No Factual Errors! I Was There

Rating: 10/10 (7 December 2008)

I was totally blown away, even more so because I knew many of the characters in the movie including Harvey and Scott. This is the most accurate bio-pic I have ever seen. I was there.
I could not find a single historical flaw in the story worth mentioning, not even the long walking scene Dan White took from Moscone to Milk's office, which seems wrong but was entirely accurate. Oh, and Harvey is not portrayed as a saint, especially in the deal-making.
"Milk" deserves at least 4 Oscar nominations (best screenplay, direction, actor, and supporting). It's that good.
"Milk" is not only a great film, but an important one as well as it shows a time when there was heavy anti-gay discrimination in San Francisco, something that younger people are unaware of. Civil rights weren't suddenly gotten; they didn't suddenly appear. They were won through hard work, the hard work that broke up relationships (including the two in Harvey's life as shown in the film). Prop 6, the Briggs Initiative, portrayed in the movie was just one example of the kinds of things facing us that we had to overcome.
For people who see "Milk" please realize that you are seeing truth. It was a different world then, and hopefully a world we won't have to go back to.
"Milk" is playing at the Castro Theatre in SF, and it is historically best to see it there as you can then walk outside and see the spots where history was made.
I urge folks to NOT see it in a Century or a CineArts Theater until the Texas-based CEO, Alan Stock, apologizes for his $10,000 contribution to the California Yes on 8 (anti-same sex marriage) campaign and donates at least an equal amount of money to a pro-same sex marriage cause.
Sean Penn is astounding in the movie, especially since he was able to convey the essence and the fun pranking of a man he never knew. Emile Hirsch was excellent in capturing the ebullient but cocky attitude that was Cleve Jones in the early years.
It is rare that I see a movie masterpiece, but "Milk" is one.