Live wisely, die suffocated

Marguerite 2022-04-23 07:01:22

It is said that with the addition of two handsome actors like Depp and Bell, and the director of the king of shootout films, it is difficult for "Public Enemy" not to become a good film. But after reading it, I was speechless for a long time, and only felt a sullen feeling in my heart.

In fact, the main theme of American movies does not need to be checked by government agencies at all. The box office is checked. The quality of the film is nothing but the arrangement of characterization and dramatic conflict, especially biopics. If it can be made up, we hope that this messed-up Jiang Yang robber, who is resourceful, loyal, dares to resist, affectionate and handsome, will be unrestrained to the end. But the fact is, we have nothing to do. We see the darkness and incompetence of the police, the impunity of even greater criminals, and the inevitable end of an era that belongs to the bloody arena, just like the real life we ​​face every day. We have no choice but to be realistic, so we go to the movies to weave our dreams.

We would rather watch Fage's "Across the World" or "The True Color of Heroes", because there are the bloody rivers and lakes we expect, the knights with Bo Yuntian, and the passion of happiness and hatred; or we would rather watch "The End of the Wild Flower" , because we have been equally angry and tempered by a mediocre life. Looking at the car flying off the cliff, what we see is liberation, the peace and joy of dying calmly after truly living. We can't accept that a person who is like a police station and no one ends up being a loner, dying under a gun without the ability to resist. We would rather he stand up when the woman he loves is taken away, tragically and calmly even in death.

Maybe his real existence is just like a bereaved dog robbing a gang of rabble for money, living a day-to-day life, maybe the promise to protect his woman is just self-deception, but we have made him a myth and made him a critic of society Typical, depicting a false hero, taking solace in the life of The Walking Dead. However, we just don't like to see the Monkey King wearing a spell, we don't like watching the Liangshan hero who was recruited, and we don't like watching a bunch of rotten police pierce Depp's face that turns all beings upside down!

The director wants to describe a legend with a calm mind, but the audience is like me, coming with a dream is not like facing a suffocated death!

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  • Zelma 2022-03-24 09:01:21

    The love is so deep...

  • Davonte 2022-03-22 09:01:18

    I'm a sucker for shaky camera/period pieces.love the film walking the thin line between romanticized&realistic depiction of gangsters

Public Enemies quotes

  • [Agents Baum and Purvis are briefing the Chicago field agents]

    Agent Carter Baum: According to the bank teller Barbara Patzke, this is John Dillinger's coat. It's made by Shragge-Quality out of St. Louis. Price: $35 dollars. Windproof, 32 ounce wool. Top stitching.

    Melvin Purvis: [nods approvingly] Thank you, Agent Baum.

    [Baum steps aside]

    Melvin Purvis: Agents in our offices across the country are identifying every store in the United States that sold this overcoat. Then, we will cross-reference every Dillinger associate, in locales where that coat was sold. He was in a place, he got cold, he bought a coat. Unless he was traveling through, he was being harbored nearby. If he returns, we will be there. It is by such methods that our bureau will get John Dillinger.

    [turns to Doris Rogers]

    Melvin Purvis: Now Doris, would you please contact the Chicago area telephone exchange supervisors? There are six. Request appointments for Carter Baum and myself.

    [as she does that, Purvis turns back to his agents]

    Melvin Purvis: Gentlemen, shortly you will be provided... Thompson submachine guns, BARs, and uh, .351 Winchester semi-automatic rifles. We are pursuing hardened killers. It will be dangerous. Those of you who aren't prepared for that should go. And if you are going to go, please go now.

    [No one leaves]

  • [Purvis and Baum are listening in on a wiretapped call]

    Agent Carter Baum: This is a phone conversation from a car dealership twenty-seven minutes ago. Harry Berman.

    [He pushes down the needle to play back an acetate disk]

    John Dillinger's voice: When you drop it, leave the keys on the floorboard.

    Harry Berman's voice: I got a DeSoto.

    John Dillinger's voice: Okay.

    [Purvis takes off his headphones]

    Melvin Purvis: How did we get to Berman?

    Agent Carter Baum: Off the Dillinger coat. The coat was bought in Cicero, Illinois, a few doors down from Berman's dealership. Now we know Berman. He's been supplying cars to the Syndicate since Capone. When Dillinger bought that coat, he must've been at Berman's switching cars.

    Melvin Purvis: Soon as they call to drop the DeSoto, we'll tail it. I want men on this, around the clock.