Micro-watching Public Enemies

So some people said I was too harsh on Public Enemies in my review yesterday. Maybe I was but I wanted to make sure I was not just being a cheerleader.

The one thing I have noticed in my conversations with Columbus people that have only seen the movie once is that they really did not watch the movie at all.

Most were watching for locations shots of Columbus, Beaver Dam, Oshkosh, bank scenes, picture cars and themselves. BUT WAIT - those are only the MACRO watchers. There is an entire group of people that were MICRO watching. Julie at Julies Java House who served many of the crew was watching the sheets!!! Yea sheets and pillows. Seems she ironed and ironed trying to get creases out of the sheets and pillow that JD and MC made love on and even though they were perfect when delivered "THERE WERE CREASES" (something new to watch for).

Another person was watching for her chair, others looking at wall paper and even more looking for framed pictures on stands and lots of kitchen stuff. That kitchen scene was in the Poser house and is actually a kitchen inside a kitchen (we will put a kitchen inside your old kitchen - sorry - local advertisement joke).

So when you ask the question "what did you think of the movie?" you also have to ask "how many times have you seen the movie?" If it is only once - take their answer with a grain of salt.

As for the populace as a whole, Public Enemies is getting a strong B+. 89% of the respondents give it a "B" or higher and 65% are "A's". Ratings are higher then Transformers OR Ice Age. Right now Public Enemies might not be the biggest at the box office but it's getting good word of mouth which is very important for this type of movie.

I have not seen the reciepts from last night but opening day box office total was a little over $8M which I believe is good.

And speaking of movies.

Try on, No God No Master Columbus.

Even though Illinois has increased their movie incentives (as opposed to Wisconsin dropping it entirely) there is a movie being made in Milwaukee about the 1919 Terrorist bombing on Wall Street. I was informed by Todd Frey that the movie company has talked to him about horse drawn carriages.

If you don't know, unofficially, Columbus Carriage Works is possibly the largest horse drawn carriage company in the world. Todd has some serious stuff going on across from the City Hall. If a movie company is looking for horse drawn carriages he is the go to guy.

OK - did I just hear that?

The bankers are upset over Public Enemies and how it is making bank robbery cool. So - they want new rules saying you can not wear a hat inside a bank?

Back on topic - - - No God No Master is I THINK about the first Red Scare as it was believed the the bombing was from communist elements.

Stay tuned.
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Mr. Ed's traveling carnival is in town and we checked it out last night and DJ had to physically push me away from eating Funnel Cakes. There is nothing better for you then fried dough!! Are these a regional thing like cheese curds? I did have deep fried cheese curds ;-)

So here is the carnival. I'm not sure how big this will blow up on blogger but I love looking at the people having fun! If you can eat Funnel Cakes AND Cheese Curds back to back let me know - I'll call an ambulance!



Remember - big parade this weekend and serious awesome fireworks Saturday night.

Have a great weekend and if you see me on a float give me a holler or some guy with a camera at the carny - buy me a Funnel cake!! NO NO don't do that!!

Rod