I was lucky enough to see the movie MILK today in a special screening. It is beautiful and extremely well done (my only real complaint is that there were no queer actors cast in the major roles
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I wouldn't be surprised in the least. After all no one wants to have to look at a bunch of queers now, do they? This is about civil rights-not boy lovers and girl lovers.
I listen to a lot of OutQ on Sirius radio -- it's the GLBT talk station, and naturally they've been talking about this movie, and I'm interested in seeing it. I'm wondering why it's not getting a whole lot of press/publicity, though. I haven't seen a single trailer for it, or heard it mentioned outside of OutQ. Apparently, that was an intentional ploy; the director wants to go the opposite approach of "Brokeback Mountain," and let it be judged on its own merits rather than raise a lot of controversy about it being a "gay" film. But that seems a little self-defeating, to me. Who's going to go see a movie that they've never heard of and know nothing about?
Maybe it'll just be so good that word-of-mouth will keep it in theaters. We'll see.
Having it come out in October would've been nice, though.
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I've been saying that for months. Oh, well.
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It will be (is) and important movie. I hope at least it helps fuel the fight to repeal 8.
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Cowards. Cowards and abetters.
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Maybe it'll just be so good that word-of-mouth will keep it in theaters. We'll see.
Having it come out in October would've been nice, though.
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