Last week -
Public Enemies: I enjoyed watching Johny Depp do his thing, but the movie's plot is very vague. John Dillinger doesn't move in a particular direction, but his effects on the FBI and the mob are interesting, though very briefly addressed. Hardly anything seems to sway Dillinger's path, even things that actually happened - when Dillinger broke out of jail with the fake gun, his gang got a hold the police's arsenal at the site, including body armor (at least, according to the History Channel). The movie doesn't address this boon at all. I also expected more of a focus on the gang, but there is pretty much none; the movie should have been titled
Public Enemy. Finally, Christian Bale is over-billed and underused for the second time this year (the first being
Terminator Salvation). It's nice to see that he doesn't have to be the center of attention in the movies he's in, but it's a trend that might dim his star-power.
This week -
Bruno: I did laugh pretty much the entire movie. That said, this movie relies more heavily on shock humor than
Borat did, so I imagine it will be less entertaining without the big crowd and in repeat viewings.
Moon: I've been looking forward to this, and I was not let down. It's a different movie than what I thought it would be, and it's probably better for it. The trailer sets it up a mystery, the solution to which you can probably guess from the trailer alone. But the movie actually doesn't spend much time on the facts of Sam Bell's situation, but more on how he (
) responds to it. Look for Sam Rockwell to at least be mentioned come Oscar time.
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