Public Enemies
Saw the new Johnny Depp movie - Public Enemies on the weekend. Not a bad movie, but not as good as I'd hoped.
Depp played his role in a very subdued manner - i'd have expected more panache for his character in this movie (he plays notorious bank-robber, John Dillinger). Christian Bale plays the Chicago head of J. Edgar Hoover's Federal unit. I used to think Bale was quite a good actor, but i'm now seeing him as one dimensional. Honestly, I couldn't tell the difference between his role in this, and his role in Terminator.
It was a nice long movie, and had a good story... but it just seemed like it jumped too quickly from event to event, without taking the opportunity to build suspense. For example, we see him charge in a rob a bank, but with next to no treatment of the planning or lead up to it.
3 Tommy guns out of 5.
Depp played his role in a very subdued manner - i'd have expected more panache for his character in this movie (he plays notorious bank-robber, John Dillinger). Christian Bale plays the Chicago head of J. Edgar Hoover's Federal unit. I used to think Bale was quite a good actor, but i'm now seeing him as one dimensional. Honestly, I couldn't tell the difference between his role in this, and his role in Terminator.
It was a nice long movie, and had a good story... but it just seemed like it jumped too quickly from event to event, without taking the opportunity to build suspense. For example, we see him charge in a rob a bank, but with next to no treatment of the planning or lead up to it.
3 Tommy guns out of 5.
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