OMG how sexy is Johnny Depp in this film.
*sighs dreamily*
*Stares dreamily into the distance*
Oh the rest of the film? Well if you don't know the story it's about notorious depression era gangster John Dillinger played by Depp and the cop who eventually brings him down who is played by Christian Bale. The wonderful Marion Cotillard plays Depp's lover Billie.
Only Dillingers character is really allowed room to breath and develop while Bale's cop is fairly one dimensional. I couldn't help thinking, although to a lesser degree, of Bale's Batman to Heath Ledger's Joker and wonder whether he has doomed himself to playing the serious, sensible and slightly boring characters.
As a result the showdown between cop and robber is a bit of a damp squib. I was rooting for Dillinger (I confess I didn't know the story so believed he might outwit the law one last time) and the end seemed almost tragically disappointing but then you can't change history (too much).
It did bring a tear to my eye but on the whole it felt like a trick had been missed, well two if you count Billie which is a very underused character. Cotillard has such a strong screen presence that I wanted more of her and her relationship with Dillinger.
There was nothing fundamentally wrong with the film but neither was it fundamentally right. Apart from Depp of course. *sigh*
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