Public Enemies is a great disappointment. The film is just too long. (I was ready to shoot Dillinger towards the end, just so I could leave.) The handheld camera work was way over done as well. Every scene was shot in some sort of closeup. It was hard to watch at times. With that being said, I thought the cast was on the money. C. Bale is wasted here. Depp is Dillinger.... The locations, clothes, cars were tremendous. In short, everything about this movie was great except the film direction... Mr. Mann, you blew it! What a shame.....
I really wasn't expecting much..... I certainly was wrong. This Star Trek brings back very dear characters from TOS, but has nice appeal for a whole new generation. I imagine it had become very difficult to keep track of all the Trek histories in writing new screenplays. This version "wipe the slate clean" for future films, but retains the charm of TOS.