Public Enemies is out at your local theatre, and it is truly an astonishing piece of work. Mr. Depp and mr. Bale both excel on opposite ends of the law, and I even heard someone talking about Academy Award nominations.
However, this kind of movie, along with the should-be masterpiece The Assasination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford represents a unique and tantalizing aspect of American culture. Both these movies idolizes two crooks, two murderers, and gets the viewer emotionally attached to the character (Depp is way more convincing as Dillinger than Pitt as James by the way). But fact of the matter is that these two were wanted criminals who terrorized ordinary citizens and often found themselves in gunfights with the law. Jesse James even has a few songs about him! Are we so desperate that we want every charming man, every history of cleverness to relate to the American dream, even if that means killing a few cops and robbing a few trains? I mean, Robert Ford is still loathed by those Americans who recognize his name!
SPOILER: I'm not saying that the movie shouldn't grab you. But it is clear that they have angled it so that you feel sorry for Dillinger when he is gunned down by G-men at the end. Anyway, it is still a fabulous movie, go see it and know how car chases should be!
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