Comments on: THE GUNPOWDER IS LIKE SALT http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/07/03/the-gunpowder-is-like-salt/ Comics about movies Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/07/03/the-gunpowder-is-like-salt/#comment-2495 Tom Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:36:23 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=2193#comment-2495 The scene itself wasn't anything to write home about. I think it's just a wasted opportunity not to put these two together on screen as often as possible. The scene itself wasn’t anything to write home about.

I think it’s just a wasted opportunity not to put these two together on screen as often as possible.

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]]> By: kit http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/07/03/the-gunpowder-is-like-salt/#comment-2494 kit Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:01:56 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=2193#comment-2494 so wait tom. you say ill be disappointed because they only share one scene together. is this because its only the one scene. or was the scene itself really bad and anti-climatic. the word of mouth that has travelled into my head seems to be that this movie is kinda a let down. so i think ill wait to rent/download so wait tom.
you say ill be disappointed because they only share one scene together. is this because its only the one scene. or was the scene itself really bad and anti-climatic.
the word of mouth that has travelled into my head seems to be that this movie is kinda a let down.
so i think ill wait to rent/download

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]]> By: joshua http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/07/03/the-gunpowder-is-like-salt/#comment-2493 joshua Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:48:51 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=2193#comment-2493 The camera and sound had me shaken throughout. The pounding gunshots and the unsteady camera left me feeling somewhat giddy. Also, why were there so many blatant historical inaccuracies? I mean, I understand it's just a movie, but Baby Face Nelson didn't die at the Little Bohemia Lodge. In fact, both Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd died a year after Dillinger. When it's little things, it doesn't bother me, but writers and directors shouldn't change the flow of time just to suit their movie. . .unless of course it's about time travel. The camera and sound had me shaken throughout. The pounding gunshots and the unsteady camera left me feeling somewhat giddy. Also, why were there so many blatant historical inaccuracies? I mean, I understand it’s just a movie, but Baby Face Nelson didn’t die at the Little Bohemia Lodge. In fact, both Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd died a year after Dillinger. When it’s little things, it doesn’t bother me, but writers and directors shouldn’t change the flow of time just to suit their movie. . .unless of course it’s about time travel.

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]]> By: Jonas http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/07/03/the-gunpowder-is-like-salt/#comment-2492 Jonas Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:20:52 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=2193#comment-2492 i work as projectionist, and we constantly got complaints about inconsistent sound with Public Enemies. Sort of glad to know that it is more to do with the print than with our sound racks and such. i work as projectionist, and we constantly got complaints about inconsistent sound with Public Enemies. Sort of glad to know that it is more to do with the print than with our sound racks and such.

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]]> By: Alexander Burns http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/07/03/the-gunpowder-is-like-salt/#comment-2491 Alexander Burns Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:45:15 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=2193#comment-2491 I thought the script was all over the place. Some good scenes, but it needed a much tighter screenplay. I didn't think it was terrible or anything, but it needed work and could have been much shorter. I thought the script was all over the place. Some good scenes, but it needed a much tighter screenplay.

I didn’t think it was terrible or anything, but it needed work and could have been much shorter.

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]]> By: Tom http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/07/03/the-gunpowder-is-like-salt/#comment-2490 Tom Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:33:32 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=2193#comment-2490 Dragon, I experienced the exact same audio problems you described in your theater. I found it jarring. Dragon,

I experienced the exact same audio problems you described in your theater. I found it jarring.

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]]> By: Bruceski http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/07/03/the-gunpowder-is-like-salt/#comment-2489 Bruceski Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:08:57 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=2193#comment-2489 I found it flat, a cat-and-mouse game where the mouse is going about his own business. The problem there is that the movie focused on said mouse. A big deal is made about the specialists from Texas coming in off the train, and then the story cuts away from the feds for 30 minutes. Until the torture scene much later you get no feel for why these guys were brought in, aside from three folks making rookie mistakes in the first bust. I just couldn't bring myself to care about anybody in the movie. I found it flat, a cat-and-mouse game where the mouse is going about his own business. The problem there is that the movie focused on said mouse. A big deal is made about the specialists from Texas coming in off the train, and then the story cuts away from the feds for 30 minutes. Until the torture scene much later you get no feel for why these guys were brought in, aside from three folks making rookie mistakes in the first bust.

I just couldn’t bring myself to care about anybody in the movie.

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]]> By: Relaxing Dragon http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/07/03/the-gunpowder-is-like-salt/#comment-2488 Relaxing Dragon Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:50:07 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=2193#comment-2488 The digital video of the movie did throw me a bit, since at times it almost seemed like a student film or TV show (on the soap opera channel. Don't know why, they always shoot their shows differently than normal TV shows) than a feature film. Plus, the sound was weird at places, cutting n and out, getting louder and softer depending on where the camera was situated (may have been a problem with our theater, though, and not the movie). Still, I liked it. Good performances from everyone, and Mann still knows how to shoot a damned entertaining gunfight. The digital video of the movie did throw me a bit, since at times it almost seemed like a student film or TV show (on the soap opera channel. Don’t know why, they always shoot their shows differently than normal TV shows) than a feature film. Plus, the sound was weird at places, cutting n and out, getting louder and softer depending on where the camera was situated (may have been a problem with our theater, though, and not the movie).

Still, I liked it. Good performances from everyone, and Mann still knows how to shoot a damned entertaining gunfight.

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]]> By: Glen Newman http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/07/03/the-gunpowder-is-like-salt/#comment-2487 Glen Newman Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:11:04 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=2193#comment-2487 totalmoviefreak, I'm not disputing your interpretation of the camera work but Michael Mann almost never uses sets, preferring location shooting almost exclusively. The closet thing to a set in a Mann movie would be a set dressed location. Heat for example had a record 95 shooting locations in LA. totalmoviefreak,

I’m not disputing your interpretation of the camera work but Michael Mann almost never uses sets, preferring location shooting almost exclusively. The closet thing to a set in a Mann movie would be a set dressed location.

Heat for example had a record 95 shooting locations in LA.

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]]> By: TheLoneIguana http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/07/03/the-gunpowder-is-like-salt/#comment-2486 TheLoneIguana Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:03:53 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=2193#comment-2486 Actually, Mythbusters just had an episode where they tried to replicate the popcorn-with-lasers of "Real Genius." They also tried popping corn with explosives, which didn't really work, sadly. Actually, Mythbusters just had an episode where they tried to replicate the popcorn-with-lasers of “Real Genius.” They also tried popping corn with explosives, which didn’t really work, sadly.

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