Milk

Last Tuesday we saw the movie "Milk" in class. In this American biographical film from 2008, Sean Penn potraits politician and LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) activist Harvey Milk. The story covers how he became the first openly gay man to be elected into the public office in California. In addition to showing us his upsides and downsides in his career as well as his personal life. Harvey Milk was of great importance to gay people all across America. He fought for their rights all through his life until he was killed by another politician in 1978.

The movie is directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black. Actors starring is Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco and Emile Hirsch. It received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, winning two for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Sean Penn and Best Original Screenplay for Dustin Lance Black.

My impression of the movie is divided. I think the story is very powerful and a huge part of American history that has to be told. The actors do an excellent job playing these characters and the movie surely deserve the prizes it has been awarded. However, to be completely honest, the movie is not really the type of genre that I usually prefer. I didn't find it very exciting.

On the other hand, all in all, it is a quite brilliant movie which I actually would recommend to others. Because of the important story on how the gay people carried out the fight for their rights. It was the beginning to where we are today, and this movie gives us the journey on how we got there.