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Posted by Jared Thornton (Member # 3580) on 10-06-2006, 05:45 AM:
 
I don't want to ruin the film for anyone so I'll keep this review spoiler free.

All I can say about this film is WOW what an amazing piece of film making. This is by far and without a doubt the best film I've seen this year, possibly this decade . Scorsese is back in his element and it really came through in a big, big way. I normally don't like recommending films but this one is a definite must see.

***** five stars out of five
 

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Posted by Edwin Sheldon (Member # 4001) on 10-06-2006, 06:46 AM:
 
That's what I wanted to hear. Our local film truck delivered our prints late YET AGAIN, so I missed the pre-screening. I'll have to catch it before work sometime this weekend.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-06-2006, 07:04 AM:
 
This one isn't worth 5 out of 5, and it certainly isn't the best film of the decade, but it was pretty good. My beefs with the movie are that the first half hour was too slow to get going, and there was no reason to put all of the big name actors in it. For example, every time Alec Baldwin or Martin Sheen appeared on screen it seemed so out of place that it brought me out of the movie thinking "well we gave Alec Baldwin a few lines so now we can advertise him as starring in the movie".

Leonardo DiCaprio was very good. Matt Damon was as good as I've ever seen him. Jack Nicholson seemed out of place at first, but ended up making the role work well for him. Mark Wahlberg's performance worked, but it would've been much more effective had it been given to Peter Sarsgaard. Then there is Alec Baldwin...ugh! I think he forgot how to act.

The sound mix wasn't anything to write home about, and there were a few sequences here and there that had some sloppy sound mixing on it, but oh well. It's still a movie worth seeing in the theater.

4 out of 5 stars
 

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Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 10-06-2006, 12:22 PM:
 
I did not like the ending. Other than that it is good.
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 10-07-2006, 01:00 AM:
 
Excellent film. I had been looking forward to this for a while and it did not disappoint. I can pretty much echo Brad's comments above. This is one of the best films released this year.
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 10-07-2006, 06:56 PM:
 
I liked this film quite a bit, but I was disappointed. I thought that with Scorsese at the helm and with the cast they had, it would surely be better than the original movie. Sadly, it wasn't. This one tried too hard to add depth to the characters. But the other movie had that depth, too. It was just more implicit. The new one takes an extra 45 minutes to spell everything out when it doesn't need to.

Also, wouldn't William Shatner have been great in Alec Baldwin's role?
 

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Posted by Dennis Benjamin (Member # 1137) on 10-07-2006, 09:34 PM:
 

quote: Mike Schindler

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I liked this film quite a bit, but I was disappointed. I thought that with Scorsese at the helm and with the cast they had, it would surely be better than the original movie.

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I guess you are meaning "Infernal Affairs". You ever noticed that we Americans rip off, err, I mean borrow the plots from a lot of films coming out of Hong Kong and the Far East? Funny part is - it's usually our great directors doing it. "The Departed" will probably go on to get nominated for best picture. It won't get nominated for best original screenplay - that's for sure. But this is why there are sooo many films in my personal collection that are imported from Hong Kong.


 

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Posted by Chad Souder (Member # 343) on 10-07-2006, 09:52 PM:
 
I liked this movie quite a bit and I liked the job most of the actors did. I think the reason for the cast selection might be that it ended up being a who's who of outspoken, liberal hollywood (Wahlberg possibly excluded). Alec Baldwin seems to love playing the stupid, conservative prick. He's best energy was when he delivered the line about the Patriot Act. I think those guys are kind of a tight-knit group and that may have something to do with the assembly of this cast, but I completely agree with Brad. It was more of a distraction than anything.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-07-2006, 10:25 PM:
 
William Shatner would have been AWESOME in Alec Baldwin's role!
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 10-08-2006, 01:13 AM:
 
I'm sorry to rain on anyone's fashionable Hong Kong celebratory parade, but that whole industry of film-think is very much badly over-rated.

John Woo is chiefly among the culprits there. Granted, the guy can give you a movie with as many variations as possible on the slow-mo over-gradisose entrance ala isn't my character's dick 12 miles long kind of manneristic bullshit sort of thing.

