The Departed
Posted: 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.
"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.