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MIlk (film review)

Film: Milk Year: 2008 Genre: Biography, Drama Directed By: Gus Van Sant Starring: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch About:  The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQNOViU_CnE My Review: Having been recommended to see this film, I had a look on Netflix to see if it was there and was glad to see it was. Knowing nothing about this film before seeing it, which made this all new and exciting for me to go into. The film is about how in the 1970's there was a man called Harvey Milk and how he went into politics after feeling he had done nothing with the first forty years of his life. Showing how gay people had no rights and the fight to show America that gay people deserved rights and changed the minds of many around America! This film I found really powerful when watching and couldn't take my eyes off of ...

Kung Fu Panda (film review)

Film: Kung Fu Panda Year: 2008 Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure Starring: Jack Black, Ian McShane, Angelina Jolie About:  The Dragon Warrior has to clash against the savage Tai Lung as China's fate hangs in the balance: However, the Dragon Warrior mantle is supposedly mistaken to be bestowed upon an obese panda who is a tyro in martial arts My Review: Loving animated films and finding that they always make me happy and laugh I decided to watch Kung Fu Panda for the first time in years. This is my thoughts on the movie! The film follows a panda called Po who dreams of being a Kung Fu master till one day he becomes the Dragon Warrior a warrior in which is meant to be the strongest and most powerful. When Po an obese panda becomes him however you see the struggle of becoming who he is meant to be when he doesn't know anything at all about Kung Fu. I personally loved this film, it had the right amount of humour for the film as well as action. Making me laugh a lot t...