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[Harmsway]

Here's our first PUBLIC ENEMIES trailer.

Thoughts?

[Turn]

Depp, Bale, Michael Mann, Fedoras, tommy guns. I don't think there's a lot more to say than I'm in. This and Inglorious Basterds makes it seem like this will be the summer of the big guns.

[Jackanaples]

Well, it's gangsters and has Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in it... which means I'll no doubt see it. But it's a Michael Mann movie which means that I'll probably hate it.

[Qwerty]

Not absolutely, positively blown away by it, but it does look like it has the potential to be a ton of fun thanks to the cast.

I'm hopeful.

[Vauxhall]

The project looks much more sophisticated than I feared would be the case, given that the association of Michael Mann gave me very low expectations. The subject matter and the presence of Depp ensured that I was always going to check this one out, but the trailer has made me quietly hopeful about it.

[Harmsway]

But it's a Michael Mann movie which means that I'll probably hate it.

The project looks much more sophisticated than I feared would be the case, given that the association of Michael Mann gave me very low expectations.

What's with the Michael Mann hate?

[dinovelvet]

But it's a Michael Mann movie which means that I'll probably hate it.

The project looks much more sophisticated than I feared would be the case, given that the association of Michael Mann gave me very low expectations.

What's with the Michael Mann hate?

Beats me, because he's the main attraction for this film as far as I'm concerned. The cast looks almost hilariously, inappropriately pretty...is this a gritty depression era gangster tale, or a gathering of the Zoolander fan club?

[Jackanaples]

I know I'm solidly in the minority when I say this but Michael Mann's movies do nothing for me. The man excels at directing movies that I try and fail to get into. MANHUNTER. LAST OF THE MOHICANS. HEAT. MIAMI VICE. THIEF.

Was nonplussed by all of them. Something about his movies rubs me the wrong way. I know I wanted to love them all when I watched them. From the outset they looked like just my kind of thing. Alas, no. I'd have o watch them again to go into details.

Haven't seen ALI, or COLLATERAL, or THE INSIDER because by this point I feel it would be a wasted exercise.

[Safari Suit]

I loved Manhunter and Miami Vice, and liked Collateral a lot. I was a bit non-plussed by Heat and couldn't even finish The Insider.

[bond 16.05.72]

Love Mann big time!

I do find you either like him or you don't there never seems a middle ground. For me Heat & Insider are my fav's.

I love films with lots of talking if it's intersting and I find the subject matter of the Insider fascinating, that and Russell Crowe's performance is incredible, he should of won the oscar for this not Titanic in sandles.

If you love films like All The Presidents Men (I find films like that as exciting as action movies and the adrenalin rush is sometimes even more)then you should love the Insider.

Can't wait for this and the cast is a bonus, yeah I'll be there and my wife she likes a certain male actor so it won't take too much to get her there, her many other millions of females around the world.

[Safari Suit]

If you love films like All The Presidents Men (I find films like that as exciting as action movies and the adrenalin rush is sometimes even more)then you should love the Insider.

I would have to disagree with you I'm afraid as I loved All The Presidents Men and hated The Insider. Maybe I'm alone in that, but I don't think it's a done deal.

[Captain Tightpants]

So it's HEAT set in 1930s Chicago?

Sounds good.

[[dark]]

Collateral is terrific. Miami Vice was a misstep, but I'm hanging out for this one.

[Zorin Industries]

Micheal Mann and Christian Bale....?

I'd rather watch McG direct Vin Diesel.

[dodge]

Lookin' forward to this one with hopes that Mann's touch is not too heavy. And that the film's not tooooo longish. Great cast!

[Qwerty]

Haven't seen ALI, or COLLATERAL, or THE INSIDER because by this point I feel it would be a wasted exercise.

I would at least give Collateral a chance if you can. For me personally, I find Mann's much loved Heat to be overlong and dreary, but with Collateral, he's right on the money.

[AgentBentley]

Collateral is one of my favorite action movies of the past few years, and probably my favorite Tom Cruise movie ever because for once he was not a hero.

Heat was good, loved Last of the Mohicans when it first came out - though I haven't seen it since. Miami Vice was disappointing. The Insider was a typical Hollywood formula movie - the underdog against the system or 'Erin Brockovich with a man.'

Conclusion: I like a lot of Michael Mann but now and then he makes a dud. I'll let myself be guided by the reviews on his new one. Or if there's nothing better at the time it comes out, I'd go and see it anyway.

[Tarl_Cabot]

Looks pretty good. I think Depp is miscast(Dillinger was a hard faced 31 when he died) but I'll check this one out.I love MM.

[Mr. Blofeld]

This is why I couldn't stand Miami Vice: Everything was done in crappy-, washed-out digital camera. Mann needs to come to his senses...

[Joe Bond]

This is why I couldn't stand Miami Vice: Everything was done in crappy-, washed-out digital camera. Mann needs to come to his senses...

I am with you Mr. Blofeld, once I saw that it has the same digital look to it I felt disappointed since I have seen films like Get Smart which were shot in digital but don't look as bad as some of the Mann films that use it especially Miami Vice but it may not look as bad in the theater.

[dodge]

Just saw the full trailer on the big screen--and I think we're talkin' major heat here and box office bucks. Depp appears to be in brilliant form and the cinematograph looks exquisite. Not so sure about Bale, but this babg looks BIG!

[Mr. Blofeld]

What's a "babg"?

[dinovelvet]

What's a "babg"?

Big Assed Blockbuster Gunfire ?

[JackWade]

Uh, I don't understand what all of the hate is about, either. Mann is a director with a pretty solid track record.

Throw in Bale, Depp, and a gangster story and I'm definitely there.

[Mr. Blofeld]

What's a "babg"?

Big Assed Blockbuster Gunfire?

Hmmmm... perhaps.

Seriously, though, I think Johnny Depp might do some good work with this movie, but what's with the stuffy upper-class accent Billy Crudup is pulling?

[Vauxhall]

The project looks much more sophisticated than I feared would be the case, given that the association of Michael Mann gave me very low expectations.

What's with the Michael Mann hate?

Wires crossed on my part. Slight typo. Despite his fairly heavy-handed direction of ALI, I have no real problem with Mann. Michael Bay, Michael Douglas and Michael Myers however...

[dodge]

What's a "babg"?

whoopsie. Meant baby.

[dodge]

Hmmmm. Word is, per Entertainment Weekly, that Depp and Bale have only one scene together. Hopefully, this ain't a sign that Mann's recooking HEAT.

The trailer, however, still sizzles. And I have a sneaky suspicion that the film will contain at least Me's on Seine , a pet phrase of Harmsway. Harms never has explained the phrase, but I may be able to help here: Since Harms says Me instead of I, we can safely assume that such a scene is playful and lighthearted. And since he says on, not in, the Seine, we can also guess the scene is buoyant, even uplifting. Okay, now that the mystery's solved, let's all pray for one great Me's on Seine!

[007luvchild2]

It looks promising.

[AgentBentley]

Collateral is one of my favorites from the past few years.

I liked Heat though I only watched it on TV, Mohicans and The Insider are good if traditional Hollywood films - which is probably why I skipped Ali.

Miami Vice was a disappointment because the tonality was so different from the original TV series.

I'll give Public Enemies a try if the reviews are not too bad.