lou reed sings in my ears...

Okay, so Milk was a poor films for many reasons; first, it moved way too fast, like it was trying to pour as many information into two hours, despite loosing character development and a comfortable setting for which to settle down into the film. Too bumby. Secondly, Sean Penn's performance was just like his performance in I Am Sam, which is to say he acted like he was mentally retarded in the most stereotypical way possible. He was terrible. Third, it had almost exact elements of other biopics like Ray and Walk the Line. So we've seen it before. A million times. Now we just have different character names, and instead of drugs, the title role struggles with homosexuality. Like it's a disease. Lastly, and the most disappointing thing about the film, is that it was no where near a Gus Van Sant film. I've seen films by other filmmakers that have more elements of Gus Van Sant then this one. The only thing that is somewhat Gus Van Sant is the part where Milk and Scott are looking in each other's eyes. That is all you'll find of him. Just so people know I am not being biases, I waited for this film for a year, I've studied all of Van Sant's films, I love them all (except To Die For which is awful), Gerry might be one of the best films ever made, and then he hits me with this. The thing is he's gone mainstream before with Good Will Hunting and Finding Forester, and they are still fantastic films. This was just generic garbage that will be looked at the least of his pictures. I am shocked and heartbroken that he turned out such a mediocre film. 'Cause next to films like Ray and Walk the Line, it's pretty good. But compared to Gerry, Elephant, My Own Private Idaho, and even Good Will Hunting, it's unrecognizable. It's truly a shame. I'm one of the many who adored his last film, Paranoid Park, and I remember when it got over, my dad said to me, "His next film is going to be Hollywood trash, because they don't let people make films like these for nothing!" And I said, "No, Gus can go back and forth without anyone noticing." I trusted Van Sant. Oh well.