Popcorn Talk: Who's up for some good films???

So I've seen what all the hub-bub is about and I'm not disappointed. I finally saw The Wrestler today and I was left chocked up and emotionally stirred. Really, the last ten minutes of the movie is the shit. I know most of you have heard about what the film is about so I won't bore you, but talk about tragic. And Mickey Rourke's performance is every bit as powerful as you would expect with stakes this incredibly high. I'm impressed and I definitely recommend it to all who are still hesitant to watch it. GO SEE IT!!!!





Now Milk. This was the movie that I have been dying to see all winter. I can not tell you how much I have been wanting to it. Srsly. Like for real. For some reason, this movie has come to represent so much more to me than just a film. It's become a symbol of equality and hope. Real powerful stuff, like the man himself: Harvey Milk. Every group has their leaders and Harvey is ours. And the film has attained a higher significance because of the passage of Prop 8. I have never felt so indifferent and hurt aboud politics as I did the day after last November's historic elections. Every gay person I know was numb, angry, and disgusted that we can still live in a society that will openly legislate such discrimination. It was hurtful.

What I love the most about Milk is how the film is more than just Harvey Milk. It's about the difficult struggle for equality that gay men and women have been fighting for several decades in the face of fear and blind hatred. The story of Harvey's rise in San Francisco's political landscape is not about the ambition of one man, but the ambition of a whole group of people determined to have their voices heard. There's a unity behind that and I'm lucky to know what that unity means. It's no surprise that the first openly gay supervisor was elected in San Francisco. There's something special about the City, and I can attest to that magic. Anybody who really loves San Francisco understands what that magic is. And Milk does a great job capturing that which makes Harvey (and San Francisco) unique.