While I was in Hobart I went to see a few films and Milk was one of them. I thought it might be a bit annoying and self-righteous although I figured it would still be pretty good. It was all of those things, but quite a bit better than I'd expected. Sean Penn was ridiculously great. It was very romantic. Harvey's last boyfriend drove you totally crazy, but it was scripted that way so he did a fine job of it.
I have to say that I didn't really buy the assassination. The fellow who did it really seemed pretty decent and reasonable. Perhaps that was how it came across in real life, so maybe the film not going further into was the honest thing to do.
Did Dan White really seem decent and reasonable to you? To me he seemed to be simmering with anger at his political and personal frustrations.
Chris / 8:25am / 9 March 2009
Wasn’t that woman from Florida scary? I kept seeing Sarah Palin.
Anonymous / 8:18pm / 11 March 2009
Yeah. I can’t believe that shit was actually file footage.
Ryan / 8:32pm / 11 March 2009