Is this better than public enemies?
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gojira718 — 16 years ago(March 24, 2010 08:53 AM)
The 1973 version is far and away superior to PE. I was hugely disappointed when I saw it especially since I foolishly bought the dvd before seeing the film. I would never haver spent the money on it had I seen it first.
Michael Mann's work has been great in the past but PE was a boring, badly cast mess. Christian Bale seemed to be sleepwalking throughout the film and superstar Depp was NOT Dillinger. The late, great Warren Oates was Dillinger.
Please don't bother with that terrible Lawrence Tierney version - it's awful! -
Petronius Arbiter II — 11 years ago(July 23, 2014 11:34 AM)
Once again, Mr. Mxyzptlk lives down to my predictions:
'Cause Puttle-Butt-Gum says so, that's why. And if you disagree, why, you must be punished. With, almost 100% predictably, a crudely worded ad hominem attack. Now watch. If he responds to this post, that's what he's going to do. At the end of the day, that's all he's got.
(From the "Lack of Authenticity" thread)
"I don't deduce, I observe." -
penrod2 — 15 years ago(April 04, 2010 10:00 AM)
Public Enemies seems to me to have too much 21st century hype. Kudos to the Warren Oates Dillinger! The audio commentary to the 1945 version mentions that Warren Oates more resembles the real Dillinger in appearance than Lawrence Tierney.
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Petronius Arbiter II — 11 years ago(May 01, 2014 09:13 PM)
In "Dillinger," Warren Oates looks a lot like Warren Oates.
In "Public Enemies," Johnny Depp looks a lot like Johnny Depp.
Neither one bears a really strong physical resemblance to John Dillinger, nor much closer or further from the real Dillinger than the other actor does.
Only one of them
acts
like the real John Dillinger. That one is named Johnny Depp.
As far as I'm concerned, you are free to feel however you feel about which one is "better." As somebody who likes his historical drama to bear at least a good passing resemblance to actual history, I certainly know how
I
feel about these two movies.
"I don't deduce, I observe." -
mariposa-9 — 11 years ago(July 23, 2014 01:11 AM)
I saw it as a kid, was impressed, and learned that upon release, it was a huge box office hit. Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, a young Richard Dreyfus, and excellent gun play, make it worthwhile viewing. I saw PE, and I remember very little about it, other than the fact that it was boring, and paled to Dillinger.