What is the latest movie you watched and what did you think of it?

Catwoman 8,3/10

End Game 9/10

Artificial Intelligence

9/10

The Brothers Bloom- Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz, Mark Ruffalo. Directed by Rian Johnson (Brick).

I am officially in love with Rachel Weisz.

A modern version of The Sting with more uncertainty and a bigger emotional payoff.
A great supporting cast, including Robbie Coltrane and Rinko Kikuchi.
One of the most enjoyable films I've seen in a long while, I don't understand why this movie didn't get a wider release.

Hunt it down and watch it.

The Usual Suspects

8/10

Public Enemies- Johnny Depp, Christian Bale.

The early 1930's were the heyday of classic American crime with Bonny and Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and most notably, John Dillinger all running wild at the same time.
Public Enemies focuses on Dillinger and has an outstanding cast, exquisitely detailed period sets (even using one of Dillinger's actual cars) and an intrinsically fascinating story.

I was bored to death, and I blame director Michael Mann.
Heavy handed and striving for his trademark epic sweep, Mann fails to evoke any interest in a cast of characters all larger than life.

I don't know exactly why I was so disappointed except to compare Public Enemies to what I consider to be the gold standard of gangster flicks...Goodfellas.
In Goodfellas, Scorcese made it obvious why the criminals wanted- or had- to be what they were....it was fun and the perks were enormous.
The rewards outweighed the risks.
None of that is made clear in Public Enemies, where neither the devastation of the Great Depression or the lure of an easy lifestyle is ever shown.
Being a bank robber looks as boring as being a milkman with the added downside of violent death.
Where's the attraction?

It's too bad.
The combination of Bale and Depp should have been epic but for me, it was simply OK and that's just not good enough.

Fired up!

Hilarius movie I give 7/10

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Originally Posted by swizZ8

The Usual Suspects

8/10

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I just watched this again last night. Will always be one of my all-time faves

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Stunning, touching yet not pathetic story. Great direction. Even better photography... Philip Noyce (Dead Calm...) made this film very good.

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Originally Posted by clocker

Public Enemies- Johnny Depp, Christian Bale.

The early 1930's were the heyday of classic American crime with Bonny and Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and most notably, John Dillinger all running wild at the same time.
Public Enemies focuses on Dillinger and has an outstanding cast, exquisitely detailed period sets (even using one of Dillinger's actual cars) and an intrinsically fascinating story.

I was bored to death, and I blame director Michael Mann.
Heavy handed and striving for his trademark epic sweep, Mann fails to evoke any interest in a cast of characters all larger than life.

I don't know exactly why I was so disappointed except to compare Public Enemies to what I consider to be the gold standard of gangster flicks...Goodfellas.
In Goodfellas, Scorcese made it obvious why the criminals wanted- or had- to be what they were....it was fun and the perks were enormous.
The rewards outweighed the risks.
None of that is made clear in Public Enemies, where neither the devastation of the Great Depression or the lure of an easy lifestyle is ever shown.
Being a bank robber looks as boring as being a milkman with the added downside of violent death.
Where's the attraction?

It's too bad.
The combination of Bale and Depp should have been epic but for me, it was simply OK and that's just not good enough.

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Mann was trying to show that Dillinger wasn't in love with the danger but rather he was in love with the idea of being famous.

He erred badly though because this kind of film demanded that he should have been as in your face with the characters as he was with the action.Keeping them distant from the audience was a ridiculous directorial choice and allowed no empathy from the audience whatsoever.

Depp was still pretty good though.