milk at st. anna

I just caught the trailer for Milk. Oooh, it looks so promising, just these two minutes make it clear that Sean Penn is fabulous as the openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk. Filmspotting did their 5 most anticipated movies for fall '08 recently, and from their choices, Milk is my numero uno. Great cast (James Franco, Sean Penn, Diego Luna and Josh Brolin) + fabulous director (Gus van Sant) = Success!



+ Joseph Gorden-Levitt is stellar
- I don't care much for war movies
+ I've been impressed with earlier Spike Lee offerings (25th Hour, Crooklyn)
- Mixed reviews/no particularly striking acceptance in said reviews

Meh, pros and cons even out. I'm not opposed, I'll check this out.