Last night I watched Milk...

[agriking]

Or more accurately I attempted to. Please keep in mind I am not making commentary on the man himself as I really know very little about him and this movie failed to arouse any interest in educating myself on the subject. The movie portrayed him as being an obnoxious, power hungry, pathetic little man who wrapped his self serving ambition tightly

Comments

[itsjustmatt05]

I hated the movie, although the ending was really sad. I've just never been involved in that culture. I don't want to be either.

[bdouville]

I haven't seen it yet, but I suspect that I would enjoy the movie precisely because it protrays Milk as being an obnoxious, power-hungry man -- but one who accomplished something important. Like a lot of successful politicians, Milk was ambitious, and probably not always very likeable.

I did enjoy Randy Shilts' biography of him (The Mayor of Castro Street), which I read back in 1991. It's a more complete picture of the man, and the world that he occupied.

Cheers,

Bruce

[tko_ak]

I can understand how you saw it that way, but I thought it was a more complicated portrayal. It showed him as a flawed human being, but a martyr as well. Whatever your opinion of the man, he DID help pave the way for the progress we've seen today.

I thought the film was well-done, and impacted heterosexuals who saw it.

[anarchys_savior]

I actually liked it, although I see where you're coming from.

[jinh88]

I didn't see that film 'cause of the same reasons you posted here ;)

Hugs,
Marco