Just got back from watching Public Enemies at the theater. Decent movie, though I did notice a few plot errors. Since Public Enemies is set in 1933 or something so I can't be too sure on certain plot errors but I'll still point them out. Please ignore those if I'm wrong.
Public Enemies is directed by Michael Mann with top actors Johnny Depp and Christain Bale up to bat. Johnny Depp did a well performance, but Christain Bale sucked. Hard. As it is a movie set in 1933, you know you have to have an accent. Johnny Depp's accent is sort of believeable, but Christian Bale's is pretty bad. I swear, at times he sounded like Keanu Reeves in Bill and Ted. His performance was definitely underpar. I'm starting to get the feeling, as with everyone else, that Christain Bale, as dedicated as he may be to his movies, isn't that well of an actor. It's the same kind of feeling when you see Dane Cook for the first time, and think he's not all that bad, but soon realise that his jokes are all the same. For some reason, Bale's characters seems to always end up as someone with a retarded voice.
This movie had some obvious flaws. Like when they were sneaking away, they stopped at a red light, and they were getting really apprehensive at the people eying them. When the light turned green, they turned right. Couldn't they have turned right on red? There were no other cars around. It was a bit strange, but I'm not too sure on the road laws of the 1930's so I can't say for sure.
Public Enemies isn't really an action movie. The action scenes they did have weren't amazing or anything. This is more of a movie about the drama of a criminal's rise and fall to power. Kind of like Scarface, but worse. Public Enemies, as good as some people say it may be, is pretty average. Yeah, it's better than most of the stuff that's come out so far, but that's only because this is the year the fallout from the WGA strike hits us. If this came out any other year, this wouldn't have the scores it has now. I wouldn't spend money to see it again, but if you're into movies for the plot and see actions as a good secondary element, then you'll like this. If not, you'll probably not like it as much.
