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Milk (2008)
American gay people acting different than European gay people?
I have no doubts about the acting qualities of Sean Penn. Neither do I have any doubts about the entertainment quality of this movie nor the message it sends ... it all has been answered in previous reviews/comments.
However, what disturbs me is that I've never seen a gay person in my life act like the way they do in this movie. And I'm a 60's guy. Were gay cultures different between the US and Europe?! Were gay people in the US really that exaggerated female in their actions? For as far as I know gay people (and I have 4 close friends that are gay, including inside my local police force), they behave exactly as everyone else does. Only their sexual tastes differs ... and it's not exactly something you can see on the street. You have to know them, waiting for them to admit it. Else, you'll simply never know. In the 70's, politics were indeed different than now (at least in Europe), but you couldn't see it better if someone had a different taste regarding sexual behaviour than you can do now. Full stop. It makes this movie a comedy, not historical accuracy ... in my humble opinion ... unless gay people in the US were really really different than the ones in the Europe ...
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006)
Pure propaganda!
Good for the fans. Definitely good for the fans.
But too much of an Americna style of documentary to be taken serious. Looking at the release date, one can not hesitate to consider this documentary as pure 'propaganda' for the 2006 Superman release.
Footage is superb though. Comments and narratives are awfully bad, just puppets on a string.
This one is only made for hardcore fans of the genre. It could have been done better if longer footage would have been shown from every movie, particularly the older ones, as it would remind us of previous generations.
Also the comparisons with American politics (and, subsequently, gains/failures) is of no issue here, but is deliberately used to support the commercialisation of a product. Peope did like Superman because of the comics and the movies, not because of politics!!!
Only for hardcore fans.