But that does not build up to a decent movie. Need I mention Windtalkers? Nuff said on that whole Hong Kong movie making thing is great sort of thing. Overrated. Blah.

Now, concerning The Departed:

I liked it. I never watched Infernal Affairs and considering the way I've been pissed off by the bullshit filmmaking of so many other Hong Kong crime saga movies I have little desire to see it.

This movie isn't nearly as good as Goodfellas or even Casino for that matter. But it is still made for an enjoyable night at the movies.

quote: Chris Hipp

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I did not like the ending. Other than that it is good.

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quote: Bobby Henderson

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The shots are damned loud in real life. Without ear plugs or muffs your ears will be left ringing and feeling like they're filled with cotton.

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quote: Edwin Sheldon

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I was especially impressed with Mark Walberg, since this is the first time in history I have not completely despised him for ruining another otherwise decent movie with his horrid acting.

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• Jack Nicholson
• Matt Damon
• Alec Baldwin

I could not get past the issue of these well-known "stars" acting. Jack Nicholson? Give me a break. He's a total parody of himself now and nothing but a distraction. He ruins every scene he's in because he's Jack Nicholson doing his schtick. I guess I'm the only one who's tired of his shit-eating grin. Leonardo DiCaprio was OK, he gets a pass. The way the movie is structured is like "I'm so smart, look at me". I left after about an hour and I wasn't the only one who walked out (though I suspect others had different reasons).
This is a big-budget Hollywoodized piece of shit.
A total waste. * out of ***** (for the first hour anyway).
Regal Cinema World 8 in Eugene. Show started 10 mins. late, with countdown leader projected on the screen, raggedy-assed assembly of the rolling stock, and too many trailers. Feature looked good (for the first hour at least).

[ 10-08-2006, 06:33 PM: Message edited by: David Stambaugh ]
 

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Posted by Greg Mueller (Member # 17) on 10-08-2006, 06:22 PM:
 
Best movie I've seen in a long long time.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-08-2006, 06:45 PM:
 
Sorry David. You are required by law to like this movie otherwise you are communist. Actually no you're not. You're a terrorist (this is more up to date than 'communist'). Yeah! Personally I refuse to see the movie because it looks boring as all hell.
 

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Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 10-08-2006, 06:53 PM:
 
As long as I'm ragging on this thing, did anyone notice the boom mic hanging down too low in one of the early scenes where the cops are meeting in the conference room? The microphone was dangling at least a foot into the top of the image. Not just for a split second either. This turd is in scope so you couldn't frame it out if you wanted to. Half the audience was pointing at it: "Look, a microphone!". WTF??!!
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-08-2006, 09:29 PM:
 
Did ANYONE feel Alec Baldwin gave a good performance or had any reason to be in this movie?
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 10-08-2006, 09:46 PM:
 
It's funny you should say that, because in the original, Baldwin's character and Sheen's character were combined into one. It kind of perfectly sums up why THE DEPARTED is inferior to INFERNAL AFFAIRS. It's needlessly complex. That, and the ending's not nearly as good.
 

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Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 10-08-2006, 10:10 PM:
 
Alec Baldwin and Martin Sheen are well known leftists who are actively working to destroy the fabric of america (film), so it doesn't surprise me that they would suck so bad, and take much of this movie with them.

Too bad for Scorsese though. If his film career doesn't take off I guess he is short enough to be a jockey or something.

Ciao
 

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Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 10-09-2006, 10:14 AM:
 
This one was GOOD! Best I've seen in quite awhile. Great performances all around, making it very difficult to single out anyone. Nicholson is terrific, as usual. The little rat-face thing he did was great. I also enjoyed Mark Wahlberg's character.

I have to disagree with Brad about Alec Baldwin. I thought he was quite good in the role, and his tendency to overact was actually toned down a bit. This was very much like his role in Glengarry Glen Ross, which was the best he's ever done. (But then, that was a Mamet script, and it was made for him.)

Speaking of Mamet, I thought the screenplay was terrific, but that script just cried out to be by David Mamet. Adding his rhythmic dialog to that cast would have been fun. Scorsese/Mamet would be a great collaboration.

