I hated Dillinger and wanted him to die. What did I miss?
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pfarnell — 9 years ago(July 17, 2016 06:18 PM)
One interesting thing to keep in mind is that Dillinger never actually killed anyone, from what I understand. It's up for debate apparently - some think he shot one man.
yes, that's the popular urban myth, but the Burrough's book of same name movie is (loosely very loosely) based on, Dillinger is directly responsible for at least one death.
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Six-Shooter — 15 years ago(November 14, 2010 06:58 PM)
If it helps with your decision on the morals of Dillinger, in reality, he killed much less than in the movie. Something like one.
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aniketagg87 — 15 years ago(December 02, 2010 08:54 AM)
Johnny Depp didn't even make the character charming in any way! He just let him look neurotic! That didn't work for me. This was the first Dillinger movie I saw and I couldn't understand his appeal at all. Although the movie was a good pass of time thank god for HBO for showing it.
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trompos — 15 years ago(December 17, 2010 06:30 AM)
I know xactly how you feel, this whole movie was trash and the end piece about Purvis WAs meant to make people say HAHA died copper die. But alas, he died accidently trying to extract a jammed cartrige in the chamber of his pistol.
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spielberto — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 01:33 PM)
Back then, suicide was REALLY a stigma.
The guy dies alone with a gun.at home.
He wasn't at the gun range.
They just didn't want an FBI hero, the guy that got Dillenger, to be stigmatized as a 'loser' who is burning in Hell for the sin of suicide. So it becomes, 'he was cleaning his gun' and it 'accidentally went off' sorta thing. -
davin_fealth — 14 years ago(June 27, 2011 05:52 PM)
you must have missed a few things. yes he took hostages. and use htem as sheilds but he never shot at innocent people unless he was fired apoon first. he took hostages and tied them to a tree one of the hostgates says "we will freeze out here" and Dillianger said "you will wiggle your way out of that in 10 minutes" he didn't needless kill people like babyface nealson.
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retnug — 14 years ago(July 17, 2011 02:18 PM)
What I took away from this movie is people who like baseball, movies, fast cars, good clothes, whiskey, women, and robbing banks will die in the end. I think he deserved it and I don't see why he was so popular with the people. Maybe if the movie would have explained that instead of focusing on the dumb relatiomship between Dillinger and Billie it would make more sense. But worse than Dilinger was Billie.
Was she too stupid to realize Dillinger was a criminal and if you were part of his gang the law wouldn't hesitate to arrest or kill you?
Was she also too stupid to realize Dillinger was basically responsible for the guy (did they ever give his name?)beating her?
For some strange reason she still loves Dillinger even though all of the things that happened to her were his fault. I felt no sympathy for either of them.
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jones7418 — 14 years ago(July 18, 2011 11:44 PM)
LOL. Maybe you guys would have to watch "Young Dillinger", a 1960's potboiler, replete with bad acting and writing and starring Nick Adams, to appreciate "Public Enemies". Watch it for a good laugh, if nothing else. It's a hoot and a half!
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Petronius Arbiter II — 14 years ago(November 18, 2011 07:18 PM)
http://www.imdb.com/board/10069976/board/nest/93777245?d=191275444#19 1275444
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pfarnell — 9 years ago(July 17, 2016 06:23 PM)
the only general thing I will agree with in any of that, is to summarize it by generally saying that Billie knew she was hooking up with a high-profile criminal, and supposedly would have known that the likely eventual outcomes are one or both locked up, or one or both DOA.
She did it anyway, he was a charmer, but was also smitten by her, and you know, they were not worried about their taxes, their children, or their HMO bills, they were worried about being in love and being together and willing to pay the price to be so.
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franzkabuki — 14 years ago(August 23, 2011 07:56 AM)
Yeah, Manns too keen on trying to humanize the scumbag and portray him as some kinda romantic anti-hero - starting with casting Depp with his apparently everfresh pretty-boy charms.
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