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Printablepunkofthemonth said: i saw it yesterday (for 6 bucks Christian Bale was pointless to me. His character was dull.  )  . i thought it was decent  . johnny depp is always dreamy :nohomo:  and that french chick was too   . since i tend to rate movies by the hotness of the stars, this one gets my vote  . but nah, it was okay, i guess. i liked it  . it's always fun watching christian bale tryna speak with a southern accent also  | |
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Vendetta1 said: punkofthemonth said: i saw it yesterday (for 6 bucks Christian Bale was pointless to me. His character was dull. ) . i thought it was decent . johnny depp is always dreamy :nohomo: and that french chick was too . since i tend to rate movies by the hotness of the stars, this one gets my vote . but nah, it was okay, i guess. i liked it . it's always fun watching christian bale tryna speak with a southern accent also I was wondering if that was the point. The movie gives Dillinger and Billie's love story the spotlight (however accurate that may have been in real life), but Melvin Purvis was pretty much a cypher. We knew absolutely nothing about him, whether he was involved with anyone, whether he was in the end a good or a bad man...nothing really came through. Even his Wikipedia page doesn't offer much to give you any idea of what he was really like. | |
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Efan said: Vendetta1 said: Christian Bale was pointless to me. His character was dull.
I was wondering if that was the point. The movie gives Dillinger and Billie's love story the spotlight (however accurate that may have been in real life), but Melvin Purvis was pretty much a cypher. We knew absolutely nothing about him, whether he was involved with anyone, whether he was in the end a good or a bad man...nothing really came through. Even his Wikipedia page doesn't offer much to give you any idea of what he was really like.
You would think he would have been more celebrated as the man who got Dillinger. | |
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Vendetta1 said: Efan said: I was wondering if that was the point. The movie gives Dillinger and Billie's love story the spotlight (however accurate that may have been in real life), but Melvin Purvis was pretty much a cypher. We knew absolutely nothing about him, whether he was involved with anyone, whether he was in the end a good or a bad man...nothing really came through. Even his Wikipedia page doesn't offer much to give you any idea of what he was really like.
You would think he would have been more celebrated as the man who got Dillinger. Yeah, I was all over Wikipedia after the movie. I was like, what the hell, did Anna get to stay in the States or not? And Purvis "died by his own hand"? What? Wiki was a nice, quick way to get some fast answers, but based on what I read there, the movie bent the truth more than a little bit. Too bad, but it still made for a great story in the movie, and I'm now curious enough to want to read more about what really happened, especially about Purvis. | |
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Efan said: Vendetta1 said: Christian Bale was pointless to me. His character was dull.
I was wondering if that was the point. The movie gives Dillinger and Billie's love story the spotlight (however accurate that may have been in real life), but Melvin Purvis was pretty much a cypher. We knew absolutely nothing about him, whether he was involved with anyone, whether he was in the end a good or a bad man...nothing really came through. Even his Wikipedia page doesn't offer much to give you any idea of what he was really like. more depp and french girl   . but yeah, christian bale's character was whack  . they kinda made him and his folks out to be more douch-ey than depp and them  . fat boy whoopin' on my woman  . the end says he died a few years later "by his own hand"  life's a bitch, but god forbid the bitch divorce me...
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Efan said: Vendetta1 said: So you went to wiki after the movie, too huh?
You would think he would have been more celebrated as the man who got Dillinger. Yeah, I was all over Wikipedia after the movie. I was like, what the hell, did Anna get to stay in the States or not? And Purvis "died by his own hand"? What? Wiki was a nice, quick way to get some fast answers, but based on what I read there, the movie bent the truth more than a little bit. Too bad, but it still made for a great story in the movie, and I'm now curious enough to want to read more about what really happened, especially about Purvis. | |
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punkofthemonth said: Efan said: I was wondering if that was the point. The movie gives Dillinger and Billie's love story the spotlight (however accurate that may have been in real life), but Melvin Purvis was pretty much a cypher. We knew absolutely nothing about him, whether he was involved with anyone, whether he was in the end a good or a bad man...nothing really came through. Even his Wikipedia page doesn't offer much to give you any idea of what he was really like. more depp and french girl . but yeah, christian bale's character was whack . they kinda made him and his folks out to be more douch-ey than depp and them . fat boy whoopin' on my woman . the end says he died a few years later "by his own hand" Yeah, but Wiki says it's unclear whether it was suicide or accidental. See, I didn't think the movie made Purvis and his guys more douchy. Yes, the scene where the fat guy was beating her was awful, but I never once felt sympathy for Depp. He was a coldblooded killer. As romantic as the bankrobber motif is, and as lovely as his romance with Billie was, I never rooted for him in any way. I thought the movie stayed very fair in that regard. No one was 100% innocent in all this. | |
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Vendetta1 said: Efan said: Yeah, I was all over Wikipedia after the movie. I was like, what the hell, did Anna get to stay in the States or not? And Purvis "died by his own hand"? What? Wiki was a nice, quick way to get some fast answers, but based on what I read there, the movie bent the truth more than a little bit. Too bad, but it still made for a great story in the movie, and I'm now curious enough to want to read more about what really happened, especially about Purvis. That and the IMDB page for the movie, because there were like a dozen actors in there I recognized but could not remember their names. | |
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Efan said: Vendetta1 said: Those are the exact searches and questions I wanted to know.
That and the IMDB page for the movie, because there were like a dozen actors in there I recognized but could not remember their names. 
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And Stephen Dorff?  | |
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Vendetta1 said: And Stephen Dorff?
I know! And Shawn Hatosy and Channing Tatum...not to mention the leads...good lord... | |
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Efan said: Vendetta1 said: And Stephen Dorff?
I know! And Shawn Hatosy and Channing Tatum...not to mention the leads...good lord...
I am trying to remember the first thing I saw him on.  | |
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Vendetta1 said: Efan said: I know! And Shawn Hatosy and Channing Tatum...not to mention the leads...good lord...
I am trying to remember the first thing I saw him on. 
classic movie life's a bitch, but god forbid the bitch divorce me...
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punkofthemonth said: Vendetta1 said: I love Shawn's overbite. isn't that nuts?
I am trying to remember the first thing I saw him on.
classic movie
That was it. Thank you. | |
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