The Departed

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:35 pm

Anyone see it over the weekend? I saw it on Saturday and thought it was very good. Excellent writing, great one liners and some good plot twists toward the end.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:21 pm

Saw the movie last night. Great cast, mostly well written and made. It was little long but I think it was necessary in fully developing the complex story line.

The one thing that really bothered me was that these two guys were blithely sending text messages on their cellies in situations where, if caught, one would have surely been killed and the other would be outed as a criminal mole in the special investigations unit. And neither of them was ever suspected.

The Assassin · Post by **The Assassin** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:55 pm

Loved the film. Nicholson is money.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:14 am

i enjoyed it. Scorcese just can't hold back with the Jesus/Devil imagery sometimes....and I couldn't help but think i'd already seen Marty and Leo do this same thematic "relationship" with Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York at times.....to a degree. but, it's most definitely worth seeing.

i've heard the Chinese film it's much like (patterned after some say), Infernal Affairs is quite good. FYI.

The Assassin · Post by **The Assassin** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:13 pm

Nicholsons rat impersonation had me and the theatre in stitches.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:46 pm

scorsese loves the stones. gimme shelter, ventilator blues and the cd case dicaprio used was exile on main street.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:19 pm

Bizzarofelice wrote:scorsese loves the stones. gimme shelter, ventilator blues and the cd case dicaprio used was exile on main street.

i thought that was kind of interesting about the CD case. ventilator blues is a great riff off exile.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:35 pm

I spoke too soon. It was Let It Loose and not Ventilator Blues. I screwed up. What you goin' dooo about it.

jiminphilly · Post by **jiminphilly** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:38 pm

Good flick..watched it this weekend.. yeah it was long but most mob flicks are.. great casting, acting was overall excellent (Nicholson was excellent and Baldwin was really good as the comedic relief in a violent film).

DeCaprio and Damon were decent- I wonder if each should have played the other character though. Damon tends to pull off the tough guy routine a little better than DeCaprio.

My only real issue was with Damon's relationship with the Psychiatrist-- are you supposed to assume that the reason Damon doesn't kill her is b/c he assumes she is preggers with his baby and since he has no family he won't take her out? (since she hears that tape). Is there supposed to be doubt as to who the father really is? By not taking her out are you then supposed to assume that she acted on the letter and gave it to Walberg's character who did what he did?