Loved him in "Defiance", not so good in the comical remake of "The Manchurian Candidate"

Ted

I watched just enough of Peter Jackson's King Kong remake to decide I hated the movie, but liked Naomi Watts.

Glad to hear she's not part of the Hollywood self-loathing crowd.

love that story - nice to see someone from Hollywood (besides you of course) who isn't cracked!

Robert:

You were too kind to describe Munich as vile. Speilberg took a story of evil terrorists and made the Israeli government their moral equivalent. The bravery of the Israelis as Weinberg and Gutfreund stand in contrast to the piece of cowardly junk Speilberg produced.

The actions of individuals such as Avery Brundage and governments such as Germany during and after the hostage crisis opened my eyes to what Israel was up against. The only mistake Israel made after 1972 was not going after the German officials that released the prisoners after the Lufthansas jet was hijacked. Every scumbag that took part in enabling the 8 terrorists to enter the compound should have been tracked down, including Arafat.

What a breath of fresh air. If only more Hollywood do- gooders knew the reasons for Muslim hatred of Jews and America. The author of "Persian Nights," who spoke eloquently on Dennis Prager's program the other day, explained that the hatred of the Jews goes back to the days of Mohammed, and is documented in 15th century Islamic texts. Originally Mohammed was aided by the Jews but then they stopped providing him money so he banished them from Medina. Ideologically, Jews are hated as the founders of "human rights" and democracy— principals that are anathema to Islam. If only the ideologues of the Left knew. But truth doesn't matter to them. That's why good PR like planting trees is so important. Scenes like this are vital, all it takes is a few good pictures and the other stars will follow.

Karen - it is amazing to me since all 3 religions are based on the Old Testament (with the people of your religion WRITING the Old Testament) - that Muslims could be so hostile to Jews and Christians.

The Jews and Arabs of the Middle East are actually cousins don't you think? Why there should be such animosity against them - Both Christianity and Islam owe their origins to Judaism.

BTW I enjoyed the movie Defiance - and one of the funniest scenes for me was seeing the 2 Jews in the middle of nowhere - in a snowstorm in the middle of a forest, arguing over a chess game. For some reason - the surrealism? - it really got me.

As my friend Larry says, "You get 2 Jews arguing - and you get 3 different viewpoints!"

It is certainly nice to see that some celebrities support Israel! Thanks for sharing. I am not familiar with either of these actors, but I am still grateful for their public support of Israel.

FYI, the JNF no longer plant trees anywhere in Yehudah or the Shomron. There is another, smaller organization that was founded to fill this gap. If you are interested, I will try and find the name of the organization for you.

Robert, the film Munich is an exact remake of the 1986 TV movie 'Sword of Gideon', directed by Michael Anderson, starring Steven Bauer and Michael York.
The main difference between the two films is that the original has no pro arab terrorist slant.
Actually, I enjoyed the original far greater than the remake.
Hollywood is in dire need of more stars who are willing to stand up and confront the liberal anti Israel establishment.
I'm sure Mr. Schreiber and his wife are at risk of being ostracized in the near future.

Bill - though Islam, Christianity and Judaism all have their roots in the Tanach (or Old Testament if you prefer) Islam and Christianity are successor religions to Judaism. In different ways each proceeds from the premise that God made a new covenant that superseded the original one with the Jews. The continued observance of the Jews, though, suggests that God did not "change is mind."

Soccer Dad - I was talking about this discussion with my friend Larry yesterday over a coffee at Starbucks - Larry is of the opinion that the Muslims are descended from Ishmael whom Abraham expelled from his house.

Bill, Soccer Dad:

I want to jump in and point out an important distinction between Christianity and Islam regarding the Torah.

Christians, as I understand it, accept the validity of the Torah, but believe that Jesus ushered in a new age leading to the Gospels and the various Christian faiths.

Islam, in sharp contrast, maintains that the Jews deliberately "corrupted" the Torah through lies and perfidy.

Big difference in attitudes.

Robert - I am not a Christian scholar by any means but I am not aware of anything in Christianity that contradicts anything in the Torah.

In fact I find some learned Jewish interpretations of the Torah to be interesting and far from "contradictory" simply the same things as seen from a different (and original) light.

Case in point: My friend Larry had just studied about David, Bathsheeba and Uriah. We Christians of course are taught that God was unhappy with David because he deliberately put Uriah in a position to get killed, just to have Bathsheba.

Larry had a discussion with me over the laws of the Torah and David and while the conclusion was the same, the reasons David erred were far more detailed (by Jewish law and his right as King) than what I had always heard.

I found it fascinating.

As I have told Larry if it weren't for Paul evangelizing in Greece, Rome and Turkey, Christianity would be considered a radical sect of Judaism.

Nor did Jesus consider himself to be the originator of a new religion - his followers referred to him as "rabbi" or "teacher".

Those of us who are Evangelical Christians consider our Jewish friends to be cousins and those "Christians" who are hostile to Jews are in fact, hostile to Jesus who of course was Jewish.

As far as ushering in new Christian faiths, only the Roman Catholics consider themselves to be the "true church" (I am not Catholic FWIW). You got splinters from the Catholic church in the middle ages over minor differences in doctrine - whether one considers the Pope to be the head of the church - how many sacraments the church has, etc.

The Greek and Russian Orthodox churches are very similar to the Roman Catholic church and I must confess don't know why they split. But all of the splits occurred many hundreds of years after Jesus.

I'm very glad Liev and Naomi are pro-Israel, but they are VERY liberal politically (at least Liev is). He recently said (via Newsbusters) that he hopes a replay of Michael Moore's movie SICKO will shock Americans into action on getting government-funded healthcare for all Americans.

I like the fact that you don't have to be anti-Israel in order to be pro better healthcare for everyone. We need to separate our views and not tie them down together as a necessary whole for a particular political party.

Nice place you got here. Mind if I come in? Hey, maybe I can sleep no your couch--it's cosy here. I could help you with your chores. We could work together, you know, make the place nicer. All happy together. Yes. Thanks for being so kind. What? Well, no--I think I'll be staying for a while. When? No, I don't think so. This place grows on me! You know, we really like it here, and you weren't doing much with it. What? Are you still here?

Liev Schreiber has the acting capabilities of a piece of fresh roadkill!