Anyone see this film recently? What do you think? I personally loooooove it~ just love it so much. I think it should be the best indie film for 2008.





[Edited on November 27, 2008 at 5:24 AM. Reason : typo]

11/27/2008 5:21:18 AM

based on the following words typed in the title and original post, i'd bet that I would hate it:

gay
activist
Harvey
indie

11/27/2008 8:10:31 AM

im pretty sure a movie with Sean Penn in it and directed by Gus Van Zant isnt an indie film.

fyi

11/27/2008 9:14:53 AM

My roommate saw an early sneak a week or two ago and liked it a lot, but said he couldn't really see that it was a Gus Van Sant film.

11/27/2008 4:01:28 PM

I thought this thread was about stoner metal.

11/27/2008 4:02:01 PM

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"directed by Gus Van Zant isnt an indie film."

Are you crazy Gus loves the indie films, just look at his last movie paranoid park, he has and still makes a lot of indie flicks

11/28/2008 2:09:41 PM

i dont think you understand the concept of an "indie" film.

11/28/2008 2:14:14 PM

They are produced independently from major studios.

11/28/2008 2:46:58 PM

saw this movie tonight. i'm not sure if it's considered indie or not, but i usually can't get into indie movies and loved this. excellent, among the top 5 movies i've ever seen. sean penn did an unbelievable job here, this was in a sense a real martyr role for him. i'm wondering why this movie isn't playing at more mainstream theaters, but perhaps that proves the point the movie is trying to make. we have a long way to go.

12/7/2008 3:01:40 AM

yeah supposed to be an amazing movie, gonna watch it tonight.

93% on rotten tomatoes:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009495-milk/

12/19/2008 7:01:51 PM

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"but i usually can't get into indie movies "

I, too, can only enjoy movies with Fox, Warner, Paramount, Universal, or MGM logos on the DVD case

12/19/2008 8:48:05 PM

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"among the top 5 movies i've ever seen."

uhhhh

see more movies?

12/20/2008 11:00:01 AM

sean penn is a fuckin disgrace

12/20/2008 4:00:51 PM

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"among the top 5 movies i've ever seen"

no homo?

12/20/2008 10:37:38 PM

It's good--not a mind-blowing movie, of course, but interesting and very well-acted. Sean Penn and Josh Brolin, especially, were really good. I'd recommend it to anybody.*

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"among the top 5 movies i've ever seen"

See more movies.

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"sean penn is a fuckin disgrace"

I as well hate amazing actors.



*Well, any non-TKEs.

12/21/2008 12:08:03 PM

for those that don't want to see it

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"It’s the early 1970s and Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) heads to San Francisco with his new lover, Scott Smith (James Franco). Homophobia and happenstance spurs the amiable Milk to a leadership role in the nascent gay rights movement. A pragmatist, Milk makes alliances with trade unions, seniors organizations and Blacks to finally win office almost a decade later after several unsuccessful attempts. Unfortunately, the tension of his nonstop campaigning causes Scott to leave, although later meetings prove it’s clear they still have feelings for one another. Once in office, Milk’s successes – including defeating a proposed State proposition that would make it legal to witchhunt homosexuals and even non-gay gay-rights supporters from jobs in the school system – causes an envious and unhinged former fellow municipal politician Dan White (Josh Brolin) to snap. White murders both him and the mayor in cold blood."

12/21/2008 7:37:39 PM

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"I thought this thread was about stoner metal."

haha, as did I...do want to see this though

12/22/2008 6:12:59 PM

just saw the movie a few days ago at southpoint, it was more entertaining than I thought it would be, I hadn't realized it was out at the regular theaters now.

[Edited on February 5, 2009 at 10:31 PM. Reason : .]

2/5/2009 10:28:20 PM

The speech was short, but fun... he managed to call Hollywood a bunch of commie, homo loving, sons of guns a few times, & made some more serious remarks about prop 8.

The DVD comes out on March 10th, but is available for pre-order on Amazon already:
http://www.amazon.com/Milk-Sean-Penn/dp/B001QUF3SW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1235419168&sr=8-1

2/23/2009 3:07:57 PM

still should have been rourke

2/23/2009 3:41:46 PM

i havent seen the wrestler yet, but all of his struggles aside was his performance really that inspiring? I mean, had he not the reputation he has would this role still have gained as much hype as it did? or is the mickey rourke comeback the new bandwagon to jump on?

2/23/2009 3:50:08 PM

new rule for the oscars

Never go full retard Always go full gay

2/23/2009 3:59:49 PM

^lol

2/23/2009 4:26:18 PM

Will be at the Campus Cinema after spring break, bring three canned goods->get in free.

2/23/2009 4:49:19 PM

^^find me a best actor award over the last 15 years where the gay character in the field doesn't win

i could be wrong, but the only one i found was heath ledger in brokeback

and he lost to truman capote

2/23/2009 5:04:21 PM

Ian McKellan lost in '98 when he played James Whale, a gay director, in Gods and Monsters.

2/23/2009 5:12:41 PM

good call

[Edited on February 23, 2009 at 5:26 PM. Reason : i stand corrected]

2/23/2009 5:26:33 PM

haha homo loving

2/23/2009 5:49:02 PM

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"^^find me a best actor award over the last 15 years where the gay character in the field doesn't win i could be wrong, but the only one i found was heath ledger in brokeback and he lost to truman capote "

WAT

gay characters to win best actor, last fifteen years:

Truman Capote (P.S. Hoffman)
Harvey Milk (Sean Penn)

2/23/2009 7:08:31 PM

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"i havent seen the wrestler yet, but all of his struggles aside was his performance really that inspiring? I mean, had he not the reputation he has would this role still have gained as much hype as it did? or is the mickey rourke comeback the new bandwagon to jump on?"

no.

He was just that good.

2/23/2009 8:32:23 PM

We are showing this at Galaxy Cinema starting Friday.
Friday-Sunday at 7:00
Monday-Thursday at (1:20), (4:00), and 7:00

[Edited on April 15, 2009 at 2:21 PM. Reason : times]

4/15/2009 2:21:17 PM