Well, the movie may have been excruciatingly slow, but it did have one redeeming quality: it’s soundtrack. One song in particular stood out for its badassery: Otis Taylor’s Ten Million Slaves (if you have seen the trailer you should recognize it). The track is from 2008′s Recapturing the Banjo. Enjoy.
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#1 by AlexDavis on July 10, 2009 - 9:27 am
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Just so untrue. No way is this the only good part of Public Enemies. Just because a movie drags at parts doesnt mean the whole thing is bad. Plus you kinda remind me of Baby Face Nelson, you gotta support your own work.
#2 by BrianKaradsheh on July 10, 2009 - 9:36 am
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Got Him.
#3 by KurtWeider on July 10, 2009 - 10:12 am
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I think the problem with the movie is that it was about the boring parts of bank robbers lives. John Dillinger may have robbed over 24 banks in his day, but the directors seemed content with only showing 3 of them. I went to the movie expecting to see Dillinger robbing banks, not dining in a ballroom and talking to some girl with teeth made out of wood for three hours.
Also worth noting, Dillinger robbed 4 police stations (not shown in the movie… why?) and escaped from jail twice (only one time shown).
#4 by AlexDavis on July 10, 2009 - 11:44 am
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I understand your opinion, and can see how it would be a let down if thats what you were expecting going in to the movie. I personally liked that fact that he didn’t Michael Bay it with only action. I thougt that the realism was what made it so good. The fact that they showed Dillinger to be so human and really made you connect with his character rather than making him a larger than life type super criminal is why it struck me as so well done.
#5 by BrianKaradsheh on July 10, 2009 - 1:48 pm
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I agree with Alex, Kurt. Did you want this movie to be a 5 hour depiction of various similarly executed bank robberies? I didn’t. If I want something like that, I would do as Alex said and see a Michael Bay movie. This movie actually had a plot and brilliant Character development. Like Alex said, you actually saw the human side of Dillinger…He never killed anyone and actually had some compassion for the people who got caught up in the banks he was robbing. Though I do think the whole love story was cliche, it kinda has to be…It’s just the nature of that sort of thing.
#6 by KurtWeider on July 10, 2009 - 2:13 pm
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Watch this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWof6CovHxI
Can you really blame me for expecting what I did?
The movie was pretty slow paced. It wasn’t horrible, it just wasn’t what was advertised. I wasn’t expecting explosions and transformers, but I do think that there is a middle ground between action and plot, and this movie didn’t happen to land on it.
#7 by KurtWeider on July 10, 2009 - 3:59 pm
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I guess a more accurate title would have been “The Best Part of Public Enemies.”