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Just got back from the midnight showing of Public Enemies - I thought it was pretty good, though Christian Bale's character had no depth whatsoever.
But what really made me start this thread is this:
The movie opens at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana. I live in Michigan City (unless I'm at school, in which case I live in Chicago), and the location is very inaccurate. I know it's supposed to be 1933, but even then it wouldn't have looked like that at all.
The movie depicts the prison (note that I have no way of knowing whether the prison itself is inaccurate or not, but I don't think it's right) as sitting in the middle of a wide open field of grass with a very straight dirt road in front. In reality, the road is curved by necessity, and the surrounding area is not very flat and is more of a forest than a grassy field. This completely ruined my suspension of disbelief, since this clearly was not Michigan City, Indiana.
Has anyone else here seen a movie where a scene or multiple scenes take place somewhere you're very familiar with, but it doesn't look anything at all like where it supposedly is? And when this happened, did it take you out of the movie? Because it sure took me out of this one.
Oh, and one important thing to note - this movie looks awful. It really reminded me of what I hate about digital filmmaking.