The Departed

[Miguel]

Re: The Departed

gotto say was impress by dicaprio's acting .... damons role is the shit !!!! as well as wharlberg's .... cool jack , well
the way the story develops had me glued to the screen all the way ... but im still trying to work the ending
3/5

[Jibgolly]

Re: The Departed

finally saw it. really liked it. dicapprio and damon played their parts brilliantly.

[man_who_wasnt_there]

Re: The Departed

After the numerous amount of times (and years) Scorsese should have won both these awards why the hell when accepting them would he bang on about another film just because they share the same script / storyline (referring to anyone thinking about IA).

I highly doubt IA influenced Scorsese's vision for his own version.

[Shpira]

Re: The Departed

have you actually seen infernal affairs

[man_who_wasnt_there]

Re: The Departed

Yeah back when it was released (in 2002) plus the sequel and prequel which will no doubtably follow again as more US remakes.

All 3 here...

Infernal Affairs (2002)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338564/

Infernal Affairs II (2003)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369060/

Infernal Affairs III (2003)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374339/

You can always check out the timeline version which runs at around 5.5 hours in sequence.

[Shpira]

Re: The Departed

I haven't seen it but I heard that the Departed was basicaly an exact replica?

[man_who_wasnt_there]

Re: The Departed

No, far from it, read my comments again.

*Now knowing I'm on about the first take of this film* Not a remake IMO.

[Shpira]

Re: The Departed

well he might feel a bit guilty or wants to shut up anyone who wanted to say anything bad about the departed? don't know...
OK, so is infernal affairs any good then?

[man_who_wasnt_there]

Re: The Departed

Yes if you drop the petty love scenes which were reflected more nessiceraly (if neeeded at all) in 'The Departed'.

And check those fuckin skylines, which if Scorsese had recreated would have been shot for as a straight ripoff.

[Jenks]

Re: The Departed

I haven't seen it but I heard that the Departed was basicaly an exact replica?

an exact replica?

[Jay Fury]

Re: The Departed

Great movie, but it was WAY TOO HYPED up.

[Kamal]

Re: The Departed

Just caught it a couple of days ago. Agreed that the movie is brilliantly made, there are moments in the flick where the "anticipation" of the scene really gets you, but as mentioned above, it's not really as good as all the hype that its getting.

This is the second movie in which I really really like Leonardo - he is beyond amazing in Blood Diamond.

I was very impressed with Damon too, he pulls off the Suck-up squirm my way to the top Cop really well.

The 2 disappointing roles were both Wahlberg and Nicholson. Wahlhberg I felt overacted the "prick" too much. And Nicholson, oh man how much can 1 person play the same drugged out personality in virtually every other flick. Through each passing second he was on screen, he reminded me more and more of his role where he plays the OCD riddled writer (forget the name now)

But its still a very good movie overall.

[Jenks]

Re: The Departed

not to be overlooked: Alec Baldwin's role. Loved him in that movie. He plays those kind of parts better than most. Nailed it.

[res0nat0r]

Re: The Departed

^^ahh he was such a smartass prick in this movie. he does a great job at that.

"hey do you smoke? dont smoke eh? go fuck yerself"

[Huggie Smiles]

Re: The Departed

Just seen it - excellent movie all round - highly recomendd it.

{apart from Wahlberg who was complete shit - his acting just wasnt believable. Wooden. Ironic seeing as he is in fact from south Boston ! ha!}

superb stuff