Comments on: Movie Bad Guy Boosts Travel

By: pen4hire

pen4hire — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:27:12 +0000

See Jane Boursaw's salute and addition to our discussion at film gecko

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:14:26 +0000

I liked the movie but thought it could have been better had it conveyed the grittiness or sense of danger that underlies the story. I just couldn’t get away from what you had touched on, the actors look like models on photo shoot! The sets to, while brilliant, are almost too perfect, and take away from what otherwise could have been a really cool, gritty movie.

By: Public Enemies boosting travel in Chicago: Is this a good thing? : Film Gecko - A movie news and review blog from b5media.

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:30:27 +0000

[...] a Comment // My friend Vera Marie Badertscher wrote a great post on her blog, A Traveler’s Library, about how Johnny Depp’s new movie "Public Enemies" is promoting tourism in Chicago [...]

By: Edie Jarolim

Edie Jarolim — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:45:32 +0000

It’s been said that history is written by the victors (isn’t the passive voice great when you don’t know the author of a quote?). Many would take issue with your assertion that Wyatt Earp was a good guy — though I’m not among them since I don’t know the ins and outs of the story.

All this to say that it’s a question of relativism. Dillinger may have been a bad guy but he was a folk hero, a movie star of his time as David Edelstein said in his NPR review of the film, whereas J. Edgar Hoover, who was theoretically on the side of good, has come down through history as a hypocritical creep.

I haven’t yet seen the movie, but know that Johnny Depp — a good guy in real life from all I hear, adding to the complexity — will get me there, sooner or later.

Nice post! Got me thinking…

By: Kerry Dexter

Kerry Dexter — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:27:06 +0000

I tend not to visit places that focus on violence, though I imagine many more places than we know have violent histories. I remember being stuck in Fall River, Massachusetts, one snowy night and going way out of my way *not* to stay at the Lizzie Borden house, which is now a b&b. okay, it’s only a house of historic significance, but me, no question, that’s not my choice of what to focus on.

By: Jessie Voigts

Jessie Voigts — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:31:56 +0000

i don’t like to watch anything violent (so most movies are out for me, alas). however, they do LOOK good, the costumes – you’re right. we toured the wabasha caves in st paul, MN and learned all about the gangsters there, back in the day.it was interesting, and obviously people were interested in it, as they do quite a lot of tours.