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Milk
Let me start by stating my political views. I'm not against homosexuals. I'm not really against anything. My personal opinion is as long as you aren't hurting someone mentally, physically, financially, etc. then it's cool by me. I won't judge you, you don't judge me.
Next, I knew next to nothing about Harvey Milk. All I knew came from Holden Pike's wonderful thread (found HERE.) I hadn't even seen the documentary yet (Huluing now.) So I can't comment on much of the accuracy.
Now I can comment on the film's quality. The script does suffer from what all biographical movies do, and that's that they can;t convert someone's life actions into about 2 hours of film. A documentary can accomplish this a little easier because they can just say "Harvey Milk tried to be elected into the City councel three times" then actually showing it. I'd have liked to learn more about Milk's childhood, but you can't have it all.
One part were you actually do have it all, is the acting. Sean Penn headlines as the titaluar Milk. It was everything you've heard and more, ten minutes in, you'll forget it's Sean Penn and think it is Harvey Milk. Emile Hirsch surprised me on how good of a gay he was. James Franco shows that he can be more than a stoner and Harry Osborn, and can do serious projects. Even Josh Brolin, coming off No Country for Old Men and W. does about ten times better than wwhat I've seen from both those movies. Great ensamble cast.
Even Gus van Sant, a director whose only film of his I've seen is the pointless remake of Psycho, and he did a shot by shot remake of the 1960 original, so I really can't judge from other works. But I really did dig the directing here, besides the editing, nothing stood out as to why he should be the Best Director Oscar Winner (that should go to mister Aronofsky) but nothing that stood out as a Razzie. A nice middle line.
Rating:All in all, I really dug the film.
Milk
Let me start by stating my political views. I'm not against homosexuals. I'm not really against anything. My personal opinion is as long as you aren't hurting someone mentally, physically, financially, etc. then it's cool by me. I won't judge you, you don't judge me.
Next, I knew next to nothing about Harvey Milk. All I knew came from Holden Pike's wonderful thread (found HERE.) I hadn't even seen the documentary yet (Huluing now.) So I can't comment on much of the accuracy.
Now I can comment on the film's quality. The script does suffer from what all biographical movies do, and that's that they can;t convert someone's life actions into about 2 hours of film. A documentary can accomplish this a little easier because they can just say "Harvey Milk tried to be elected into the City councel three times" then actually showing it. I'd have liked to learn more about Milk's childhood, but you can't have it all.
One part were you actually do have it all, is the acting. Sean Penn headlines as the titaluar Milk. It was everything you've heard and more, ten minutes in, you'll forget it's Sean Penn and think it is Harvey Milk. Emile Hirsch surprised me on how good of a gay he was. James Franco shows that he can be more than a stoner and Harry Osborn, and can do serious projects. Even Josh Brolin, coming off No Country for Old Men and W. does about ten times better than wwhat I've seen from both those movies. Great ensamble cast.
Even Gus van Sant, a director whose only film of his I've seen is the pointless remake of Psycho, and he did a shot by shot remake of the 1960 original, so I really can't judge from other works. But I really did dig the directing here, besides the editing, nothing stood out as to why he should be the Best Director Oscar Winner (that should go to mister Aronofsky) but nothing that stood out as a Razzie. A nice middle line.
Rating:All in all, I really dug the film.