SO YOU WANNA BE A GANGSTER
Jul. 26th, 2009 03:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogI’ve been watching movies. And you want to know what I think of them. Thank goodness for the Internets.
Public Enemies
Michael Mann’s take on the John Dillinger saga. I’ve enjoyed all the silly reviews that complain either about the historical inaccuracies or the moral relativism, but really, what else is new? Public Enemies, like any decent gangster film, is about The Legend more than The Real Life Criminal. So taken at face value, it’s pretty entertaining and gripping at times. I also like how it portrays Dillinger as the last of the old school outlaws where robbing banks is becoming old-fashioned and even a pain in the ass for other mobsters who have moved on to other rackets. If the film lacks anything, it’s the context that explains why Dillinger, and gangsters in general, were so romanticized in those days and still are today, especially in places like Chicago. Anyway, it’s no Heat, but for what it is, it’s pretty good.
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
It’s been true for some time that the Harry Potter films are really only meant to be Cliff Notes versions for fans who have already read all the backstory in the books, and this one is no different. Suffice to say that only fans who have read the books will know why the Half-Blood Prince is significant in any way, let alone worthy of inclusion in the title. Also, I know this is because I’m old and cranky, but I really can do without the teenage romance stuff.
Wands out,
This is dF
Public Enemies
Michael Mann’s take on the John Dillinger saga. I’ve enjoyed all the silly reviews that complain either about the historical inaccuracies or the moral relativism, but really, what else is new? Public Enemies, like any decent gangster film, is about The Legend more than The Real Life Criminal. So taken at face value, it’s pretty entertaining and gripping at times. I also like how it portrays Dillinger as the last of the old school outlaws where robbing banks is becoming old-fashioned and even a pain in the ass for other mobsters who have moved on to other rackets. If the film lacks anything, it’s the context that explains why Dillinger, and gangsters in general, were so romanticized in those days and still are today, especially in places like Chicago. Anyway, it’s no Heat, but for what it is, it’s pretty good.
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
It’s been true for some time that the Harry Potter films are really only meant to be Cliff Notes versions for fans who have already read all the backstory in the books, and this one is no different. Suffice to say that only fans who have read the books will know why the Half-Blood Prince is significant in any way, let alone worthy of inclusion in the title. Also, I know this is because I’m old and cranky, but I really can do without the teenage romance stuff.
Wands out,
This is dF
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on 2009-07-26 04:38 pm (UTC)I'd like to go see The Hangover this evening. The Hurt Locker is another possiblity. I've also got the first season of True Blood on my coffee table. OH THE CHOICES.