oddjob Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Anyone see it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3quartertime Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Took the kids to see Ice Age 2 in 3D last night. The Public Enemies trailer was great! In the theatre lobby they had a big cardboard display with Depp's picture as Dillinger. Beside it was two big picture frames with actual photos of him from his family members collection. Dillinger grew up a mile or so from my house. Lots of the older crowd remember the stories of him as a boy. I think some of his family still live in the area. Not sure if the family photos are just part of the national promotion or not. They looked like the real deal. I saw a review that said they worked overtime to get things as authentic as possible. Should be lots of BAR's and Tommy guns blasting!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ledge Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Taking the wife today to the 12:10 matinée...Taran Butler was a technical advisor, so hopefully they listened to him and have kick ass shooting scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Sweeney Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 The wife and I just went and saw it. It is a Micheal Mann movie through-and-through: beautiful cinematography, action, guns blazing, and period-correct. It is a mix of Dillinger/Frechette love story, and the FBI (pre-"F") trying to get their act together. I also did some consulting on it, courtesy of Taran, who couldn't make it to Chicago for some of the work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Sounds like a cool intro to Zoot Shooters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 The wife and I just went and saw it. It is a Micheal Mann movie through-and-through: beautiful cinematography, action, guns blazing, and period-correct.It is a mix of Dillinger/Frechette love story, and the FBI (pre-"F") trying to get their act together. I also did some consulting on it, courtesy of Taran, who couldn't make it to Chicago for some of the work. taran told me about some of it. patrick-you know what they used for stunt guns? on the trailer at about 1:36 depp is firing a thompson, but if you watch the brass coming out of it, it sure looks like 223 brass...way too long for 45 acp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddjob Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 (edited) Butch..........a sawed off BAR?? Gonna see the movie here soon....will let ya know!!! Just saw it....BAR Edited July 4, 2009 by oddjob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpeltier Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I give it an 8 out of 10. I just don't care for Johnny Dep. Even though he was good in this. I got a kick out of shooting a Thompson over the shoulder of a hostage with the muzzle inches from the guys face and he hardly flinched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadeslade Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Anyone see it??? I saw it July 1. Great movie. Very good in the Michael Mann (Miami Vice (TV- not the semi-lame movie-although MM did the movie-just bad casting), Thief, Heat, Collateral) style with superb acting from Johhny Depp, Stephen Lang, Christian Bale, all of them. Begins with jailbreak and ends with stakeout-lots of drama and action in-between. Starts with guns, lots of guns in the middle, and ends with guns. Good gun movie. Actually, I've seen it twice now. My wife even liked it but thought it was "disturbing". She's an English teacher, so she's right. No kidding, great movie, Giovanni Ribisi did a great Alvin Karpis. There is ambivalence about cops vs robbers, but it was a tough time in America (sound familiar?) and the ambivalence is accurate. Does it make the FBI bad? No. Does it make crooks good?. No. Go see it, it will give you something to think about, even if you don't think it's the best movie ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Sweeney Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 The illusion of .223 brass from a Thompson must have been just that: an illusion. While I was at the production offices in Chicago, I got to see and fondle a lot of the iron. Blank-converted Thompsons, a BAR, a slew of handguns, all period-correct. I taught Stephen Lang how to wrangle a Winchester M-1901 shotgun, and spent some time with his fellow Tex/OK lawmen (Matt Craven, among them) how to use other shotguns as well. One thing you have to know about Michael Mann: there are no shortcuts when it comes to correct guns and gear. The prop room was full of period typewriters, cameras, microphones, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrispies Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Saw yesterday-- great movie! One thing about Michael Mann, you can tell that he truly cares about making anything with a gun accurate. In the first few minutes, Depp's character complains about his Tommy Gun jamming up, and another characters says that he's going to clip a spring down by X number of coils. I've never heard that in a movie before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Saw yesterday-- great movie! One thing about Michael Mann, you can tell that he truly cares about making anything with a gun accurate. In the first few minutes, Depp's character complains about his Tommy Gun jamming up, and another characters says that he's going to clip a spring down by X number of coils. I've never heard that in a movie before! Yea, that was way cool. Depp also complained it was "climbing to the right," and the "gunsmith" said he would rotate or turn the compensator. Kick ass movie overall. And the kicker was seeing Taran's name in the credits at the end! Me and my girlfriend were the only ones left in the theater... So we gave him a big Yehaa! and a round of applause. