Somewhat Interesting but Slow

Rating: 6/10 (17 May 2009)

It's evident that some time and passion has been put into the movie "Milk". It delves into some important issues and milestones for gay rights, however, the movie moves at what seems a slugs pace. I fell asleep on the initial watch and had to revisit back to midway to watch again. The character Harvey Milk in the movie is interesting, driven, and determined, but the story has an awful lot of empty protest scenes. There's really little insightful or stirring when watching video of protests - it's always a bunch of people screaming about something and a bore. The debates were portrayed at least were more interesting. Also the movie, admirably gives the religious arguments their share of time endeavoring to show a more historically accurate-type context. Acting was pretty good, and for especially Penn deservedly wins an Oscar. He shows a lot of poured energy into his character and real life activist.