The film was a bit too long and also a bit confusing at times. You really have to pay attention to everything that is going on to stay abreast of things. Wife was very confused by some of the twists near the end.

Ending was great, and quite unexpected.

While not in the same league as GOODFELLAS or RAGING BULL, this is a classic Scorsese package that is very entertaining. Glad to see it doing well.

Could see a few Oscar nominations, but might have been released a bit too early. Possibilities for Wahlberg, DiCaprio and Damon.

Rating 3.25 out of 4, with .75 deducted for some lack of clarity and over-length.
 

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Posted by Chad Souder (Member # 343) on 10-09-2006, 09:19 PM:
 
I forgot earlier to give special mention to the inclusion of Van Morrison's version of "Comfortably Numb" from The Wall: Live in Berlin . I'm a sucker for a good song in a trailer (why I want to now see "300") and that is the first reason I wanted to see this movie. I'm glad they played the song in the movie, too, as leaving it out would really have pissed me off.
 

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Posted by Edwin Sheldon (Member # 4001) on 10-10-2006, 04:11 AM:
 
Good rendition of a great song.
 

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Posted by Anslem Rayburn (Member # 1267) on 10-10-2006, 05:29 AM:
 

quote: David Stambaugh

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I could not get past the issue of these well-known "stars" acting. Jack Nicholson? Give me a break. He's a total parody of himself now and nothing but a distraction. He ruins every scene he's in because he's Jack Nicholson doing his schtick. I guess I'm the only one who's tired of his shit-eating grin.

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quote: Chad Souder

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I'm a sucker for a good song in a trailer (why I want to now see "300")

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The trailer for 300 looks cool; however, I think they chopped up the Nine Inch Nails instrumental Just Like You Imagined (from the first CD of the 2-disc album The Fragile). So far I think the best treatment I've seen of that tune in an advertisement was in the trailer for the NIN concert video And All That Could Have Been. It wasn't all cut to ribbons and such like it was in the trailer for 300.

One big problem is most movies have music in their trailers that is not featured in the movie itself, and is often derived from other movies.

Sometimes I'll see a movie which seems to have a good trailer, but then the movie itself is a real piece of shit. Freejack had a pretty decent trailer and a heavy tune from Public Image Limited. Anthony Hopkins was also coming off the heels of his Oscar win for Silence of the Lambs. But man, Freejack was a real dog.

Also beware of any movie that uses the phrase "featuring original songs by..." in its advertisements. If they're going out of their way to push the soundtrack then the movie itself may be crap.

Now, in the case of The Departed much of the music featured in the movie trailer was actually used in the movie. That doesn't seem very common these days.
 

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Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 10-10-2006, 08:02 PM:
 
I usually like Jack Nicholson, can't remember not liking anything I've ever seen him in. But something about him in this movie, I dunno. I never thought it was a character in a story, just Jack Nicholson hamming it up. Maybe I'll give it another try sometime.
 

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Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 10-12-2006, 04:15 AM:
 


best 2006 release I've seen thus far
 

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Posted by Pravin Ratnam (Member # 1417) on 10-13-2006, 02:11 AM:
 
I enjoyed the movie. Looks like Perimeter Pointe 10 in Atlanta has improved it's presentation in their biggest auditorium(8).

I enjoyed the movie. It wasn't in the same leaague as Goodfellas or Casino, but it is nice to see Scorsese just make a fun gangster movie after his recent oscar bait movies.

Dave, what the hell was up with that silly "Sheen is leftist and so he can't act comment"?(no need to reply. you can update your original post with a comment if you want to avoid taking this thread off on a tangent).

Mini Spoiler :
I liked some of the events in the final 15 min. But I was disappointed how one of the characters just disappears in the final act and then shows up predictably later.
 

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Posted by John Koutsoumis (Member # 1855) on 10-17-2006, 07:46 PM:
 
"Infernal Affairs" was a bore. Not a good example of films that come out of Hong Kong. There is also "Infernal Affairs" 2 & 3 which I have not yet checked out.
But I prefer Hong Kong films the most compared to the American versions for they have more style and the characters are more simple but at the same time have more emotion in them (in that Hong Kong kind of way).
Also the prints are better quality too.
And no I don't like John Woo films.

