridiculous. It's competition between countries, that is truly intended to show superiority of certain nationalities over others. THE OLYMPICS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO PROMOTE PEACE! That said, I also have to mention that the Rock music in the movie (which is music I Love) does not fit the scene. The innocent athlete's who get killed from this horrible event are not honored by the music. It just distracts from what happened and the possibilities of why it happened. The constant downgrading of Germany in the movie is disturbing also. The leaders of Germany were obviously not the only ones who wanted to continue the Olympic Games. There was, and is so darn much money that's at stake in advertising and other aspects of these global media events, that no matter what happens, they'll want to continue! As far as the 'terrorists' (or evil-doers, as our GWB would say) are concerned, they are made to look insane and evil near the end of the movie when the 3 survivors get interviewed. Slow motion can do that! This movie needs a lot of work. Israel was not created through peaceful events. Some information about that might explain things a little better. Nothing excuses terrorist events though. But people should realize that terrorist can sometimes be leaders of countries also. Hummm......world...police......????

LonesomeDove I feel compelled to reply to the many people who say the documentary was completely biased toward Israelis. True, its focus was on the Israelis and their lives, and how they were killed by "evil" fundamentalist Palestinians. However, if you say the film is biased, then you're saying that maybe it should lean a little bit the other way, and tell more about the Palestinian terrorists and their personal plight in the conflict. But how can anyone be sympathetic to terrorists? The point has been brought up that both sides of the conflict experience terrorist attacks, so why should a filmmaker focus on one side more than the other; however, I think the fact that this attack took place at the Olympics, an event that represents the unity of the world and its people, is what makes the attack and this documentary so important. Therefore, Kevin MacDonald, in my opinion, has license to be as biased as he wants toward the Israelis, because they were the focus of this terrible event that occurred during a time that people around the world should have been united under the Olympics banner.

JwadeG I hate to say this, but one need do nothing more than read the other reviews of this film to see just what kind of film it is.This is a film about a terrorist event made with the sole intention of showing the event in an arrogant and accusatory way. The descriptions one can find on the IMDb for this film astound me. Things such as "shows the Palestinians for what they are; happy to kill Israelis" and "shows the nature of good and evil." All of which is exactly what most people tend to do in situations such as these: personalize and humanize the victims while demonizing the proponents.The film fills in backstory on the German government. Just enough back story, that is, to make one angry at the German government for being "criminally negligent" (despite the fact that this assumes they had any reason to suspect that such an event would take place at the Olympics). It also goes to great lengths to show the Palestinian celebration of the dead men upon their return home, but makes no effort to show what could drive men to such acts... Again, assuming the presence of evil, rather than a logical motive. And the film focuses its efforts on one victim and his widow; clumsily humanizing the story in a way which makes it even more ghastly, yet, as was previously mentioned, by the time the film reaches it's conclusion, we feel absolutely no remorse about the deaths of the terrorists.This is the kind of film that proposes eye for an eye in regards to terrorism, and inflames hatred of Arabs in the eyes of those who do not understand the motives and do not wish to.It is blame wrapped up in a convincing package. Using a human tragedy as ammunition to incite anger at the terrorists rather than intelligent reflection on the horror of the action.It is possible to loathe the action without seeing the perpetrators as inhuman... But you won't find it in this film.Shameful.