This was a very good movie.
It depicts the story of Harvey Milk. A gay activist who fought very hard for his rights. I did not know a thing about who this even was until I saw this movie on the *more like this* row on the movie "Ray". And me, being a slight idiot, thought it was going to be about...well...milk. Turns out it was something a lot better than that. The only issue is that it did not show more about him when he was younger. Maybe they could not find research to do, I still wish we knew a little more about his past.
Sean Penn is simply an incredible actor and can play just about any role. So of course, his performance was incredible. So was the rest of the acting. The performances were very believable.
As for the cinematography, there are a few issues. I find that the graphics weren't ideal. They went from perfect, to a little grainy, to perfect again, to even worse. Some things felt a bit late, similarly to "The Last King Of Scotland", the gunshots were obviously fake. Everything in graphics was not ideal. But in audio, it was perfect. The sound was of great quality, I had it at 25% volume, and I could hear it perfectly. The soundtrack was great. I loved the opera. And the orchestral piece in the opening credits was great.
As for realism, based on my research it was *very* accurate. One of the most accurate biopics I have ever seen, if not the most. Of course, every biopic has a few fictionalized scenes but this one has very few of them.
It was not an entertaining movie. But it was not boring, see, in my opinion, a movie does not need to be entertaining to be incredible. This is not a popcorn movie to watch on movie night. It was a great movie, but not entertaining. Which is not exactly a flaw. This movie would not be able to be entertaining.
But it was very emotional. Impactful. Inspiring. Accurate. I could think of a million compliments that are not entertaining per se.
For the ending, it was very sad. But it was an ending that was accurate. And it was an ending that people will talk about for at least 20 minutes after the film.
In conclusion: Plot: 9.5/10 Acting: 9.8/10 Cinematography: 7.5/10 Realism: 9.9/10 Entertainment level: 6.3/10 Emotional impact: 10/10 Ending: 10/10 Characters: 10/10
Final rating: 91.25%
It depicts the story of Harvey Milk. A gay activist who fought very hard for his rights. I did not know a thing about who this even was until I saw this movie on the *more like this* row on the movie "Ray". And me, being a slight idiot, thought it was going to be about...well...milk. Turns out it was something a lot better than that. The only issue is that it did not show more about him when he was younger. Maybe they could not find research to do, I still wish we knew a little more about his past.
Sean Penn is simply an incredible actor and can play just about any role. So of course, his performance was incredible. So was the rest of the acting. The performances were very believable.
As for the cinematography, there are a few issues. I find that the graphics weren't ideal. They went from perfect, to a little grainy, to perfect again, to even worse. Some things felt a bit late, similarly to "The Last King Of Scotland", the gunshots were obviously fake. Everything in graphics was not ideal. But in audio, it was perfect. The sound was of great quality, I had it at 25% volume, and I could hear it perfectly. The soundtrack was great. I loved the opera. And the orchestral piece in the opening credits was great.
As for realism, based on my research it was *very* accurate. One of the most accurate biopics I have ever seen, if not the most. Of course, every biopic has a few fictionalized scenes but this one has very few of them.
It was not an entertaining movie. But it was not boring, see, in my opinion, a movie does not need to be entertaining to be incredible. This is not a popcorn movie to watch on movie night. It was a great movie, but not entertaining. Which is not exactly a flaw. This movie would not be able to be entertaining.
But it was very emotional. Impactful. Inspiring. Accurate. I could think of a million compliments that are not entertaining per se.
For the ending, it was very sad. But it was an ending that was accurate. And it was an ending that people will talk about for at least 20 minutes after the film.
In conclusion: Plot: 9.5/10 Acting: 9.8/10 Cinematography: 7.5/10 Realism: 9.9/10 Entertainment level: 6.3/10 Emotional impact: 10/10 Ending: 10/10 Characters: 10/10
Final rating: 91.25%