that character is in the first one (and I belive the second one also) but she wasn't in it that much.

There are 3 females in IA. The psychiatrist only 'hooks up' with Leung. He also meets an old flame in a scene which completely disrupts the flow (this maybe explained in IA2 or 3, which I've yet to see). Like Damon, Lau moves in to a new place with his girl, but she's a writer and their relationship exists way before the movie's timeline.

I believe Jack used a Motorola.

Scene where DiCaprio rips the hat rack off the wall and stomps the hell out of those two mobsters sold it for me. One, you buy that Nicholson would believe DiCaprio is not a cop and two, you buy DiCaprio as a physical threat. As good as Gangs of New York and The Aviator are, they are limited by DiCaprio's boyishness; in The Departed, there is no such limitation.

The language in this film is reminiscent of Full Metal Jacket: turning profanity into sort of an art.

Loved the music (especially Van Morrison's cover of "Comfortably Numb"), loved the cinematography (Michael Ballhaus is a better fit for Scorsese, I think, than Robert Richardson) and loved the core premise (I have not been that tense throughout a movie, living and dying with the characters, in a long time).

I think I saw a 555. . .

The scene where Leo and Damon

was awesome.

Few comments about the flick (saw it Monday afternoon), and will comment more later if someone would tell me how to use the spoiler tag....

-As someone who is getting increasingly annoyed at every piece of dreck of a movie being greenlit, I loved having a movie with such teeth to look forward to, and, aside from getting a little lost in the beginning with the fast dialogue setting up the story, I loved it and look forward to seeing it again on my next Monday off where I can get to a matinae showing so I can flesh out what I might have missed.
-As far as the accents, I thought that Leo and Jack emphasized the Boston accents early to set environment and mood and then gradually laxed into their usual dialect where Marky Mark and Matty Damon seemed to put their natural accent into pure overdrive.
-Being a New Englandah, I loved all the local touches, and I loved that the out of territory mobsters were from Providence (where I was born and bred). As mentioned before, I also liked how the proper area code (617) was used on the cell phones.
-I think the amount of movies Ive taken in the last 5-10 years have desensitsed me to the extreme violence (also, the thought that I know that in real life, these people will clean themselves off and get to see another day). The language, on the other hand, was a touch dissarming, although I will grant that it was necessary considering the hardcore nature of what the subject matter was. Although, no matter how old I get, I will never grow content hearing the "n" word in conversation.

I have my own take and complainted about the ending. Once again, can some1 tell me how to use the spoler tag?

[spoiler*]Vader is Luke's father.[/spoiler*]

Remove the asterisks, and you have:

Can someone use the spoiler tags to describe some of the violent stuff that went on in this movie? Just how violent is this compared to say, Casino or Goodfellas?

Do we see anyone's eyes get squeezed out by a vice per se, or a dude getting whacked to death with aluminum bats?

List the violent scenes in The Departed.

For those worried that THE DEPARTED might be too "gory", don't worry. The violence is in the shock value of each act and not in the actual blood/gore shown on screen. It is, IMO, no more "bloody" than GoodFellas or Casino.

I saw this last night and have to give it a B+ as far as Scorcese's work goes. It's actually an A+ compared to everything else we've seen at the movies in 2006, but historically speaking (i.e. how we'll look at it 5 or 10 years down the road), it's a solid B+ movie.

I hope Marty finally gets his directing Oscar for this one (ironically, he might be going up against Clint Eastwood AGAIN!). My only fear is that the movie isn't cinematically gorgeous (as The Aviator was) nor is there a lot of fancy camerawork - so I'm worried that Hollywood might not see how brilliantly directed THE DEPARTED actually is.

I agree with several of the previous posters that wish the ending was a little MORE ambiguous. I wish we could have gotten more of a "Mystic River" like ending than the much darker one Scorcese gives us here. I think the film loses a lot of its "replay" value, and manages to suck all sense of "hope" out of the audience. Not to say that isn't what Marty was shooting for...it's just not the choice I would have made...

this might have been mentioned but I thought Mark Wahlberg stole nearly scene he was in - he had such classic funny lines.

I really enjoyed the acting in this flick, first movie where I bought Leo as someone other than... Leo.

I agree...I figured most would be making "Marky Mark" jokes, but he was really good in this picture...as was almost everyone else. Leo continues to prove that he's on his way to becoming a legendary actor, and I think Matt Damon might get his first Best Actor win (well deserved - his perfomance and accent were spot-on)...he certainly should get his second nomination.

Agreed - Wahlberg's performance stuck with me more than the others. One of his best roles to date.

"I'm the guy who does his job."

"You must be the other guy."


(I think I got that right)

I'll chime in and agree with the majority that loved this film. I saw it three days ago and I'm still playing it in my head. All the performances were perfect IMO, and I have to say that the editing was also great. To keep track of all those characters interacting with each other yet never apearing on screen together was pulled off seemlessly.

I'm also in agreement that Mark Wahlberg stole every scene he was in. I never cared for his music but I love him as an actor. I've enjoyed him in everything he's been in.

What was in the box that J.Nicholson gave Matt in the back of the car when he graduated from the academy?

Was it

I have a question. What did DiCaprio's character give to the shrink in the envelope? I assume it was evidence implicating Damon's character. And, did she pass it along to Whalberg's character and we just didn't see it in the movie?

Really enjoyed the flick. Probably one of the, if not the best, I've seen this year.

your'e right - it's also featured prominently in HBO's First Look episode for the film.

my friend and I who saw Infernal Affairs I and II (we didn't stay to see III) at the Palm Springs International Film Festival thought we remember the character in IF actually open the letter. That whole part is vague in my memory, but it seems trunscated for the Hollywood version.

Saw this last night, overall the movie was pretty freakin fantastic, but I think it did fall apart at the end.



The movie was close to perfection until the last 20 minutes, then it felt like I was watching someone trying to recreate a Tarintino film.

Am I totally off base or was this film intended to be more of a dark comedy?

Leo was the bright spot for me in this movie. I usually cant buy him as an adult in any other film, but he played one hell of a tough guy in this one. Oscar worthy material, which is hard for me to say given the usual dislike I have for him.

The rest of the cast was great as well, all except for Damon. I dont believe his acting was bad by any means, but I felt his character was a little underwritten.

I think many of Scorsesci's movies (especially the gangster ones) are dark comedies in some way (mainly in hearing all the ways Joe Peci can swear and him beating up people while swearing) I don't know, maybe its just me.

I'll agree partly with that. I never get too emotionally involved with them and can always let out a chuckle here and there.

The more I look back on this movie the more problems I seem to have with it. Something about it just doesnt feel right.

I think what is bothering me is that it almost seems like two seperate movies within itself. The tone of the movie just seems all over the place.

The scenes involving Leo were some really fantastic, hard hitting, gritty drama that most have come to expect with these type of Scosese films.

The scenes with Damon on the other hand felt more like something out of Ocean's 11. A more light hearted con story than a serious drama. Whenever it was dealing with Damon, it was one joke after another from either Wahlberg, Baldwin, or Nicholson. As soon as it jumped back to Leo, the film seemed to go back to the hard nosed, intense crime drama.

Seems like the actors weren't always on the same page with the material, or perhaps Leo just brought out a better/different performance from everyone else.

Either way I need to see this movie a few more times, because at the moment I cant decide if I love this movie, or if I dislike it.

w/ all the Boston accents, I thought this spelling was more appropriate for the flick...