Having already seen the wonderful, Oscar-winning documentary The Times of Harvey Milk, I was excited to see Gus Van Sant's more succinctly-titled Milk when it was in theaters two summers ago. I remember thinking that it was possessed of an intense realism, and the film does indeed include many actual locations and persons from Milk's life. There are many great performances besides Penn's, most notably Emile Hirsch's, who was just "good" in Into the Wild the year before but superb as Cleve Jones, who is still to this day an important figure among AIDS and LGBT rights activists. As a biopic, Milk is a great achievement. And until the final, anticipated tragedy, borne of so much fear, hatred and, perhaps, junk food, it's funny as hell.
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3 comments:
I liked this movie but didn't LOVE it. But how many stars do you give it? I don't see it in your blog or maybe my dry contacts (or wine buzz) are not focusing in on it.
I liked Into the Wild btw. Didn't you LOVE the soundtrack?
I liked the Into the Wild soundtrack but didn't LOVE it. Also, you must have been blitzed last night because my star rating is prominently displayed above the image from the film.
Did the drive-in decompose? for real? What about yujin tube? Do you have a private blog somewhere now? I want to post more details about Disneyland!!!!
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