Public Enemies with Johnny Deep and Christian Bale reeks of drama, bullets, and movie goers looking for cover. At the same time, a real life Public Enemy goes by the name of Tony Yayo (Marvin Bernard). The difference between Bale, Deep from Yayo is simple; Yayo lives the life of a Public Enemy. Deep and Bale attempt to portray John Dillinger and Marvin Purvis (FBI Pursuer). If you want to really see what a real anti-hero of the public go to This is 50.com. For anyone who does not crave action or hip-hop, you will begin to understand some of the drama Dillinger felt if you visit Thisis50.com. Now this is not to say Yayo is robbing banks. But what he does do is rob anyone challenging .50 cent or G-Unit of street credibility.
To be fair, Johnny Depp seems to even walk like Dillinger did in the early 30s. The way he slowly but tenaciously grips the gats (guns), the AR-15 or the Tommy .45 caliber machine gun, Depp walks a line not usually seen by his audience, the anti-hero. Like the real life Dillinger, Depp said "We’re here for the banks’ money, not yours!" Speaking to some younger viewers, they feel this movie should have been shot in black and white. The casts throughout the movie will take you back to the thirties of desperate times with desperate measures of survival. This movie may be a precursor to the economic crash with will occur within the next six months. For those of you out there who want to put your head in the sand, two words for you; Save and Faith. Of course Dillinger did not use these as rules of a lifestyle which was boundless and sexy. Dillinger only lived to about 33, but what he represents is timeless. Is it the daring, the robberies, or the flash of style Dillinger brought to the gangster life?
Well, back to Tony. Most of my family only remembers Yayo while he was incarcerated in 2004-2005. Since then he and G-Unit Foundation have donated millions to Jamaica Queens and surrounding schools. This is primarily the main reason this writer will continue with my breath to promote Yayo and G-Unit. Dillinger even gave back to his community. It is sort of pathetic that a society has to find heroes of the criminal elements as heroes. As rappers come and go, G-Unit with .50 cent, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo will remain entrenched in the game. They will ride in Armour platted cars and live the life most of us wish we could only do so for one day. If you look at the Life of Tony Yayo via "Thisis50.com," one can ascertain the real drama which occurs in places like Queens, Brooklyn, BedStuy, L.A., Oakland.
Some viewers of "Public Enemies" speak of Bale’s inability to grasp the character of Agent Marvin Purcer. Bale’s string of movies lately has brought him much due acclaim. But this movie, he in actually does not like Depp, and felt overshadowed by him on the set. This shows during Purvis versus Dillinger dialogue while Dillinger challenges Purvis to find another line of work. The real agent Purvis certainly remonstrated with Dillinger. Hell, he was chasing him across the country losing men. The confrontation between the two in the movie was a minute of accurate historical representation the director Michael Mann lost. As you watch the movie, you long for a face to face argument between Bale and Depp, but Mann leaves us hanging.
Nevertheless, the music in the movie is bland, bluesy and the vocalist sounds like he is having a bowel movement, while singing. The viewer is left with two songs, one which is used throughout, unadventurous and boring. Mann should have someone remix the music with not some redneck banjo playing, without instrumentation. It just reeks of mediocrity. If you are going to spend millions on the movie, then get the sound track right with the drama. This fact alone will have people looking for their IPods once the banjos strings echo through the theater. Mann, in your movie Collateral, you had a great soundtrack, what happened here?
Nonetheless, a trait .50 cent and Yayo both share with a gangster Frank Nitty is adaptation. Nitty begin using bookies with phones all over the country rather than rob banks. Something that Dillinger did not evolve in his criminal progression. .50 cent and Yayo have used mix-tapes, the Internet, real interviews and real questions which the beef they serve we enjoy dining on it. Rather if it is Yayo dismissing verbally Rick Ross, Ja-Rule, Lil’ Wayne, Baby, ‘People believe as Julius Caesar once said, ’what they want to believe.’ This pharmawrit (pharmacy writer) underscores the movie "Public Enemies" is worth going to see again tomorrow after church. Of course, that is after I download Yayo’s Swine-Flu Pandemic and Public Enemy mix-tapes. There are people who still symbolize Dillinger, Frank Nitty, and Baby Face Nelson. We hope they do not meet the same fateful ends.
The day this writer see country music artists visit jails like Tony Yayo does, then Cole the truth might blog about them. We all have a duty to give something back to our community, by hook or crook!
This is Cole Bolchoz signing out!
My goal is to be a house hold name in the Literary Game by 2010. Look out for upcoming book about Tony Yayo, and about something so revolutionary, I cannot mention it here; one hint; Mondex and Motorolla!
