Good movie but very boring

Rating: 6/10 (3 July 2009)

The good points of Public Enemies were the costumes, the soundtrack (gosh yes the soundtrack is amazing and I'll discuss that) and the gunfights. However, the overall impact of this movie left me continuously aching to leave the theater and do something - anything - else with my time.
I didn't like the two key actors. Bale stars in this movie as Bale. Depp stars in this movie (guess...) as Depp. Bale's "same acting in every movie" was tiresome and I felt very detached from Depp's character only until the last scenes in the film (the fact that his character, John Dillinger, was constantly referred to as Johnny was a huge disconnect for me during the film as the actor's name is, of course, the same).
Not only could I not empathize with either of these two characters almost entirely, but I felt this way with every actor on screen. Every character seemed to be identified and then pushed aside for the next scene just as I was almost at a point where I could force myself to connect with him/her. The acting was remarkable at its best, but the director had it in mind to intertwine so many different actors with so many overlapping traits that the uniqueness of each character was lost.
Now, this is fascinating: bad acting typically kills any movie, but Public Enemies was fantastic and epic during some of its runtime.
Oh-my-gosh the movie's music was AMAZING. Whatever dullness I was gleaning from the lead char's was throttled by the soundtrack. I'll be downloading all of these songs from iTunes; that's how fantastic it was. The soundtrack alone was able to keep me in my seat during this flick.
Overall, a 6/10. I would rate a movie higher that impressed me so much with gruesome, detailed deaths and such a breathtaking soundtrack, but that's not to say Public Enemies isn't worth seeing. It is, and make sure you get a loud theater, just that I wasn't ready for such a movie.