‘Public Enemies’ will be a good movie if it plays close to historical fact and doesn’t try to remake Dillinger. The guy was a hardcore criminal and definitely enjoyed his work.

I hate movies that make wicked, selfish, greedy, murderous criminals into heroes.

jgapinoy on March 10, 2009 at 1:37 AM

I thought the same thing.

But… Dillinger was just being true to himself. He was a free spirit. /sarcasm

The heart is wicked and it leads to self worship.

fleiter on March 10, 2009 at 6:49 AM

Really.

“I don’t consider myself subject to much,” -N. B.

Gives me duck bumps to type it.

There is only one ‘Miller’s Crossing’ & this ain’t it. BHO Jonestown on March 10, 2009 at 2:16 AM

“I was in the neighborhood, feelin a bit daffy, thought I’d stop in for an aperitif.”

The only difference between now and then is that the one robbing the banks is Obama.

http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore/writings_fenimore.html

Next up, Mann I think selected Bale to play Purvis because he wanted to structure to likeable leads in opposition. It’s more like Heat set in the 1930s.

Finally, Dillinger’s criminal antics are not the heroic aspect of the film. To characterize the picture as making a hero out of a “wicked, selfish, greedy, murderous criminal” without having freaking seen it is gob smackingly obtuse. Mann’s pictures often highlight criminals in primary roles as a source of propulsion for the story, think of Vincent from Collateral or Neal from Heat. The goal is to not make them heroes, nor is it to idolize their behavior. Good films are sometiems just the depiction of an interesting story. Does it help to humanize Dillinger, of course it does. But it is also historically accurate to portray him as a Depression era Robin Hood. He still met the same sticky end, and via the depiction the audience can judge if his end is just or tragic.

I hate movies that make wicked, selfish, greedy, murderous criminals into heroes.

jgapinoy on March 10, 2009 at 1:37 AM

Same here.

the problem with Johnny Depp being in too many Tim Burton movies… is Tim Burton. I wouldn’t watch one of his films if he paid me. -never watch that crap.

at least it ain’t matthew mcconaughey. we’ve all seen what happens then

I hate movies that make wicked, selfish, greedy, murderous criminals into heroes.

jgapinoy on March 10, 2009 at 1:37 AM

………. but they look good in those Hats!!!

They killed that old car :(

I hate when Hollywood kills sweet rides.

..it doesn’t look like anything better than a dozen other mediocre movies that have been released in the last few years.