I didn't rate Schindler's List at all, but have never seen Munich. I was interested in seeing it, but was put off by Schindler's List (and Amistad) funnily enough: I feared how he might address another serious issue by forcing unnecessary aritficial "EPIC!" status upon it.
It's a personal thing I know, but I felt all my criticisms of Schindler's List were confirmed when The Pianist came out a few years later and showed (to my way of thinking) exactly how a film should address the Holocaust era: with tasteful dignity, free of schmaltz and lacking in frippery and gimmick. Just honest, powerful story-telling.
I will have to catch up with Munich at some point though.
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