Milk

Saw it, what a film. Absolutely amazing.

What with this and Slumdog Millionaire (I don't care how "hyped" it is, I felt no hype, saw it and loved it), cinema this season is pretty great.
 
quite good,i wouldn't put it at 8 out of 10,classic films i'd put at 8/10 ,it's may'be 7/10,i've seen more powerfull single character stories,compared to something like "ghandi" it's way behind.
Just my opinion.
"Slumdog" i'd also rate at 6 or 7 out of 10.
 
it does seem to be -

milk
slumdog
frost/nixon
the reader
seven pounRAB
the wrestler
benjamin button
vicky christina barcelona
che
valkyrie
revolutionary road
doubt
the international
the class

some of those will be better than others, but i can't remember the last time there were so many films out that i'd at least think of going to see.

might even be worth getting one of those unlimited carRAB.

Iain
 
I've been looking forward to Milk since last August when I first saw the trailer and finally got to see it tonight.

And the verdict? Erm, not too sure.

Good performances and a good story, but something was missing. I couldn't put my hand on it, but similar to The Reader, I left the cinema thinking it was alright, but I was expecting a whole lot more.
 
Great performances in my opinion, and I loved the way they used original footage too. The only thing I felt was missing was more of the interaction between harvey and dan white, as dan white seemed quite a complex character.
 
it was may'be laid out too simplistically as a story,guy tries hard at doing the same thing a few times and eventually gets somewhere.

I'm not playing down his achievements,but that it was shown in a methodical way try,try,try again type of thing.

As i mentioned i find a film like "ghandi" far more inspiring as a single character story.
 
It was good. Like others have said the use of original footage was a fantastic idea.

The film was pretty long, it seemed to cover the same issue but constantly and in several ways. Personally I think the gay people in our group enjoyed it more than the straights. But surely a movie about the struggles of gay political rights would expect that kind of response?

The ending was incredible, moving and emotional, combined with the real footage and I did well up, which never happens to me!

The audience in general were a varied mix. A teenager gay couple shared a kiss at the end which made me proud that society has carried on moving forward, and seemed to sum up the entire film and what we had all just watched. :)
 
I'm really looking forward to this! I'm going on 19th Feb, and am pleased its had such good reviews - I don't go to the pictures often, so this'll be a real treat!
 
I liked it but didn't love it. Sean Penn was great and it is definitely way above average for a biopic as it managed to balance Milk's personal and public life really well and wasn't disjointed like biopics tend to be.

However I felt Van Sant deified Milk a bit showing him to be a near perfect politician who didn't put a foot wrong. Also I felt Dan White was fairly underdeveloped as a character and was surprised that Josh Brolin (as good as he is) has been nominated at the Oscars, James Franco would be more deserving.
 
It lacked pace and tension; not because we already knew how it ended, but because his struggle to get elected was portrayed in a relatively bland, unexciting way. The best bit (for me) was the genuinely gripping cliffhanger over whether Proposition 6 would be passed and the way (without giving any spoilers) the result was linked to a character who we thought had already become a victim of anti-gay prejudice. That was really well handled.
But overall, a slightly less impressive film than Sean Penn's performance deserves.
 
saw it this and thought it was excellent - mainly because Penn was so good in it. he has, on the quiet, become a superb actor over the years, so could well be up for the Oscar this year.

not sure about the lack of excitement - with the odd bit of library footage, it really captured the sense of place and time well i thought. its almost a shame that everything is digital now, as that grainy age that film acquires is going to be lost.

Iain
 
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