View Poll Results: "The Departed" VS. "Infernal Affairs"
I saw IA first and liked IA better
44
40.37%
I saw IA first and liked Departed better
25
22.94%
I liked them equally
5
4.59%
I saw Departed first and liked IA better
3
2.75%
I saw Departed first and liked Departed better
15
13.76%
I have only seen one of them
17
15.60%
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The Departed Infernal Affairs Poll
12-03-06 | 04:24 AM
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I saw the Departed first and I thought it blew the original out of the water. Characters were developed better, plot points were fleshed out, the performances were far batter, there was more humour and better dialogue and it was overall more entertaining. The funny thing about Infernal Affairs is that no matter how much the directors of that film try to dismiss The Departed as "that american remake", Infernal Affairs feels much more "Hollywood" in its presentation.
12-03-06 | 08:16 AM
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I've only seen one of them and I liked it better.
12-03-06 | 02:05 PM
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I saw IA first, but liked Departed better. The tension and paranoia was so much more palpable. Maybe if I saw the whole IA trilogy I'd feel different, but the characters in IA were difficult to empathize with.
12-04-06 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by GrimTangent
I saw IA first, but liked Departed better. The tension and paranoia was so much more palpable. Maybe if I saw the whole IA trilogy I'd feel different, but the characters in IA were difficult to empathize with.
Same here, I also like the Departed ending better...
05-31-11 | 12:43 AM
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I saw The Departed first, really liked DiCaprio's performance, but didn't like the overly obvious symbolism of the ending.
Heard alot about Infernal Affairs and was expecting it to be better. Although I liked it, I felt The Departed was much, much better.
Heard alot about Infernal Affairs and was expecting it to be better. Although I liked it, I felt The Departed was much, much better.
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05-31-11 | 05:19 AM
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Saw IA first, then watched The Departed. Didn't like it.
IA is easily one of my favorite films.
IA is easily one of my favorite films.
05-31-11 | 06:14 AM
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I like them equally (I saw The Departed first). IA turned me into an Anthony Wong fan too. He really needs better roles, though.
The Departed feels more epic in scope while IA seems more intimate in the way it's shot.
The Departed feels more epic in scope while IA seems more intimate in the way it's shot.
05-31-11 | 09:14 AM
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Saw IA first, thought Departed was much better.
05-31-11 | 09:21 AM
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Re: The Departed Infernal Affairs Poll
For me, it's 2 sides of the same coin. I liked one more than the other for several reasons, many Brayzie pointed out. Don't see one being all out better than the other.
05-31-11 | 10:36 AM
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Re: The Departed Infernal Affairs Poll
Like them both, but I didn't really like Nicholson's performance here; it just took me out of the flow a bit most times he appeared. So I give the edge to IA.
05-31-11 | 01:26 PM
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THE DEPARTED had Leonardo "furrowed brow" Di Caprio in it. Automatic deal-killer. Even if it had the best script in the world, it would have still been dead in the water for me as long as Di Caprio was in it.
05-31-11 | 03:06 PM
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"The Departed' is the product of the greatest living director and "Infernal Affairs" is an above-average Michael Mann wannabe at best. Scorsese took an interesting premise and executed it in a much better way.
Chinese audiences are bound to get sick of seeing cheap Hollywood knockoffs so when somebody comes close to a Hollywood-level production they get all the breaks in the world. I'm sure its very exciting to see a local production on that scale when thats what you're used to but its not terribly exciting for an American. Then there's the pretentious "if it's subtitled its better" mentality in English-speaking countries.
Chinese audiences are bound to get sick of seeing cheap Hollywood knockoffs so when somebody comes close to a Hollywood-level production they get all the breaks in the world. I'm sure its very exciting to see a local production on that scale when thats what you're used to but its not terribly exciting for an American. Then there's the pretentious "if it's subtitled its better" mentality in English-speaking countries.
05-31-11 | 03:27 PM
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Well, gimme clear-cut "GOOD GUYS AND BAD GUYS" any day over complex and far more interesting moral "gray areas". At least you didn't resort to using the word "pretent--
Then there's the pretentious "if it's subtitled its better" mentality in English-speaking countries.
