"Public Enemies". Leave a review!
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phycomantis
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This was very dissapointing for me. The story wasn't great and was very boring. I thought this would be a film to remember but it was the opposite. A real shame and it could have been much better. 1/5
- 2 years ago
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phycomantis
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jamieson
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I was expecting a modern masterpiece, something of true beautiful grit; but i felt the strange look of the film dressed down the fairly average performances of great actors, so i found it difficult to get swept away :(
- 2 years ago
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jamieson
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Mr_Costello
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I have to say the much admired camerawork and HD video that Spinotti and Mann employ doesn’t quite look murky and grainy enough for a this genre. Will Mann ever go back go back to shooting on 35m I wonder. Miami Vice was shot on digital Viper-Cams and it’s sure worked well with the franchise. I’m not sure if I can say the same about this film. Technicalities aside, I love all things bank-heist. The maleness and testosterone hung heavy in the air throughout the film. What elevated Dillinger above the ranks of ordinary gangsters was his flamboyance but also his celebrity PR cultivation. With regards to screenplay, it’s hard to go wrong making a film about a character such as Dillinger. The tone of the story is somewhat reminiscent of Heat’s storyline, two men on opposite sides of the law etc. Given these similarities in the ‘crime saga’ storyline, I found myself making endless comparisons.
Sadly, I expected a period repeat of Mann's earlier masterwork and therefore left disappointed.
- 2 years ago
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Mr_Costello
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benson5
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Went to see this last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have a bit of a soft spot for fact based films and found this story really interesting. It shows how criminals like Dillinger with the backdrop of depression exploited State policing laws in order to hop across State lines and escape and is a good scene setter to the formation of the FBI, and the change in attitude towards apprehending criminals. Dillinger is a charismatic, Robin Hood type of bandit loved by the people.
I can't really go into any overly analytical BS about lighting, script, cinematography or any of that jazz (I don't really get it), yeh it was maybe a little too long but in short I thought it was enjoyable.
- 2 years ago
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benson5
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Filmchair
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Public Enemies is the incredible and true story of legendary Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger. The charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover’s fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis, and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public.
- 2 years ago
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Filmchair
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MovieMuser
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Michael Mann has talked recently about how he didn’t want the world of Public Enemies to seem like a recreation of the 1930s, he wanted the audience to feel that they were actually in 1933. If that’s true, he’s failed miserably, because what he’s recreated is an incredibly detailed and handsome world, but one that looks as if it’s been placed there waiting for a camera to film it. Everything’s a little too perfect and even when filming in the actual locations of John Dillinger’s escapades, it isn’t a universe that seems to exist beyond the camera’s frame. It’s a problem many of Michael Mann’s film have had, where he’s so intent on being utterly meticulous that nothing looks lived in and there’s no room for anything even approaching spontaneity. Even the dirt looks like it was placed there very specifically....
It’s a particular issue for a movie that’s otherwise so intent on stripping away the myth of a famous outlaw and presenting him and his cohorts for what they really were. But how can the criminal seem truly real when the world he inhabits never lets you forget you’re watching a movie? Mann’s use of digital cameras also has an effect on this, making everything seem rather modern and even less like the 1930s than it would if he’d used traditional film...
When asked what he does, Dillinger says, “I rob banks”, and despite a lot of time spent detailing exactly how he did that, there isn’t really an awful lot more to say. In some ways it’s a fairly bold move, as saying much more would inevitably involve turning Dillinger back into myth. However, coupled with the fact that Mann’s visuals make the whole thing seem so much like a movie, it’s difficult not to feel that while great to look at and expertly performed, there’s something missing from the film’s heart. In fact it’s quite impressive they’ve managed to turn such an incredible story into something so uninvolving.
Taken from Tim Isaac's review of Public Enemies at www.moviemuser.co.uk
- 2 years ago
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MovieMuser
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benson5
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MovieMuser:
you know people in the 30's didn't actually view the world in grainy images and black and white? To them things did look modern then, because they were.
Sorry but I see your view on this detail rather floored, it seems you want all the things that were around in the 1930's in the film but placed there as they would appear now.
- 2 years ago
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benson5
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MovieMuser
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MovieMuser:
It's not that it should be grainy or black and white, but that's it's a movie where everything looks as it is was designed to be filmed, rather than looking like a real place. Yes things from the 30s looked modern back then, but for me Public enemies seemed to exist in a very filmic universe, which is the opposite of what Man said he was intending If you read the full review on the Movie Muser site, it talks more about this and how it's as much about how the movie is framed and the use of digital cameras, as it is about the set design. To me the look of the movie was all rather distracting and didn't seem to fit with what the film was trying to do.
- 2 years ago
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MovieMuser
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benson5
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MovieMuser:
Admittedly I had only picked up on what was written above and had not read the whole review. Perhaps I'm guilty of placing too much emphasis on that one point.
I think I've taken the film at face value, I was not aware of the intentions of the film compared to how it turned out. In fact the first I knew of such a film was seeing the advert on TV which is perhaps why our views on what it should be and how it is differs. I am, if you like a novice film watcher I went into it with no expectations.
Perhaps I'm being simplistic in looking at it in terms of historical facts, but, in your review you also mention they should reveal more about the character rather than just "I rob banks". Being that crime prevention and the investigation seemed to take the course of stopping him at all costs rather than the why's and how's. If factually true then perhaps it was not possible to reveal more while staying factual as anyone of the time that could of revealed more of the man was killed.
- 2 years ago
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benson5
