tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754356885881273270.post2998663399419666654..comments2023-11-19T06:33:19.673-05:00Comments on JEREMY THE CRITIC: Milkjeremythecritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09351653201416397407noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754356885881273270.post-75330647400803679012008-12-29T17:41:00.000-05:002008-12-29T17:41:00.000-05:00Very interesting review. Most movies like this do ...Very interesting review. Most movies like this do take dramatic license, and I am fine with that. I also liked how they portrayed Harvey Milk as a human as opposed to some sort of superhero which he clearly was not. Josh Brolin's performance as Dan White is also noteworthy in how he brings a lot of depth to his character. The movie also comes at a time when the fight for gay rights still goes on with the tragic passage of Prop. 8 in California. Sorry you didn't like this one more, but I'm still glad you liked it enough to give it a good review.Ben Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15582415748822232557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754356885881273270.post-61729602082768610792008-12-28T21:56:00.000-05:002008-12-28T21:56:00.000-05:00Yeah this was definitely one of those cases where ...Yeah this was definitely one of those cases where the director took "dramatic license"(or whatever it's called) to present a Hollywoodized version of the story. I think it's getting a free pass from critics and the media because of the still sensitive subject matter and political climate right now. I was scratching my head at times wondering how Van Sant thought it was a good idea to present gays in that light.jeremythecritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351653201416397407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754356885881273270.post-50116936149807780272008-12-28T16:00:00.000-05:002008-12-28T16:00:00.000-05:00...and why do they invent things that never happen......and why do they invent things that never happened when telling a "true" story?? Suicide that never happened?? Harvey Milk did have a suicidal boyfriend when he lived in NY but come on!!And he was basically just another corrupt politician whose "career" lasted a few months before he was murdered (NOT Assassinated) by another corrupt politician who didn't get his own way.I also agree that this film does show Homosexuals in a true (but not very pleasant) light and will only enforce people's view of them & should be regarded as a major error by the director.Unless this is what he intended of course.chaz2912https://www.blogger.com/profile/11051313636488345038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754356885881273270.post-40597690581585185822008-12-28T11:21:00.000-05:002008-12-28T11:21:00.000-05:00see what you are saying. I like it and love Penn's...see what you are saying. I like it and love Penn's performance as well as Franco and Brolin.<BR/>It is an issues film and from what I have seen, it may not get the big Oscar Push many thought it would get.<BR/>I think it is the performances that one remembers from the film more than anything.<BR/>Still, it does feel very timely because of the Prop 8 situation and that history repeats itself.<BR/>Excellent review.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703832050420887343noreply@blogger.com