No mention of Milk being a Jim Jones supporter

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etherman23 — 11 years ago(March 16, 2015 06:41 PM)

I was going to ask about this so I'm glad you brought this up. This is exactly why Hollywood can't be trusted. Apparently the truth takes a back seat to the narrative. Had he been a Republican there's no way they wouldn't have mentioned the connection to Jim Jones.

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jstang411 — 11 years ago(March 17, 2015 02:41 PM)

Harvey Milk lived a lot of years. Seems the main focus of the movie was "the gay agenda", if you will. And I have no problem with thatit was about both that and a character study of him.
How do you see whatever his interaction with Jim Jones as relevant? I'm sure he was in favor of some building projects that weren't mentioned too.

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MrHooba — 10 years ago(April 09, 2015 05:48 PM)

I'm a big liberal and supporter of gay rights. I think the film should have mentioned Jim Jones and his connection with Harvey Milk in San Francisco. It is relevant to the story. Jones was a signficant ally for Harvey to get elected. Without Jones' support, Milk and Moscone don't win. I bet the screenwriter suppressed it because he thought it would have made Milk look bad. Wrong call. And Mickey Rourke should have won the Oscar instead of Penn.

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Brandos_Bitch — 10 years ago(May 07, 2015 11:07 AM)

I agree. I dont think vouching for Jim Jones (pre Jonestown, obvs) should damage Milks reputation. Alot of people trusted and were thrown off guard by him (though at the same time Im surprised someone as smart as Milk didnt see the warning sings), but I do think it would have made the movie interesting just to touch upon it, since they did touch upon San Francisco, late 1970s progressive politics, and that would have added another interesting layer.
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jstang411 — 10 years ago(May 25, 2015 10:41 AM)

They could have touched, but given that the time when the film ended what happened after would be a pre-credit writing added in. I just think they only had so much to squeeze in the movie..why muddy it?

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Mattfinbell — 10 years ago(January 26, 2016 08:05 PM)

I dont think he knew the damamge knew what he was doing
Look like Tarzan talk like Jane! HAHA

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Gabe1972 — 9 years ago(May 05, 2016 04:18 PM)

There's no mention of him liking or not liking chocolate ice cream, either. Who cares? You can't have every aspect of the main person in a film, no matter what is deemed most important to the viewer.
Watch it for what it is and quit complaining about what it isn't.
Make your own film if it bothers you so much. I'm sure it would be grand.
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