My Favorite Movies

Another Michael Mann movie that does not disappoint. The camera work (which is the biggest turn off for most people) was my favorite part of the movie. It was done by using all digital, HD cameras, similar to other "hand-held, live action" movies like "Cloverfield" and "The Blair Witch Project". The live action, moving cinematography gives the whole movie the feeling of a COPS episode. The history and details of the movie were amazingly accurate. The only major difference between this movie and fact was the rearranging of a few characters deaths to make the movie's story more streamlined. Now, down to the acting. I was actually unimpressed by Depp's performance, and I thought that the worst part of the movie was Cotillard's character. She did a fine job, but Mann took way too many dramatic liberties with her relationship with Dillinger. Michael Mann's low point has always been his romances (except in his best films "Heat" and "Mohicans"). Of course, I can't complain too much, since the romance of the movie was one of the only things that kept the balance between documentary and drama. Christian Bale's character was flat, straight forward, and REALISTIC!!! He did an excellent job recreating a believable, true life man with subtle expressions and a distinctly non-Dark Knight voice. I really enjoyed this movie and, don't get me wrong, I thought Depp did a fine job, just not the "amazing, career-defining, Oscar winning" job that everybody is saying it is. Really, I thought Steven Grahm's "Baby-Face" Nelson was absolutely fantastic. He (like most of the supporting cast) did not even feature prominently, and yet he stole every moment he was on camera. If he had had one or two monologues added into his performance, I would cry "supporting-actor Oscar". Billy Crudup also did a stand out job as the famous J. Edgar Hoover. One of the most disopointingly underdeveloped characters was Giovanni Ribisi's Alvin Karpis. I was expecting a whole lot more from this character, and would have liked to have seen him live up to his nickname "Creepy" Karpis. I am actually hopping that a four hour directors cut will come out with more development of supporting characters. All in all, great movie, did not disappoint.

This movie was classy.I loved it. Most all the characters got to be in disguise,it was funny,it didn't have a love side story, and it involved casinos and gambling insted of some gold egg like in oceans 12. It didn't take itself so seriously by having lots of twists that are pointless( like in oceans 12 ) It was just a fun movie that reminded me of a good old Sinatra movie .

Really cool movie. Of all hundreds of "thrillers" I've seen, this was one of the only ones that was actually "edge-of-your-seat".Any of the characters could have been killed off at any time, even Bourne. Fantastic movie and one of the best of the year.

Dude, all you freaks out there bashing this movie before you even see it......absolutely ridicules. This was one of the best comic-book movies put out so far, and a completely separate movie from the Ang Lee mess. The thing it really had going for it was a good comic book feel. It perfectly balanced realism and pulp-cheesyness, usually a comic book movie leans toward one or the other. All in all a vary enjoyable summer movie flick and my favorite movie for this year (until the Dark Knight, that is).

Preeeeetty sweet. Zero tangible story but, that's to be expected so don't be shocked. The predator was represented true to the original (hey,he actually fought with his guns this time around) and the many homages to the original movies really made the movie more enjoyable. But the creepyness of the aliens just wasn't there, even if they where a big improvement over the last one. Four stars for effort, creativity, and all out coolness. Zero stars for story and characters. Still one of the best in the franchise.