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Roger Ebert says MILK is the best film of the
Front-Ranger:
The latest issue of The New Yorker also favors Milk.
Dobie1018:
I saw Milk this afternoon. I thought was a really good movie, and even though I never really liked Sean Penn, I thought he gave a riveting performance as Harvey Milk. I like the way they showed actual pictures of the real people, and pictures of the actors portraying them, at the end of the movie.
I liked Gran Torino. I thought Benjamin Button was sort of boring, although I was impressed with the way they made Brad & Cate age. I haven't had a desire to see Slumdog, until recently, when everyone is raving about it, and it's up for so many awards. It has peaked my curiosity, so I think that's the next movie I want to go see. I saw a preview for the Wrestler today while waiting for Milk to begin. Not sure if I want to see that or not. Serious crayons - waiting on your thoughts on The Wrestler after you see it today!
serious crayons:
I loved The Wrestler. Mickey Rourke's performance was really amazing -- funny, sad, repelling, likable. Marisa Tomei was good, too. It was an interesting insiders glimpse of pro wrestling, plus a poignant tale of a man in decline. I highly recommend it.
retropian:
I hope 'Milk' and Sean Penn win so I'm glad Ebert is behind 'Milk'. For good (Milk) or ill (Crash) he is influential in the industry. I read his reviews, some are very perceptive (IMO) some are only so so. His review of BBM was positive, but it was apparent he really didn't get what a masterpiece it is.
Front-Ranger:
Milk is a very good film, especially the performances. The camerawork was poor in spots, shaky when it should not be shaky, and grainy and vague. I didn't think the plot did justice to Harvey Milk, and Mayor Moscone was just an edifice. The soundtrack didn't really make an impression on me. The weakest part of the movie, in my opinion was the big demonstration scenes, which looked fake and staged, actually choreographed. Sean Penn and Josh Broslin were excellent, as were all the performers.
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