I will be checking this one out but I will wait for the DVD unless I see it second run here at The Astor Theatre.

Apart from "Taxi Driver" i'm no big fan of Martin Scorsese.
"Goodfellas" is way too overrated and as for "Casino"
... i gave up after an hour or so .
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 10-20-2006, 03:16 PM:
 
Last night, I watched The Departed again at the Carmike 8 in Lawton, to check out the show in its digital cinema version. I had seen the movie previously in 35mm DTS at the same theater before its conversion to Christie/AIX D-Cinema systems.

In doing some searching after noticing some soft details in the 35mm version, I found The Departed was indeed a 2K digital intermediate treated film. The movie was originally shot in spherical Super35, which isn't as sharp in native resolution as anamorphic 'scope. The 35mm release prints were getting no more actual detail than their D-Cinema counterparts. I think an anamorphic photographed 35mm movie not put through a 2K DI would have considerably more detail in its release prints.

Did anyone else notice some of the blood splatter effects looking a little CGI-ish? Certain characters getting shot in the head or chest had blood spouting out in a somewhat cartoonish way. It would be pretty difficult to handle that effect using a "practical" technique. There isn't any of that more realistic looking "red mist." The practical behind-the-head exit wound splatter still works though. Sorry to sound morbid. But then this is a Scorsese mob flick. I just found the cartoony stuff a bit distracting, almost Monty Python-esque.

How did the D-cinema version look? Pretty good. The video stream was JPEG2000 at 2048 X 858 pixels. I didn't think it looked any sharper than the 35mm version. However, the digital projected version had an absolutely steady image. The film version wasn't jumping all over the place, but a little side weave and other slight movement was present. A high quality, well maintained film projector showing a print with no damange can achieve much of the same thing, but you don't get that in most multiplex environments. The digital version seemed more evenly bright across the frame. On the downside, I had this wierd feeling that I was watching something more like a DVD. Granted, this show is running around 25 times the bitrate of a DVD.

One think I really liked: no CAP code chicken pox. My understanding is these digital cinema systems use some sort of nearly invisible watermarking much different from CRAP code.

The LPCM 5.1 audio was also a noticeable improvement above DTS. However, I think the better capability of this audio track did more to expose flaws in the original dialog recordings. When Dignam (Mark Whalberg) and Queenan (Martin Sheen) first interview Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) there is a slightly fuzzy, sibilant quality to their voices. Some of the other dialog didn't sound like it was recorded too well either, compared to other elements of the audio track. In another scene, which may be an error in how this LPCM 5.1 track was encoded, Alec Baldwin is talking to a bunch of agents conducting surveillance over a meeting of bad guys near the docks. His speech echoed kind of wierdly in the surrounds. I don't remember hearing that in the DTS track. Overall, The Departed has a surprisingly subdued mix. The movie trailers preceeding the feature were a bit louder and more dynamic (but not shrill like those horribly overdriven optical tracks on many 35mm movie trailers).

A pretty cool Christie Projection trailer played before the movie. It's not as blood pumping as the best THX and Dolby Digital snipes, but still cool to watch. I don't think the Carmike theater has any of those Texas Instruments DLP snipes yet (although they do play on the small LCD TV screens at the concessions counter).
 

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Posted by Richard Greco (Member # 2032) on 11-25-2006, 10:02 AM:
 
Definately a must watch in the theatre. I'm thinking of seeing it again either tonight or tomorrow. I agree with most of people about this film. Scorcese is an amazing director and this film didn't fail to please.
 

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Posted by Kyle Anderson (Member # 3504) on 11-26-2006, 12:13 AM:
 
We picked up the DLP trailer a couple weeks back; people like it, and so do I! (especially with >9kW sound behind it)
 

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Posted by Christian Appelt (Member # 1067) on 02-05-2007, 08:47 AM:
 
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AUTHOR FAILED TO DENOTE SPOILERS AHEAD IN HIS REVIEW
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THEATRE: CineStar Metropolis #1, Frankfurt, Germany
DATE: Feb. 4, 7:30 PM
PRESENTATION: trailers and pre-show ads out of framing and with some dirt. Main feature in perfect condition, framing, sound & focus OK. Screen image slightly shifted to the right creating a black shadow on the left and image on the masking on the right.
Washed-out contrast, not sure whether this was on account of the inferior print or a problem with the anamorphic lens.

