tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post6370754576609059686..comments2024-03-28T04:14:30.305-04:00Comments on Thoughts on Stuff: Public EnemiesPatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702965396185870813noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-89957137340940288812009-07-30T22:42:51.800-04:002009-07-30T22:42:51.800-04:00I disagree completely. Where you see people I see ...I disagree completely. Where you see people I see cardboard stereotypes (very unconvincing ones, by the way), but different takes and opinions are part of the fun.Greetings!mauroforeverhttp://unperdidoenelsiglo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-88731000768791060082009-07-30T12:35:21.129-04:002009-07-30T12:35:21.129-04:00I think it's true that a lot of the narrative ...I think it's true that a lot of the narrative beats are redundant of what Mann has done in the past, but the storytelling technique, both in the use of video and in the very minimalist storytelling, are what make it so special. The emotional focus is very narrow, capturing just Dillinger's push towards death, with no attempt to show us society at large or any of the things this type of Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702965396185870813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-59477728014410113482009-07-29T22:11:19.782-04:002009-07-29T22:11:19.782-04:00I absolutely love Michael Mann (Heat, The Insider,...I absolutely love Michael Mann (Heat, The Insider, Manhunter,Miami vice, all amazing movies), but I was extremely dissapointed with Public enemies. As it usually happens with later minor films of great directors, this one feels like a greatest hits from other films: almost every sequence reminded me another more emotive and achieved sequence from other Manns films. In order to work, the movie hadMauricio (the guy from Mexico city)http://unperdidoenelsiglo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-36276496396582451752009-07-29T01:56:46.131-04:002009-07-29T01:56:46.131-04:00Critics definitely seem to totally miss the point ...Critics definitely seem to totally miss the point of what Mann was trying to do with the film. It's the same as Miami Vice, I think a lot of critics have trouble approaching something as art if it isn't garbed in period style or Oscar pretension. They struggle to see the beauty in the pulp style of Mann here. It reminds me a bit of how the mainstream critical establishment only really Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483689490186954593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-49846394976795226062009-07-19T18:12:41.900-04:002009-07-19T18:12:41.900-04:00great review, man! this has probably been my favor...great review, man! this has probably been my favorite movie that i have seen this year, and i was frankly shocked at how most critics seemed to completly miss the point of it.<br /><br />although i do disagree with you on Christian Bale's performance. he was actually my fav part of the movie. i dug the really subtle transformation he goes through in the film from trying to be what hoover malpracticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951567969857627623noreply@blogger.com