I understand why this film won Oscars. Great story, great acting, well paced, visually interesting. I cared about these people. I didn’t want the ending I knew was coming to happen.
Penn was understated and really inspiring in this part. But then he is a really great actor.
And after vowing to never watch another Van Sant film after Last Days, I am glad we gave this one a watch.
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The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California’s first openly gay elected official.
The lightest film we watched this weekend and someone still most likely dies. This Woody Allen film stars Sean Penn as guitarist Emmet Ray. Though there was nothing really likeable about Emmet, he was a womanizer, drug user, pimp and thief, you still sort of liked him in a way.
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In the 1930s, fictional jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute.
As a friend that had a heart transplant said “No one can do that crap after having a heart transplant, but I guess reality wasn’t sexy enough.”
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A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician (Penn), a grieving mother (Watts) and a born-again ex-con (Del Toro).
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