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Saw yesterday-- great movie! One thing about Michael Mann, you can tell that he truly cares about making anything with a gun accurate. In the first few minutes, Depp's character complains about his Tommy Gun jamming up, and another characters says that he's going to clip a spring down by X number of coils. I've never heard that in a movie before! Yea, that was way cool. Depp also complained it was "climbing to the right," and the "gunsmith" said he would rotate or turn the compensator. Kick ass movie overall. And the kicker was seeing Taran's name in the credits at the end! be I am pretty sure you see Taran's hands reloading the shotgun as well. I haven't seen it yet but I think this is the one Taran did the reloading in. Sounds like a good flick. -ld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Saw yesterday-- great movie! One thing about Michael Mann, you can tell that he truly cares about making anything with a gun accurate. In the first few minutes, Depp's character complains about his Tommy Gun jamming up, and another characters says that he's going to clip a spring down by X number of coils. I've never heard that in a movie before! Yea, that was way cool. Depp also complained it was "climbing to the right," and the "gunsmith" said he would rotate or turn the compensator. Kick ass movie overall. And the kicker was seeing Taran's name in the credits at the end! be I am pretty sure you see Taran's hands reloading the shotgun as well. I haven't seen it yet but I think this is the one Taran did the reloading in. Sounds like a good flick. -ld OOops. Taran says he trained them for that but doesn't know if his hands are in the movie. -ld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I got some pics from Taran that were taken during production Stephen Lang with a Glock 17 Taran with Stephen Lang, and Michael Rooker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Guns of.... http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Public_Enemies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Thanks for the pics Larry, and awesome link Kyle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidwiz Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Saw it last night. To me, it didn't seem like a Michael Mann film, in the sense that the cinematography seemed off. Not the usually rich detail that I'm used to seeing in a Mann film. Seemed grainy in places (I know, it was shot HD), but it didn't seem like it was shot HD. Maybe it was the print that I was seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sestock Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Saw it last night. To me, it didn't seem like a Michael Mann film, in the sense that the cinematography seemed off. Not the usually rich detail that I'm used to seeing in a Mann film. Seemed grainy in places (I know, it was shot HD), but it didn't seem like it was shot HD. Maybe it was the print that I was seeing. Actually, the use of the hand cameras was cool. Seeing Peter Gerety and the camera work, reminded me of watching Homicide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Absolutely worth going to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Boit Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Saw the movie last night. And I must say I was a little disapointed. I never really get into the movie. Except for the gunfighting scenes of course. Congrats to the technical advisors, the gear is perfectly matching with the era. And I finally see a movie where rounds are REALLY penetrating wood walls and are not stopped by a table, a couch or a chair ! I was wondering about this full auto pistol shot by Baby Face Nelson, but thanks to Flewmoney, I found the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A62335 Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 (edited) Finally saw this movie last night, and boy do I sure wish I had a BAR in my safe now. Merged with previous thread... Edited December 13, 2009 by 3quartertime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Saw the movie last night. And I must say I was a little disapointed. I never really get into the movie. I'm right there with Julien. The movie's pretty, there's a lot of exquisitely executed gunfights, beautiful cinematography, attention to detail --- but at the end of the movie, I'm left unsatisfied, because they seriously neglected character development..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latewatch Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Watched it earlier this week while laid up with a cold. IMHO, It was OK for a $1.00 Redbox rental. The gunfights were good and in particular I thought the Dillinger death scene was done well. I do have to agree with everyone else though, BAR's, Thompsons, and Colt 1911's are just cool................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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