The Departed

Post by **izeveryboyin** » October 17th, 2006, 5:38 pm

Yesterday was a treat for the sense. My buddy Adrian and I went out to see the new Scorsese flik, w/Matt Damon, Leonardo DiDaprio, Mark Walburg aka Marky Mark, Jack Nickolson and Martin Sheen. It was simply amazing. As we were leaving however, I couldn't resist making a joke.
"It's not a Scorsese film unless like 15 people die." I said.
"In the last 5 minutes of the film."
"By being shot in the head."
B/c I am lazy, I will offer you a professional synopsis of the film, listed at the bottom of the page. First, I will delight you with my perosnal opinion. It was a great suspense film. I actually gasped a couple of times. And it doesn't have your storybook happy ending either. You're kind of disappointed that it doesn't turn out quite the way you hoped, but you realize that it's real. It's interesting. Scorsese was never much for those happy ending fliks, and I was glad he held true. Though the hollywood movie-goer in me was left wondering where the rest of the ending was, it was still very satisfying. I enjoyed becoming involved w/characters, and then forgetting them just as quickly to delve into some other character's life. The movie definitely met my expectations, and then some. Dig this synopsis and then go check it out:
'The Departed' is set in South Boston, where the state police force is waging war on organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Costello (Jack Nicholson). While Billy is quickly gaining Costello’s confidence, Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that there’s a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy – and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself.

Post by **Arcadia** » October 17th, 2006, 5:45 pm

thanks izzy!. It's not yet in these lands. I like Scorsese!.

Post by **izeveryboyin** » October 19th, 2006, 11:01 am

as soon as you can dig it... definitely dig it! Scorsese is always at his best.

--k

Post by **manic** » November 17th, 2006, 7:38 pm

I saw it, good movie but I still don't know what I thought of the ending. Lots of violence, good camera work fast paced and good action etc but I don't think this movie is for all...

Post by **izeveryboyin** » November 21st, 2006, 1:09 pm

the ending was good b/c it was typical, but sort of not good b/c everybody fucking dies!

--k

Post by **Arcadia** » March 7th, 2007, 12:56 pm

I saw the film last night, I really like it!!. And the music in low volumes as a buzzing radio was great!.

Post by **bohonato** » March 8th, 2007, 2:43 am

I caught the end of the Oscars, when The Departed won best picture, and I desperately want to know if anyone else caught the announcer lady say 'This is Martin Scorsese's first movie to win an Oscar with a plot' (or words to that effect). Or did someone slip roofies into my drink?

Post by **e_dog** » March 8th, 2007, 8:46 pm

Scoreasy is a shitty film maker.
And this is a truly shitty film -- ain't seen it yet but if it won an Oscar it must really really suck.

Totenkopf · Post by **Totenkopf** » March 8th, 2007, 10:06 pm

Scoreasy is a shitty film maker.

Scorhese likes to fancy himself as some Dostoyevsky: he ain't even Ray Chandler. Mafia fetish really, like most Ho-wood product, if not soft porn---its' intense and assured to get some juices flowin': one of the few watchable sorts of pulp nihilist flicks was Bugsy. The whole racket oughta be RICO'ed.

Post by **e_dog** » March 9th, 2007, 3:14 am

was that Nietzsche quote mean, say? T.?

Totenkopf · Post by **Totenkopf** » March 9th, 2007, 12:08 pm

Come on, filosophe: "that which does not kill me, makes me, harder, er stronger."

Post by **Andeh** » March 10th, 2007, 12:27 am

One of the best movies I've seen in a long time. I'm glad Martin Scorcese won for it-he deserved it. Movies always make us Irish people look like supremely violent lager louts. I'm charmed, I'm offended, I'm...
Oh and here's the review I've been giving people, correct as it is or not
"Erm, I guess it's about the Irish Mafia. It's really violent. I loved it?"

Totenkopf · Post by **Totenkopf** » March 10th, 2007, 1:52 pm

Does the film offer a claim about human existence, or historical fact, or psychology--even the psychology of the irish mafia--which might be proven to be true, or confirmed in some fashion...............

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