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Roger Ebert says MILK is the best film of the
LauraGigs:
--- Quote from: Meryl on February 05, 2009, 02:11:44 pm ---It would be ironic if Heath wins an Oscar over Phillip Seymour Hoffman in the same year that a gay-themed movie wins Best Picture.
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I feel strongly that Oscars are often cumulative. (For example, if Denzel Washington had been a complete unknown beforeTraining Day, there's no way he would have won for it.) I think PSH's win for Capote was also because of the multitude of character-actor roles he'd done leading up to that.
One interesting thing about the reaction to Milk is that I haven't heard/read anywhere about any mainstream shock at the guy-guy affection (that leading actors such as Penn and Franco are unafraid of it)... nor the guy-guy affection that's being shown elsewhere in soaps, cable TV series, etc.
My point is, Brokeback Mountain has been a HUGE watershed in that regard — I think it truly blew out the circuits. 8)
Ellemeno:
The way Ebert raved and raved and raved about Synecdoche, NY, I'm surprised he didn't say that was the best pic of the year.
LauraGigs:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on February 22, 2009, 01:24:07 pm ---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.
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I think the graininess (plus the way the color seemed to favor cyan and yellow) was deliberate, for a 70s-era look.
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: LauraGigs on February 22, 2009, 02:39:48 pm ---I think the graininess (plus the way the color seemed to favor cyan and yellow) was deliberate, for a 70s-era look.
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Agreed.
Monika:
Finally got around to watch Milk. I liked it a lot. Very high production values and very good casting - especially Emily Hirsch and Sean Penn. It was very interesting to get to know more about the Castro area and what part it played back then. The movie is an important reminder of the fact that rights just don´t come your way, you have to stand up and fight for them.
And the murders...I knew what was coming of course, still I sat there and whispered "no, no, no"
Terrific movie.
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