Nerd alert:

In the flash-back, the Wolverine comic books Nicholson gives kid-Damon are actually from about 12 years back, when for the time they were trying to convey, they should've been closer to 20 years back (Wolverine didn't even have his own solo book back then - not counting a couple minis) - took me right out of the movie - Scorsese shoulda known better - what a hack! ;)

caught the matinee. what an excellent film. definitly in my top 3 of the year (including Little Miss Sunshine & The Descent). All the leads in this film were so perfect.

EW gave it an "A-", i say give it a solid "A"

Saw it. Liked it. Scorsese definitely returns to his strengths with this flick. Very gritty and unrelenting. I thought the story with the shrink was rather superfluous, but otherwise a great film. I just hope it doesn't flop and disqualify Scorsese from the Oscar race.

Also,

While I thought it was a good film, I don't think it hit the "great" level for me. The film is one of the more well-lit "daylight" films I've seen from Scorsese, as I was anticipating more darkness and shadows for such a tale of 2 moles. In addition, the story was almost too contemporary at times (making information dissemination between the moles on either side far too easily in terms of screenplay consideration).

For once Leonardo finally seems like an adult in this film, rather than a tall skinny kid wearing his dad's clothes in previous film roles. Damon was on his game throughout the film, Wahlberg brought the comic relief, Sheen was good for what he represented in the film, and Nicholson was entertaining as always as the big bad kahuna.

The runtime seems about right for all the twists and turns, but there's maybe about 5-10 minutes that could have been trimmed and not lose much of the dramatic narrative.

I give it 3.5 stars, or a grade of B+.

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Yeah, I noticed that too. But was just glad they had a wolverine comic in the movie. Anyone remember what issue number it was?

Patriot Act... Patriot Act!!!!

Everything that came out of Baldwind's or Whalberg's mouth was pure gold.

Another postive review from me. Best movie that I've seen this year. 4 out of 4 stars and I'll probably see it again this week.

This is in my top 5 of the year (top spot still held by Little Miss Sunshine). I agree with Patman, Leo came off as a man. He's definately a good actor, but I've never felt that he's projected a certain authority when on screen until now.

I don't have many nitpicks, mostly stuff I think IA did slightly better (yes, I've seen and loved IA) but the movie rocks. The audience was really into the movie and gasped and laughed in all the right places. The only stumbled (IMO) was the end - the violence almost became comical. You shouldn't be laughing when the emotional and physical confrontations are coming to a head (there's a place for funny violence, but I don't think this was it).

Who the hell did Anthony Anderson blow to get a part written specifically for him? There wasn't anyone analogous to him in IA. Although the same could be said (to a point) for Wahlberg and Baldwin's characters, at least they were fleshed out enough.

I loved this movie too. Eventhough I have seen IA (and its sequels), this one definitely holds up on its own.

I do wish to raise to question previously raised by another member:



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I went to see it yesterday afternoon and loved every second of it. Scorsese deserves an Oscar!

The Departed: missing scene found (tongue in cheek)
 

*screen fades to white - flashback*

drill sergeant: Those who break the rules will be like them. They will be expelled!

*close-up of Alan Mak and Andrew Lau*

drill sergeant: Who wants to trade places with them?!

*close-up of Martin Scorsese*

Scorsese: I do. *looks up at Alan and Andrew, face full of remorse*

*screen fades to black*

"Says the Buddha: 'He who makes films in Continuous Hell (i.e., Hollywood) is seldom original. The needless creation of uninspired remakes is a big hardship in Continuous Hell.'"

Next up: Hollywood's reworking of Béla Tarr's Sátántangó. An 83 minute Technicolor feature with Jack Nicholson playing an eccentric Oklahoma farmer wallowing in desperation and passivity...that is until he hooks up with a robot and a talking pie destined for a California video game championship tournament! Any and all cats in this film are CGI. Rated R for graphic violence and lack of character development.

P.S. I love Scorsese's work, but this particular film did nothing for me. Nevertheless, I am going to see it again so that I can better understand my reasons for disliking it. I am truly envious of everyone who has fallen in love with the film. I am saddened (and surprised) by the fact that I was disappointed with it. Perhaps my love of Infernal Affairs kept me from enjoying Scorsese's version.

I'm not even that much of a fan of Infernal Affairs and I thought Scorsese's version is meh. Where's the religion that was so prominent in the original? Where's the depth? Especially since it's Scorsese and it's about the Irish, I'm baffled that NONE of the religion is featured in this remake.

I'm baffled that some people can't judge a movie on its own merits without looking at the source material or the director's previous films.

If I didn't even think Infernal Affairs was that incredibly amazing, what makes you think I'll go gaga over Departed, even discounting the fact that I saw the source film?

And if this is your first ever Scorsese film and you think it's the best film ever, then it's no one else's fault that you are ignorant of cinema.

If this is directed at my comment, it's misplaced. My original comment was inspired by reading numerous reviews and other comments that almost always compare The Departed to Infernal Affairs and Goodfellas. That's what I don't understand - why someone can't just view Scorsese's film on its own without trying to make useless comparisons.

As for whether you enjoyed Infernal Affairs, I don't think it matters in regards to your opinion of The Departed. Has there never been a film in the history of cinema that had been based on another film that you didn't enjoy more than its source?

I don't think I'll even respond to your last sentence because it's mean-spirited and irrelevant.

People will always compare, it's just the way it works.

Though for the most part, save for a few die hards, people have tended to comment on The Departed standing on its own, and then mentioned it in relation to IA.

I guess I'm lucky in that I haven't seen Internal Affairs yet, so I was able to judge The Departed on its own merits.

It's a general "you", not directed at any poster in particular.

Patman You think Your lucky because you haven't seen one of the best Hk movies of the last few years? But that was the problem with the depated for me, since I have seen IA, the movie just didn't have the WOW effect since I have seen this movie b4, but it was still good.anyone who liked this should really see IA, and see how much credit is due to that movie.(that it will never get)

And why does every movie have to have depth?

I think Scorsese was really just going for a straight genre filck, not unlile Cape Fear, but this one was a more successful attempt at one. Does it rank among his best films? Of course not - but it doesn't need to be counted among his best films in order to be good and entertaining.

It'll get more credit now out of curiosity than it would have sitting on the shelf at Blockbuster with it's uber-generic cover (thanks Weinsteins) and, let's face it, lame translated title, which many still probably think is a misspelling.

No, I just expect more from Scorsese. But then I skipped his last two films exactly because I just couldn't be bothered.