Comments on: Movie Review: PUBLIC ENEMIES http://geektyrant.com/2009/07/movie-review-public-enemies/ Geek Movie and Entertainment News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:59:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: BeBop http://geektyrant.com/2009/07/movie-review-public-enemies/comment-page-1/#comment-17254 BeBop Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:54:50 +0000 http://geektyrant.com/?p=9799#comment-17254 I was very dissapointed with this movie... like it was good ya but the way it was shot ruined the whole movie for me. I was very dissapointed with this movie… like it was good ya but the way it was shot ruined the whole movie for me.

]]> By: Lexi http://geektyrant.com/2009/07/movie-review-public-enemies/comment-page-1/#comment-17142 Lexi Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:32:24 +0000 http://geektyrant.com/?p=9799#comment-17142 Being a film student, I have to say digital does not always look digital. Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire were done digitally, along with dozens of other wonderful films. The problem is that many lighting directors do not have the skills or experience to light for digital cameras. It is a whole new ballgame for people who have been working in film. Another problem was the color correction done to the movie. It just wasn't done well. One of the other things that make it feel digital is the hand held style. That is what caused the shakiness throughout the film. If they had done the film in wonderful, graceful dolly shots it would have been so much better. Last, but not least, everything from the sets to the costumes to the cars looked too new. They should have hit stuff with hammers, slung mud, and made things look dirty. Being a film student, I have to say digital does not always look digital. Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire were done digitally, along with dozens of other wonderful films. The problem is that many lighting directors do not have the skills or experience to light for digital cameras. It is a whole new ballgame for people who have been working in film. Another problem was the color correction done to the movie. It just wasn't done well. One of the other things that make it feel digital is the hand held style. That is what caused the shakiness throughout the film. If they had done the film in wonderful, graceful dolly shots it would have been so much better. Last, but not least, everything from the sets to the costumes to the cars looked too new. They should have hit stuff with hammers, slung mud, and made things look dirty.

]]> By: rycz http://geektyrant.com/2009/07/movie-review-public-enemies/comment-page-1/#comment-17131 rycz Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:13:03 +0000 http://geektyrant.com/?p=9799#comment-17131 I enjoyed Public Enemies. I didn't like it as much as I hoped I would, but it's still better than most of the new movies I've seen recently. I thought Johnny Depp's performance was great. I found the way the gunfights were done quite interesting. There was usually no background music, making the gunshots and shattering glass sound really loud. It felt more frantic and realistic than I'm used to, which I appreciated. If only Public Enemies had included some of the things that made John Dillinger and his bank robberies so interesting... it had a lot of missed opportunities that left me disappointed at the end of the film. I'd still recommend it, but I'd warn people that it has nowhere near as many bank robberies as you'd expect from the trailers. I enjoyed Public Enemies. I didn't like it as much as I hoped I would, but it's still better than most of the new movies I've seen recently. I thought Johnny Depp's performance was great.

I found the way the gunfights were done quite interesting. There was usually no background music, making the gunshots and shattering glass sound really loud. It felt more frantic and realistic than I'm used to, which I appreciated. If only Public Enemies had included some of the things that made John Dillinger and his bank robberies so interesting… it had a lot of missed opportunities that left me disappointed at the end of the film. I'd still recommend it, but I'd warn people that it has nowhere near as many bank robberies as you'd expect from the trailers.

]]> By: Moose http://geektyrant.com/2009/07/movie-review-public-enemies/comment-page-1/#comment-16051 Moose Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:29:05 +0000 http://geektyrant.com/?p=9799#comment-16051 Saw the movie Saturday and even my wife who is normally not fussed by the fidelity of sound or image in most things felt there was something wrong. If the movie was shot in HD digital I assume the movie was projected at 24 fps the the conversion would cause some of the obvious jerkiness and stutter. watched the untouchables on an SD TV later that day and it's quality shone through. Such a shame about Public Enemies as the video and sound quality ruined it. Saw the movie Saturday and even my wife who is normally not fussed by the fidelity of sound or image in most things felt there was something wrong. If the movie was shot in HD digital I assume the movie was projected at 24 fps the the conversion would cause some of the obvious jerkiness and stutter.

watched the untouchables on an SD TV later that day and it's quality shone through. Such a shame about Public Enemies as the video and sound quality ruined it.

]]> By: Colin McLove http://geektyrant.com/2009/07/movie-review-public-enemies/comment-page-1/#comment-28647 Colin McLove Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:55:19 +0000 http://geektyrant.com/?p=9799#comment-28647 What bugs me is that its a movie filled with character actors, and yet the writers seemed to not care about them. I didn't understand what Christian Bale was trying to do with the role of Melvin Purvis for the entire movie until the ending credits when it said that he killed himself. Bale was trying so hard to flush out that inner conflict, but the writers gave him nothing to work with. Agreed, the shooting was horrid. I was completely aware that I was watching a movie from start to finish. All of the interesting action scenes and witty one-liners were showcased in the previews(something I call the "Scary/Epic/Date movie syndrome) and so they weren't nearly as interesting. Poor Johnny Depp. One more thing: for a movie that supposedly occured during the Great Depression, there certainly were a lot of people wearing expensive suits and driving nice cars. hmmm, strange. What bugs me is that its a movie filled with character actors, and yet the writers seemed to not care about them. I didn't understand what Christian Bale was trying to do with the role of Melvin Purvis for the entire movie until the ending credits when it said that he killed himself. Bale was trying so hard to flush out that inner conflict, but the writers gave him nothing to work with. Agreed, the shooting was horrid. I was completely aware that I was watching a movie from start to finish. All of the interesting action scenes and witty one-liners were showcased in the previews(something I call the "Scary/Epic/Date movie syndrome) and so they weren't nearly as interesting. Poor Johnny Depp. One more thing: for a movie that supposedly occured during the Great Depression, there certainly were a lot of people wearing expensive suits and driving nice cars. hmmm, strange.

]]> By: jason http://geektyrant.com/2009/07/movie-review-public-enemies/comment-page-1/#comment-28672 jason Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:43:35 +0000 http://geektyrant.com/?p=9799#comment-28672 i agree. his digital fetish is unfortunate. it has none of the life and immediacy of heat or the insider. the sound issues killed me and i couldnt wait to get home and google/see wtf the deal was... i love mann and think he's one of the best we have i just think his fingers-in-every-pie way of working may keep him from connecting to the more human elements of film making. and now that i think about it, i heard some story where he was giving the sound guy a hard time and may have fired him. depp was good but seemed a tad anxious at the beg of the film. he seemed to relax into it halfway thru and cotillard was great. i liked it more than anything else i will see this summer but thats not saying much, is it? i agree. his digital fetish is unfortunate. it has none of the life and immediacy of heat or the insider. the sound issues killed me and i couldnt wait to get home and google/see wtf the deal was… i love mann and think he's one of the best we have i just think his fingers-in-every-pie way of working may keep him from connecting to the more human elements of film making. and now that i think about it, i heard some story where he was giving the sound guy a hard time and may have fired him. depp was good but seemed a tad anxious at the beg of the film. he seemed to relax into it halfway thru and cotillard was great. i liked it more than anything else i will see this summer but thats not saying much, is it?

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