I just viewed Public Enemies and will be one of the few people apparently who really enjoyed the film. It is far from a documentary on Dillinger, but was still a very good film that did have enough accuracy in it to sustain and not completely piss me off.
Depp is incredible and Christian Bale is very good as the relentless agent Perkins. Billy Crudup stopped flashing blue dong long enough to be J. Edgar Hoover and have a minor role, as well as STEPHEN DORFF, how the hell did he plummet so fast after Blade????
I feel the film is WAY too similar to Heat, what Micheal Mann hangs his hat on at the end of the night. Really similar film style, especially during action scenes. It has a love story that gets in the way of the good stuff, especially considering Dillinger was NOT a one woman kind of feller. He had several girlfriends and was not in love with the main interest as much as they portrayed. Also, the entire gang escaped at Little Boheimia in Wisconsin. Baby Face Nelson was shot nine times, but still gunned down the two federal agents and escaped only to die later in bed.
Dillinger's death was completely accurate in the film until his last words in the movie, which never occurred since a bullet went through his neck and out his face and he was shot two more times in the chest including one clipping his heart.
I really recommend seeing the movie and it will get a strong 7.8 out of 10 from me. I really wish it wasn't SO similar to Heat, but it stands enough on its own. Depp and Bale are excellent and Mann's style doesn't do it total injustice, I'd just like it less gritty and more polished for a stylized gangster film. Remember crime always fails because the government has infinitely more resources than you and they will utterly dominate you.
Editor's Note: It is totally like Miami Vice too with a worthless time wasting love story, over 2 1/2 hours of length, way too much grainy, close-up, fast moving crap. Heat, Miami Vice, and Public Enemies have identical plot lines to follow.
On to the Broncos being for real. McDaniel convinces whiny millionaires to not turn the ball over and to play hard. Brandon Marshall had a GREAT game vs. the Patriots and clearly isn't letting his 4-year old inspired tantrum ruin his season. Kyle Orton isn't turning the ball over and good defense + decent running game + not turning the ball over = a good team. It isn't scientific in the slightest way. Good coaches get players to buy into their system and play like I described above. McDaniels clearly has that team playing how he wants and they are pretty damn scary. Dawkins was a sensational pick-up in a secondary that already featured Champ Bailey, who is still probably the best cover corner in the league. How about Vonnie Holiday having himself a day? Ron Wolf wouldn't have drafted a failure. I buy the Broncos as a playoff team, clearly not a Super Bowl team since Neck Beard extraordinaire Kyle Orton is still not enough to carry a team that will need some offense to win during a playoff run.
Postseason baseball = Please God somebody beat the Yankees before I have to write a huge bitching session on how the salary cap needs to be in baseball so the fucking Yankees stop buying victories. They have proved if you keep throwing enough money at the free agent market consistently (See Texeira, Sabathia, Burnett for a cool 300 million) you can buy a championship in baseball. I'm saving this rant for later, it will be expletive laced, so don't let my family see it.
Kiss the Baby.
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