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Post by permutojoe on Jan 27, 2018 2:45:17 GMT
Nicholson, Damon, Walhberg, DiCaprio, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin. Hell of a lineup. Movie was good but it not great. Kind of fell flat really. Why?
There was no meta game. No message. The Godfather had the whole thing with Michael Corleone's transformation from civilian into the next Don. That was legendary. What did Departed have? A nice Nicholson quote about bad guys and cops being the same.
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Post by ck100 on Jan 27, 2018 2:57:26 GMT
An entertaining film although it's familiar territory for Scorsese. It would be like if Coppola made another mafia film.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2018 2:59:41 GMT
A problem I had with the movie is the whole thing about Nicholson's character being an informant not being well explained.
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Post by permutojoe on Jan 27, 2018 3:07:20 GMT
A problem I had with the movie is the whole thing about Nicholson's character being an informant not being well explained. Didn't need to be explained. He joined up with the government to get paid and commit crimes with a nice safety net. Once you understand the super rich are nothing more than criminal bosses with gov't backing, this part makes sense. |
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Post by mslo79 on Jan 30, 2018 8:31:28 GMT
It's still good enough to be within my Top 190 movies out of the 2,150+ total movies I have seen.
but I will say that it's dropped off some for me vs what it used to be as it was top notch for me at one point and it's not as good for me lately even though it's still enjoyable enough to be called a favorite.
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Post by poelzig on Jan 30, 2018 8:41:16 GMT
The biggest? That it was remake which lifted complete scenes from the original but it is somehow the movie that finally earns MS an Academy Award. The fact I had already seen Infernal Affairs 1 and 2 years earlier kind of took the shine off of The Departed although I still enjoyed it. It's amazing how much MS lifted though. I wonder if it pissed him off that he finally got the Oscar and it wasn't original at all?
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Post by kuatorises on Jan 31, 2018 15:04:59 GMT
I thought it was a pretty poorly acted movie. I thought Mark Wahlberg was quite bad, Martin Sheen seemed to be phoning it in, I know Matt Damon is capable of more, And Jack Nicholson was just plain ridiculous. I can't believe it was so highly praised and actually won awards.
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Post by miike80 on Jan 31, 2018 15:22:32 GMT
Nicholson and Scorsese don't seem the gel very well
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Post by koskiewicz on Feb 1, 2018 17:23:19 GMT
I agree with the post regarding Infernal Affairs I & II. IMO, those films are superior to The Departed...
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Post by twothousandonemark on Feb 1, 2018 17:59:19 GMT
Vanilla. Even my initial viewing, while having fun with it, it felt safe for Scorsese. That's probably the remake dna bleeding through.
I still like it, it would make my top 500 I guess.
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Post by Roberto on Feb 2, 2018 10:28:37 GMT
Who said it shortcame?
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Feb 2, 2018 10:30:55 GMT
Wahlborg.
The cgi rat.
Also the comic books from the 70s were anachronistic.
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Post by The Social Introvert on Feb 8, 2018 9:38:25 GMT
It was pretty boring and lacked any tension. One of Scorsese's worst films.
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Post by NewtJorden on Feb 8, 2018 17:12:35 GMT
I remember back when it was released, it was considered one of the best movie ever made. When did the hate started?
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Post by politicidal on Feb 9, 2018 0:22:13 GMT
Jack Nicholson died.
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