Milk

ben bedlam

Anyone see this? I thought Sean Penn's performance was absolutly terrific.

Nevyn

I am looking forward to it for that reason but I am wary of how the film has susposedly
sanitsed and glossed over some of the events.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-goldstein/harvey-milk-deserved-a-be_b_153950.html

Handsome Bob

I saw it today and I have to say, though it is a very good film, I was slightly let down. The film had an unbelievable amount of pressure put on it due to the hype around Penn's performance and for me personally, I was underwhelmed.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, but I expected to be moved and to have emotions stirred within me. I just couldn't connect with it, and not for the want of trying.

Penn is great, however I've seen him in better films, and the oscar nod feels more to do with such a tough guy actor playing a camp character moreso than it being for a juggernaut performance.

Josh Brolin's performance also had me puzzled due to its' supporting oscar nod. Excluding one scene, I didn't feel anything from his performance. The oscar nod seems even more strange given that Brolin IMO is outshone by both Franco and Hirch.

I'll give it three out of five.

Basq

I saw it with some bacteria..

.. it spoiled it on me! :P

Ah come on.. you can't write that kinda stuff!

Handsome Bob

basquille wrote: »

I saw it with some bacteria..

.. it spoiled it on me! :P

Ah come on.. you can't write that kinda stuff!

I must be stupid because that does not compute with me.:pac:

Care to spoon feed to me what you meant?:p

Latchy

Milk will have bacteria in it before it's pasturised .Perhaps that's the connection , but without the explanation ?

Handsome Bob

latchyco wrote: »

Milk will have bacteria in it before it's pasturised .Perhaps that's the connection , but without the explanation ?

*slaps head*

See, I said I was stupid.:o:pac:

Latchy

( chuckles) Ah dont be hard on yoreself

Tusky

Saw it today. Thought it was absolutely excellent. Dont know how anyone can knock Sean Penns performance.

We have been spoiled with movie releases lately. Lots of good stuff in the cinemas at the mo.

Handsome Bob

Tusky wrote: »

Saw it today. Thought it was absolutely excellent. Dont know how anyone can knock Sean Penns performance.

We have been spoiled with movies releases lately. Lots of good stuff in the cinemas at the mo.

I didn't exactly knock it, all I said is that some of his other performances have struck me moreso than his role as Harvey Milk and that although it was a great performance, I wouldn't agree with the many media outlets that have declared it to be his "best performance".

Plus, I genuinely wanted it to be Penn's best performance. So it wasn't just a case of me failing to relate to the character.

johnny_ultimate

Looking forward to this, really like Gus Van Sant's stuff (Paranoid Park was one of the most underrated and underviewed films of last year). Hopefully will get to see it during the week (hoping to get to see Rachel Getting Married first though). As Tusky says, it is yet another must watch (well, I hope so anyway) film in a ridiculously quality packed month for movies.

Aidric

Heading to see this tomorrow night, looking forward to it. Penn is outstanding in just about everything I've seen him in.

lostexpectation

just watched it great movie,

i had read reviews at the start about it toned down his militancy and didn't show him getting into fights

i mean at the start they said this is the stonewall riots but didn't show nay footage of the riots , do they not have some footage?

but it was good to show him as political activist, how clever he was, his compromises, didn't delve into things too much but you saw them.

pity it didn't show the trial which was an outrage. the twinkie defence....

johnny_ultimate

Saw this tonight and truly enjoyed it. A very engaging and entertaining film, but also feels like an extremely passionate one - the sense of intolerance on one hand, and fight for a better life on the other captured Milk's goals and ambitions very well. It isn't exactly a balanced film by any stretch, but the ending is very emotional without being overly cheesy (and hey, it all actually happened anyway ) and the story is an interesting and universal one. Fine performances from everyone involved - Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin and of course Sean Penn (who definitely puts in a fantastic performance). Wasn't as stylised as Van Sant's other recent work, but it didn't need to be and still had lots of flair and energy (the montage intercut with the campaign posters and slogans,

or the great shot of Franco and Pill looking down at the candle filled streets

).

But yeah - a fascinating biopic, and a very accomplished film.

Das Kitty

Did anyone else find it boring? The acting throughout was excellent (not just Sean Penn), but it had a bit of a feeling of a TV3 movie to me.

I couldn't believe it when the other half told me it was only just over 2 hours long, it felt like at least 3.

geoffraffe

You're use to Penn giving a strong performance and what's great about this performance, is that it's so subtle. Penn could have gone for the screaming queen, but it's the slight bend of a wrist, or the gentle tilt of a hip, which really makes you believe in his character. I loved his performance and hope he wins at the oscars.

leahyl

ben bedlam wrote: »

Anyone see this? I thought Sean Penn's performance was absolutly terrific.

Completely agree - he was brilliant - actually nearly forgot it was Sean Penn -he was that good

gnolan

I was in the fortunate position of knowing nothing about the story, the film and the touting of Penn as an oscar-nominee when i went to see this, and i was very impressed, particularly by Penn's performance. I, too, don't fully understand the nomination for Josh Brolin, he was fine, even good, but not that good.

MagicMarker

I tried to watch this last night, couldn't really get into it. Found it very slow, turned it off after an hour when I realised there was at least another hour to go. But you have to hand it to Penn, you see him in something like Mystic River and then this!! What an actor.

dog-man-star

Das Kitty wrote: »

Did anyone else find it boring? The acting throughout was excellent (not just Sean Penn), but it had a bit of a feeling of a TV3 movie to me.

Maybe I need to watch more TV3 movies then, if they're anything like this I won't complain.

rovert

Didnt live up to the source material IMO.

jdscrubs

Saw Milk. Thought it was a good film, with good acting by Sean Penn along with the rest of them.

Only problem with it was that it lacked tension. I know we knew the ending from the start,from reviews&the like but in other films that are like this in which we knew the ending, Frost/Nixon, for example, there wasnt any tension built up which meant it dragged at times. Whereas in Frost/Nixon, even though you knew what was going to happen, there was tension throughtout all 4 interviews, especially the last one.

Apart from that, Milk was good & sean penn was damn better then Mickey Rourke.