Allegra Frank (allefra25)

A very wonderful movie, definitely one of the better biopics I've seen. Sean Penn, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, and Josh Brolin were all AMAZING; their performances were very lifelike, specially Sean Penn, who won the Oscar; he embodied Milk perfectly. I thought it got a little less interesting when Diego Luna's whiny Jack was introduced; obviously, Jack was an important part of Milk's life, but I personally could have done without him. His suicide was sad, but did it have much bearing on the plot afterward? Milk looked sad for a scene and then moved on. Something about the ending bugged me, but endings usually bother me, anyway; it's hard to get me to like an ending. I always end up feeling let down. The candle light march was really nice, but, I don't know...something about it felt incomplete. Although Milk's narration was nice. His narration throughout the entire film was nice, but I had to wonder why he thought he was going to get assassinated, and when did he record that tape, anyway? How soon before his death? Anyway, aside from nitpicky stuff, this movie was excellent, definitely Gus Van Sant's best. The cinematography was excellent, especially in the first hour; there were so many great shots, and not just great, but interesting and even inventive ones. I liked how he didn't change angles a lot in the beginning, and there weren't that many close ups. I liked feeling like a watcher of Milk, someone on the sidelines who watches and gets closer and closer as he gets more and more powerful politically. Two especially beautifully shot scenes I must mention - the scene where Milk is identifying a dead gay man's body on the street. The shot focuses on a whistle, which belonged to the guy, and we only see the people talking from its reflection. It's really quite nice. And then there was this crowd scene that ties into how I said I felt like I was someone who was an admirer of Milk who was watching him; the handy cam was in the crowd, moving around as if it was a person at the parade (or whatever it was) just watching, like everyone else. People's heads were in the way a bit, too. It was very realistic. I would highly recommend this film to everyone. It may have a bit of an "agenda," but it's still a powerful film that parallels what California has been going through the past year or so, and it is also the inspirational story of a man's life, cut short by bigotry. I think everyone can take something positive from this film.

Very funny, although the plot was kind of convoluted at times. I really liked Ken and Otto was equally hilarious, although he was also a total jerk. Wanda was a disgusting slut, so I really wished she hadn't come out on top at the end. It's also weird that this movie was titled after the fish when the fish had very little part in the movie. But WHATEVER. Anyway, a hilarious movie, as one would come to expect from Monty Python members John Cleese and Michael Palin.

Love this movie! One of my favorite 80s movies!

I love this movie!!