15th anniversary of "The Departed" - October 6th

15th anniversary of "The Departed" - October 6th Oct 6, 2021 19:50:23 GMT

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Post by Rey Kahuka on Oct 6, 2021 19:50:23 GMT

Oct 6, 2021 19:41:14 GMT ck100 said:

Oct 6, 2021 19:23:12 GMT Rey Kahuka said:

Can't stand that flick. Mostly filled with terrible 'Boston' accents (with the exception of Damon and Wahlberg, though Wahlberg takes it too far) and completely unlikeable characters. The love triangle is completely ridiculous, and Vera Farmiga's character is one of the worst female characters in a film in the last 50 years. (And that's really saying something for a Scorsese film)

It was absolutely a career achievement Oscar, and Marty knows it. He even said he had no intention of trying to win awards with this one, and it shows. So many great films and this was the one he won the Oscar for.

Martin Sheen has it the worst when it comes to the "Bah-ston" accents:

"Micro-praw-cessis"

"They called you the tu-mah"

Scorsese is certainly worthy of an Oscar, but he should have gotten it for Raging Bull and/or Goodfellas.

When you saw George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola presenting the Best Director Oscar at the 2006 Oscars, everyone knew Scorsese would get the award from his colleagues.

Sheen is doing his Kennedy accent, which is not a proper Boston accent. I'm from western Massachusetts, we don't have the accent out here but I hear it enough to know what it's supposed to sound like. A bad accent is more distracting than no accent at all.

To each their own in terms of appreciation of this film, but I think we can all agree Scorsese has made much better films. On top of all that, it was a lousy Oscar year. Look at the nominees for best picture.

The Departed
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

At least no great film was robbed in this hollow exercise.