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Alternatives weeklies are dying off, but the Pasadena Weekly soldiers on. However, in its latest issue, we have a review of Public Enemies that features this:
“Public Enemies” scores its strongest points by showing that there was a level of nobility under the criminal natures of Dillinger and his crew...
I understand the whole romance of the outlaw thing, and the Robin Hood thing, but Dillinger was a real person who robbed a bunch of banks and killed some cops. A film critic should know better.
“Public Enemies” scores its strongest points by showing that there was a level of nobility under the criminal natures of Dillinger and his crew...
I understand the whole romance of the outlaw thing, and the Robin Hood thing, but Dillinger was a real person who robbed a bunch of banks and killed some cops. A film critic should know better.
posted by LAGuy @ 12:27 AM
3 Comments:
Maybe I should read the whole article but how can this movie which switches basic facts around in a fashion necessary to support the dramatic needs of an action film possibly show anything, nobility or not, about the natures of the characters on which it is (very loosely) based.
Given that alternative weeklies generally are populated by folks who feel hassled by the pigs (a gross generalization but one I feel comfortable with), could certainly see how some historical cop-killer might be viewed as noble. The same way other outlets might see Rambo or Dirty Harry (sorry showing my age) as noble because there are slaying perceived enemies. (although Dirty harry did kill kill rogue law and order types in Magnum Force)
It's easy enough to make the protagonist sympathetic. But at least Rambo and Dirty Harry were fictional. Dillinger was a real person, and a pretty nasty one. So I hope the critic understands what he's seeing isn't a documentary about the noble Dillinger.
Dillinger was a real person who shared a name with the Johnny Depp character in this film but little else
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