I was pulling for Mickey Rourke, but I'm happy Penn won it if nothing else than

[EastTennesseeDem]

for that completely truthful (and not mean-spirited) bitch-slap across the face of fundies and ultra-Conservatives everywhere. I was on the phone with my dad and we both put down the phone to stand up and cheer.

[LynneSin]

1. Rourke would have rambled on about his dog

Penn, on the otherhand, took on the hate-filled fundie nutjobs

[EastTennesseeDem]

3. He probably would've

and my philosophical emotions would've given every award to Milk. I just thought that Rourke gave the best performance of the year. Both he and Penn blew me out of the water, and I have zero problems with Penn winning it.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. I totally agree with every point you made...

[Pushed To The Left]

4. I too was pulling for Rourke, but Sean Penn's speech was incredible and his performance in "Milk"

was excellent. I liked how he put the smack down on the far right and gave props to Rourke!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

5. Sean Penn was amazing.

Very excellent performance and movie.

And he loved Bidu Sayao in "Tosca" (Obscure opera reference Harvey makes in the movie).