"Public Enemies"

[dal4018]

I'am going to this flick as well I'am a huge fan of historical movies.

[TrackDaddy]

Don't know how historically accurate it will be, but the previews look good.

Depp is legit.

[dal4018]

Don't know how historically accurate it will be, but the previews look good.

Depp is legit.

If his performance is good enough in this flick maybe his ticket to a Oscar next year.

[lonewolf]

I was a child and only vaguely aware of the exploits of John Dillinger when he was running amok. He was a contemporary of my parents and while they did not condone his crimes, he and Pretty Boy Floyd were, in fact, sort of folk heros in rural Depression era America.

Just as my paternal grandparents and great-grandparents , who were friends and neigbors with Jesse James family in NW Missouri, were pretty ambivalent about Jesse.

[dal4018]

I was a child and only vaguely aware of the exploits of John Dillinger when he was running amok. He was a contemporary of my parents and while they did not condone his crimes, he and Pretty Boy Floyd were, in fact, sort of folk heros in rural Depression era America.

Just as my paternal grandparents and great-grandparents , who were friends and neigbors with Jesse James family in NW Missouri, were pretty ambivalent about Jesse.

WOW your relatives knew JJ surprised that you didn't know about this legendary bankrobber??????

[Marlow]

he and Pretty Boy Floyd were, in fact, sort of folk heros in rural Depression era America.

There's at least two deaths attributed to Dillinger and his gang. That should have taken the shine off his reputation.

[dal4018]

he and Pretty Boy Floyd were, in fact, sort of folk heros in rural Depression era America.

There's at least two deaths attributed to Dillinger and his gang. That should have taken the shine off his reputation.

Who were those unfortunate deaths would you know off hand??

[Marlow]

Who were those unfortunate deaths?

Wiki knows all.

[dal4018]

Who were those unfortunate deaths?

Wiki knows all.

Your right just came from there it mentions two women getting wounded.

[TrackDaddy]

I was a child and only vaguely aware of the exploits of John Dillinger when he was running amok. He was a contemporary of my parents and while they did not condone his crimes, he and Pretty Boy Floyd were, in fact, sort of folk heros in rural Depression era America.

Just as my paternal grandparents and great-grandparents , who were friends and neigbors with Jesse James family in NW Missouri, were pretty ambivalent about Jesse.

When I think of the era Bonnie and Clyde come to mind.

I went to grade school with a niece of great niece of Bonnie's.

[dal4018]

I was a child and only vaguely aware of the exploits of John Dillinger when he was running amok. He was a contemporary of my parents and while they did not condone his crimes, he and Pretty Boy Floyd were, in fact, sort of folk heros in rural Depression era America.

Just as my paternal grandparents and great-grandparents , who were friends and neigbors with Jesse James family in NW Missouri, were pretty ambivalent about Jesse.

When I think of the era Bonnie and Clyde come to mind.

I went to grade school with a niece of great niece of Bonnie's.

WOW ANOTHER ONE YOUR THE SECOND PERSON TO HAVE KNOWN SOMEONE RELATED TO ROMANTICIZED CRIMINALS OF THAT ERA .

[dal4018]

Lonewolf saw this flick yesterday Depp's performance was understated but effective definitely more style than substance with a dash of humor in it as well.One critic said that they enjoyed the fact that no visual referrences were made about Dillinger's childhood I personally feel that it should have been apart of this movie.

[gh]

to dovetail with the opening of the movie, SF Chron guy gave his choices for the 10 best screen mobsters ever. Not a bad list, IMHO

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 187FPO.DTL

Missing from at least the honorable mention list has to be Richard Widmark's Tommy Udo in Kiss Of Death, but I did catch end of Scarface the other night and agree with the No. 1.

[dal4018]

to dovetail with the opening of the movie, SF Chron guy gave his choices for the 10 best screen mobsters ever. Not a bad list, IMHO

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 187FPO.DTL

Missing from at least the honorable mention list has to be Richard Widmark's Tommy Udo in Kiss Of Death, but I did catch end of Scarface the other night and agree with the No. 1.

GH another name was missing from the honorable mention list Lawrence Fishburne's portrayal of legendary Harlem Mobster Ellsworth"Bumpy"Johnson in "Hoodlum"and Al Pacino's portrayal of Michael Corleone in the Godfather especially the Kiss Of Death scene with the family rat Fredo

[Marlow]

Saw it this evening - what a monstrous waste of Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, who were essentially reduced to a smirk and a blank stare respectively. Even the cinematography was atrocious as it looked like a 1970s soap opera, with the strange close-ups and cheesy videotape. Michael Mann did MUCH better when he did TV's Miami Vice. We get virtually zero connection to either Dillinger or Purvis, as they are presented to us. I kept expecting for things to 'pick up' and they just never did.