An entertaining movie, well-acted and with a surprise ending.
The audience was very quiet and concentrated, some were really shocked when DiCaprio was killed. Not because he was, but because it happened almost casual, one killing of many before and after it.

They hired Nicholson to play what he plays best, so I guess it would be unfair to blame him for a predictable performance. You don't criticize John Wayne for playing his usual character because that's what made him a star. Might have been interesting to have had another less typecast actor in the role.

Not a Scorsese classic, but a solid piece of filmmaking, except for the uninspired style of cinematography. It has been argued that this style underlines the realism of the story, but since Scorsese always ends up doing opera-like movies on a big canvas, I do not think more dramatic photography would have hurt.

Oh, and of course the movie was f***ed up by the usual inferior dupe/release printing for the German market, every long shot lacked detail, even the closeups looked soft. Super-35 plus DI plus shitty printing - but hey, since the run a trailer campaign around here with the tag line CINEMA - THE PLACE FOR WHICH MOVIES ARE MADE (in German: Kino - dafür werden Filme gemacht), so the major distributors can keep turning out grainy, out-of-focus, unsteady mass prints. (

[ 02-05-2007, 01:44 PM: Message edited by: Brad Miller ]
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 02-05-2007, 09:47 AM:
 

quote: Christian Appelt

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some were really shocked when...

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How do you say **SPOILERS AHEAD** in German?

[ 02-05-2007, 01:44 PM: Message edited by: Brad Miller ]
 

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Posted by Robin Dorking (Member # 460) on 02-06-2007, 11:13 AM:
 
I don't know why everybody raves about this film.

It's not an original idea.

The film that it was based on is 1000% better!

Since Goodfellas, Scorsese has gone down hill in my opinion.

Just think of Gangs of New York
 

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Posted by Christian Appelt (Member # 1067) on 02-06-2007, 02:07 PM:
 

quote: John Wilson

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How do you say **SPOILERS AHEAD** in German?

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Thanks for editing my message!
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 02-06-2007, 09:26 PM:
 
I really didn't like Matt in this one... Leo is growing on me, I enjoyed his performance but I wish there was a better ending. Slow pacing but oh well still a decent movie overall.

out of 5
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 02-07-2007, 12:29 PM:
 
Jen, if you want a better ending, check out INFERNAL AFFAIRS.
 

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Posted by Edwin Sheldon (Member # 4001) on 02-08-2007, 01:23 PM:
 
Infernal Affairs' ending was indeed much better than The Departed's.
 

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Posted by Gerard S. Cohen (Member # 994) on 02-09-2007, 04:51 PM:
 
What I liked most in this film was the glorious rendition of the aria "Chi mi frena en tal momento" (What restrains me in this moment) which Edgardo sings in the sextet from Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammamoor." [Scorsese's use was not the first--Paul muni whistled it in Howard Hawks' "Scarface.]

This aria, heard also on the cellphome which connects the double agents, applies to many taught moments of action where the characters face death. While we don't hear the lyrics, they include:
Chi mi frena, in tal momento?
Chi tronco del ire il corso
Il suo duolo, il suospavento
Son la prova d'un rimorso!...
Ma qual rosa inaridita
Ella sta fra morte e vita!
Io son vinto...son cammosso
T'amo, ingrata, t'amo ancor!

But the passion and the mob this time are not of the Italian Mafia, but the Boston Irish gang. And the emotion is not so much jealousy over a woman as a drive for power, control, and "rep."

Though I recognize the tight action, skillful editing and dramatic acting, I did not like this film. I am not a fan of counter-spy plots of double agents, nor of barroom violence and shoot-em-up gunplay. So I didn't care much for the back-and-forth good-guys/bad guys search for the mole, though I noted the "cute" presence of the rat scampering across the bottom of the credits at the film's end.

