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Did you just sit there and rewatch it, or did you leave theater and come back to rewatch it?
is the greatest movie ever made....saw it three times already and thats a 2 and half hour movie.....if you havent seen it get on it now
Did you just sit there and rewatch it, or did you leave theater and come back to rewatch it?
SAW IT AT THREE DIFFERENT THEATERS
I've seen it 5 times so far. I keep inviting more family and friends each time. Great film.
Saw it 3 times at the Quarry, Once at Crossroads Bijou, and once at the Mayan Palace.
Go watch it. You gotta watch it on the big screen.
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It's a great in' movie!
Go watch it, or deal wit me.
Capice?!
The Departed - Trailer
Great movie...a definitive classic.
Awesome movie..I think its Scorsese's year for an Oscar..For sure acting nominations for most of the cast.
can people please stop saying how awesome it is? gotdamn...
Happy to oblige, jman.
Here are two reviewers with a clue, at least regarding Nicholson:
1. Less an actor these days than a grinning, dancing clown named JACK!, Nicholson bragged about not doing any research to play Costello (ostensibly based on notorious Boston Irish mob boss Whitey Bulger), and oh does it show. Given how hard people like Damon, DiCaprio and Famiga are working in practically every scene—the men do easily some of the finest work of their careers, while Famiga invests a throwaway role with uncanny grace and fierce intelligence—it's practically an insult to see Nicholson caper into his scenes to do his Jack shtick, all mugging and naughty-boy grins. With a clown like this, it's little wonder that scenes with him which should have been either terrifying, blackly comic or that weird admixture of the two which Scorsese long ago patented as his own, come off as neither, just a film going through the motions.
It's a testament to the rest of the cast that Nicholson's self-worshipping train-wreck of a performance doesn't sink the entire film. But for him, The Departed would have been one of the great films of the year, a fine piece of pulp fiction graced by superior acting and smart scriptwork. As it stands, the film is merely good, something one never wants to say about a Scorsese picture. By Chris Barsanti.
2. In Scorsese's place are the tiresome hambone antics of Jack Nicholson, and, for whatever reason, Scorsese indulges him completely. If it weren't for the gallery of standout performances by DiCaprio, Baldwin, Sheen and others, Nicholson would've brought The Departed down in the crash and fury of a performance that feels like a varietion on his already stale Witches of Eastwick schtick. Nicholson's meant to exude evil, but there's nothing remotely threatening about the guy; he's so busy hamming it up, all wide-grinned mugging and clowning around, that he forgets that true evil resides within a cool, composed, largely silent exterior. Consider, for instance, the marvelous Ray Winstone as Mr. French, one of Costello's right-hand men, who, merely with a glance, can get a guy to tremble and piss his pants. In all his films (Sexy Beast, Cold Mountain, The Proposition are highlights), Winstone's imposing stature quietly eclipses their lesser qualities. Unfortunately, Winstone is too marginalized a performer here, and time and again I wished that the role of Costello had gone to him. If Nicholson were ditched and Winstone cast as Costello, The Departed could easily have been one of Scorsese's most fascinating treatments of evil (and one of this year's best films). by Jay Antani
(I did not think *yawn* Damon, Baldwin, Sheen, or Marky Mark were anything above average. Especially the overuse of swearing in lieu of plot development. It took all the acting ability of Beaviss and Butthead to sit and swear at each other. Especially Marky Mark swearing at Leo D and the Marky Mark-Baldwin exchanges were a farce.) Get a script!
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i hope you're getting in free.I've seen it 5 times so far. I keep inviting more family and friends each time. Great film.
Saw it 3 times at the Quarry, Once at Crossroads Bijou, and once at the Mayan Palace.
Go watch it. You gotta watch it on the big screen.
haha... he went to the mayan palace.
More like Hoodrat Palace.
I'll stick to AMC 24 or the Quarry from now on.
Wasn't there a thread already?
i recently went to the mayan palace because i'd never been there before... we had to park near the back and there was this dude pissing on the back of the building while his girldfriend stood watch.... awesome.
this movie is beyond the greatest, it will win movie of the year
damn it! Now this movie is so hyped up there is no way it'll live up to its reputation. 3 freakin' times!!! I have a hard time departing with the $$ to see it one time let alone 3. You must have had some hot dates to do it three times. I can't wait for the DVD!
yes i sure did joe.....and trust me its totally worth the money you wont leave un-satisfied
its a decent movie, but I thought dumb at some parts. Come on... only 2 ppl in the whole department knew the iden y of the undercover? I am sure in real life there are ups, but this was just too dumb to even be realistic IMO.
I agree w/the poster above Jack is a clown, a great clown but not beleivable as a mob boss.
Dicaprio was a A+++ and should be the reason why ppl go watch the film
Matt Damon And Mark Wahlberg Did Freaking Fantatstic Too Leo Did Above All Else Way Better, Than Anyone True.....this Is By Far His Best Pic......but Mat Damon And Marky Mark Both Put In The Extra Effort They Did Great Jobs
Batman, aren't half the movies you watch the best ever??
you sound like the Bill Walton of Cinematography
Damn it. Oh, well, now I can wait for the DVD.
spoliers suck.
No I Just Finished Watching The Following Movies And These Are The Ratings I Gave Them On A Star Scale
The Departed 100000 Out Of 5 Ha Haha
The Guardian 3 And A Half Out Of 5
Beerfest 4 Out Of 5(only Cause I Love Broken Lizard)
Accepted 3 Out Of 5
Employee Of The Month 3 Out Of 5
Talladega Nights 3 And A Half Out Of 5
The wife and I are checking it out this weekend. I'll have to ignore what I've previously read.
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