most people know sean penn is an amazing actor and has done some great films but i think this is truly one of the best p
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trippycheez — 15 years ago(May 22, 2010 08:13 PM)
I agree! I've also seen the Harvey Milk documentary and was stunned by how Sean Penn disappeared into the role. His facial expressions, movement, voice, and mannerismsevery detail brought forth the Milk I saw in archival footage. It was hard to remember I was seeing an actor and not the real man!
Usually biopics are awkward, since the actor doesn't look or act exactly like the celebrity they're trying to beall you can think of is how "off" the actor is. But fortunately that was not the case with "Milk." Bravo, Mr. Penn!! -
jones-39 — 16 years ago(March 05, 2010 11:15 PM)
Just watched it again. I agreed on the first viewing and agree now on what was probably my 5th.
Brilliant performance. I forgot I was watching Sean Penn.
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greenbanzanas — 16 years ago(March 06, 2010 09:24 AM)
I don't know if it was one of the best, even if Sean Penn was incredible, I wanted to say this was the best movie I've seen in probably 5 years, although I'm a sucker for our civil rights heroes, and Harvey Milk is one of them.
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Kranmako — 16 years ago(March 22, 2010 06:01 AM)
It's not only one of Sean's best performances, but also one of the best lead performances of all time.Those who have seen The Times of Harvey Milk know just how perfectly Penn played Milk.It's truly a remarkable performance.I'd put it up there with my all-time favorites, which are Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, Robert De Niro in Raging Bull and of course Sean in Mystic River.
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hernanmachopaul — 16 years ago(April 04, 2010 10:52 AM)
Actually Penn's performance in this movie is at least 10 times better than that in Mystic River. I wasn't impressed by his charachter at all and I think that 2003 was a very weak year in acting (even Johnny Depp was nominated for Pirates of the Caribbean 1!!!).
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rudeboy_murray — 16 years ago(April 04, 2010 11:15 AM)
I thought Penn was very good in Mystic River, but the clear best of the nominees was Ben Kingsley for his career-best turn in House of Sand and Fog.
Yes, Penn's turn in Milk is one of the great performances of recent years, and the best performance to win the best actor Oscar for years if not decades. Poor Mickey Rourke his terrific performance in The Wrestler had the misfortune of coming out against Penn. Almost any other recent year he'd have walked it. -
Freebasedog — 16 years ago(April 05, 2010 11:12 AM)
I was not impressed, Rourke schooled him hands down that year and IMO people who take these roles which are super obvious attempts to garner awards should be banned from the Oscars. They seem to have gotten the whole mental disability = good acting out of their system but I suppose a bunch of straight actors being daring enough to play gays is still ringing someone's bell. Far as I'm concerned Sean Penn is a pompous beep and it's all been downhill since Shanghai Surprise.
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hadmatter — 15 years ago(April 08, 2010 01:30 PM)
IMO people who take these roles which are super obvious attempts to garner awards should be banned from the Oscars
So what then, people should be prevented from making movies about controversial figures? Or should movies about controversial figures just be omitted from Academy consideration because you think their motives might be impure?
"Super obvious attempts to garner awards" indeed.
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DonnerParty808 — 15 years ago(April 08, 2010 01:24 PM)
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SeisCinemaSeis — 15 years ago(April 15, 2010 04:13 AM)
IMHO Sean Penn and Daniel Day-Lewis (perhaps Philip Seymour-Hoffman too) are the best actors currently working.
I've seen all of them playing flawlessly the most different roles that we can imagine.
Talking exclusively about Sean Penn's best performance it's hard to choose one. I mean he was equally fantastic in 'Dead Man Walking', '21 Grams', 'Mystic River' and 'Milk'. It would be very difficult to pick one over the other. -
vincebruno11 — 15 years ago(April 18, 2010 08:36 AM)
i agree. Sean Penn is an amazing actor. who would have thought that the guy in Fast Times at Ridgemont High would go on to be such a great actor? for that matter who would have thought that Jessica Lange would be so great after seeing her debut in King Kong?