First let me say for a liberal democrat I was extremely impressed with the turnout for this movie. Jim Roth and the entire board of the Cimaron Alliance was in attendance for this sneak preview. Huge turnout and support for the gay community. This was the first time in history as well that every county in our state went red. Since I voted for Obama I will not make any more comments on the voting ways of my state except to say my home state of Michigan knew the right way to vote (even if all my family is republicans.)
At any rate this movie was about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to take a public office and fight for gay rights for everyone. The movie itself was very good, and I would have to say that Sean Penn, James Franco and Diego Luna are extremely and I mean extremely comfortable with their sexuality. This was not a movie for the faint of heart, there was strong male nudity in this movie but it also opened up your eyes to the struggles of the gay community. I am a big supporter of the gay community and always have been, I would liken what they had to go through back in the day to that of the civil rights movement. Blacks were persecuted because they were black and gays were persecuted because they were gay.
I am truely saddened by the senseless loss of this great man and how his death happened and the blatant disregard for the law for his killer in that time. I only hope that should that happen now that I could say times would change and a maximum sentence would be brought against the killer.
I give the movie an A++ and I agree, Sean Penn definitely deserves Oscar consideration. Trust me. Coming from me thats one hell of a compliment as big of a critic as I am.
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