Load of rubbish!!

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

As a fan of Gus Van Sant's 2008 film Milk, I'm pretty aware of Harvey Milk's life and influence. I wasn't aware that Milk is pretty much a film adaptation of The Times of Harvey Milk. With a blend of archive footage and interviews, this documentary works at lightning speed pace within the 84 minutes for direct information and maximum emotional impact. It's got highly involving moments, truly allowing the importance of the events and the man to shine through, even if you don't live in California or aren't homosexual. Whilst it's often tearjerky, including scenes of the interviewees weeping, it's never overtly sentimental and always remains engaging. Although it's often abrupt at times, Harvey's death and reaction coming in around the hour mark, it's fascinating to explore the aftermath, especially with Dan White's infamous "twinkie defense." It gave me a new perspective on Harvey Milk as well, particularly in how he was a man who wasn't taken very seriously finally being taken seriously - an aspect of which Sean Penn's immediately celebrated Harvey Milk didn't live up to. Only with tragedy does the party and potential truly mean something. Terrific documentary filmmaking.9/10

In 1985, "The Times of Harvey Milk" won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. It's an exceptionally moving film about the political life and assassination of Harvey Milk, America's first openly gay politician. The film consists of lots of archival footage and interviews with people who knew and worked with Milk. Overall, it's a very, very good film--quite moving whether you are gay or straight and I can understand why it won the Oscar. However, one part of the film bothered me. While I know the film was about Harvey Milk, he was NOT the only one murdered that day by the evil Dan White. Before Milk was killed, Mayor Moscone was butchered as well--yet he is barely mentioned in the film. Now I am NOT saying the movie should have focused equally on Moscone (since it's called "The Times of Harvey Milk") but to focus again and again on JUST the murder of Milk seemed insensitive--the killing of both men was tragic. Still, it's well worth seeing--and quite sad.By the way, since this film came out in 1984, the story did not end with White only serving five years in jail and was then paroled!! This IS mentioned in the film. BUT, what isn't is that two years later, he killed himself (no great loss to the world).A better film would have focused on BOTH men...as today, few even remember that Moscone, too, was killed that day.

My teacher lets us see this film on class. It is a good issue to let us to think. I wasn't born when the event took place, but I could fell they had a lot of pressure to support the right. After I watch the video, I know Harvey Milk is really encouraged. Gays in that age were more unacceptable than now. They could insist rights not only for them but other people, they are great! Also they must accept any kind of criticism from everywhere. People can behave whatever right rights in right way at will. I got the news that the murderer was caught for less than 10 years. I think most people can't accept it even the supporter. Even he died, his achievement still exist.

After I watch the video about Harvey Milk, I feel sad about Milk. In the video, I feel Milk is a good person, and he is fearless. He is a politician, and he does not care about what people criticize him. He does not care about what people say, he just wants to do the right things. I admire his fearless and courage. He can say to every one that he is a gay, and he does not care about what people say to him. He supports "Gay Day" for gays, and I think he is a really remarkable man. He does not care about what people say, he just wants to do the right things. I was really touched by his fearless and courage. I learn more from him. Although he is died, his spirit still exists in our mind.