On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Thomas Heald, Esquire <[email protected]> wrote: > I was surprised how much I liked The Wrestler. (SNIP)
> And given the nudity of Ms. Tomei and from what I hear is the nudity of > Ms. Winslet, who can apparently be read in braille, shall I check "Mr. > Skin" to confirm that Penélope Cruz shows her boobies in Vickie > Christina Barcelona? (SNIP) > > "Milk" is just not as smart and compact a film as it could be. It's not > as accurate as it should be. > > Perhaps I'm nitpicking what tries to be a Cliff's Notes / Biography > Channel bio. But Dustin Black and Gus Van Sant screwed up what should be > a better more complete story and in the channeling of Harvey (more so, > I'm told than intended impersonation) manages to make what Armistead > Maupin finds charming and warm into an erratic unlikeable character. And > thats not a reaction to what could be considered either effeminate / > mincing behaviour. That's sending Milk down a rabbit hole of annoying, > obsessive, boorish righteousness that gives those who would sympathize > with Dan White a bit of a push in that direction. And frankly, I liked > Brolin more as Dan White than I did in Oliver Stone's W. (SNIP). > Thank you for reading my bloviation on these films. I did read, and enjoy, your bloviation. We are actually not that far apart. I did enjoy The Wresler, and I do think Milk is a flawed film, in many of the ways that you mention. Rourke does a fine job in his role. Where we seem to disagree is with your judgment that Penn turns Milk into an "an erratic unlikeable character." I found Penn's Milk to be extremely likable, and warm and charming - not annoying or boorish, though maybe a little obsessive. I liked Brolin a lot, though not nearly as much as W., which I thought was brilliant. I asked someone in San Francisco who knew a little about the film why they did not develop the relationship of Milk and White more in the film, and was told that one thing they didn't want to do was make the movie about Dan White, or elevate him to some kind of equal partner in Milk's story. If it made you sympathize with White and get annoyed with Milk, then I guess they would be unhappy. It just left me wishing we could see more of the Harvey and Dan story, and a little less of the "lets get Harvey elected to something" story. And yes, Penelope sadly kept all of her private places mostly covered. She was a hell of a lot more sexy than either Tomei or Winslet but kept a lot more covered up. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
