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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
I haven’t mentioned a movie in awhile. I don’t particularly know why that is but it could have something to do with how many I’ve been watching and how few are worth mentioning. ::co—Angels & Demons—ugh::
That changed Wednesday when Fish and I hit Block E for Public Enemies. The cast is epic and the direction is… well… beautiful? More on that later.
John Dillinger (Johnny Depp), robbing banks at will, catches the ire of the newly formed FBI and Agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) in Depression-era Chicago. We follow Dillinger’s decline as his gang drops around him.
So anyway… the acting is solid throughout but you knew that because you read the cast listing. Michael Mann’s direction, IMHO, is stellar. He paints a picture with color, light and angles that had me.
Then there’s the story. So. Slow. You know those movies that are three hours long and don’t feel like more than half that? This is not one of those movies. The 140 minutes feel like 130. Or maybe 125.
All said, it’s a pretty decent show. It’s worth seeing but it can wait ’til discounts hit or it makes it to Netflix. Gangster movies are always a good show and this one is comparable to Casino because it’s unnecessarily long but still quality.
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