At the Cinemart in Forest Hills. No pre-feature adverts. or trailers (Thankfully.) Two or more reels had a fixed vertical emulsion scratch a bit left of center, and the surround was heard from only one speaker, rear right.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-04-2007, 04:08 AM:
 
I just watched this movie on the spectacular DVD format which is way better than 35mm film and that has been scientifically proven by Stephen Hawking and Bill Cosby. The only way this movie could look better is if it were shot on DVD in the first place instead of wimpy film. Maybe on The Departed 2: The Returned (soon in production starring Marky Mark and his Funky Bunch).

Anyway you're probably wondering what I thought of this move, right? I 100% guarantee that you are, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this. Well it was entertaining, but it's not something that lends itself to multiple viewings. In fact I don't think I'll ever have any desire to watch it again. All of the cell phones in the movie pissed me off. I felt like I was watching a commercial about how cell phones make the world work. Alec Baldwin also pissed me off. I was not warned that he was in this. What a piece of shit actor he is. How dare he. That old guy from that lame president show was also in here, not sure why. Matt Damon didn't have to act too much. You know that scene where he "couldn't get it up"? Well many of my spies tell me that happens all the time to the real Matt Damon. So that scene was just natural for him. No wonder he didn't win an Oscar. The story wasn't tremendously interesting and I got sick of hearing song after song after song... especially during the beginning. And why use the shitty Van Morrison version of "Comfortably Numb"? It was wretched. No wonder Van Morrison didn't win the Oscar for best song.

Best movie of the year? Possibly, but that really isn't saying much.
 

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Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 03-04-2007, 04:43 AM:
 
I think it is a pretty mediocre film. Just celebrated a little because of all the famous actors and the once fabulous, but long spent, but still famous director, and because there haven't been really all that many (if any) really interesting and remarkable movies recently, so they just needed something that they could somehow celebrate as a "masterpiece".

I am really tired of watching pampered Hollywood stars play "tough guys" from the "mean streets". There wasn't really much acting in that film, actually, more a lot of parading around. Good thing it didn't have De Niro and/or Pacino in it. Then I would have puked.

Scorsese was once a director of revolutionary vision and style who created some real classics of American cinema by fusing nouvelle vague elements with contemporary and socially relevant themes, and a few other still very good and entertaining movies, but now he seems tired and empty, even a parody of himself in some elements (such as the use of Italian opera, once a highly original and stylish idea in "Raging Bull", now just lame). A shame.
 

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Posted by Dustin Mitchell (Member # 372) on 03-04-2007, 05:04 AM:
 
I have to agree with Micheal. I honestly don't see what all the fuss was about. I personally though The Prestige, just as an example, was one of many better movies this year, both from a technical standpoint and from an audience enjoyment standpoint.
 

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Posted by Rob Ferreira (Member # 3406) on 03-04-2007, 06:48 PM:
 
The Departed was the best movie of 2006, without a doubt - which could be why the Academy gave it the best picture Oscar.

Everything about this movie (except for a few very noticeable continuity gaffes) was great - the script, acting, and cinematography was excellent. Despite several what several of you detractors believe, I think that having this big of "name" cast helped the movie along. Although I have never been a fan of Alec Baldwin, I think his part in this movie was great. Mark Wahlberg is my favorite actor, because almost every movie he has every made is just that great. (Aside from the unspeakable Planet of the Apes remake.) DiCaprio is one of the best actors of this generation, and he proves once again why he is a (now) three-time Oscar nominee.

The ending was perfect, and I don't see for one second how people found the film hard to follow. For those who didn't like it, I suggest giving it another look on DVD now that it's available.

***** out of *****
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-04-2007, 07:14 PM:
 

quote: Rob Ferreira

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The Departed was the best movie of 2006, without a doubt - which could be why the Academy gave it the best picture Oscar.

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quote: Rob Ferreira

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Despite several what several of you detractors believe, I think that having this big of "name" cast helped the movie along.

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quote: Joe Redifer

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The Academy always does incredible amounts of research to make sure that only the most deserving pictures are nominated in the first place, like Borat for best screenplay.

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