Has anyone seen the movie "Departed"?

[Lil Missy]

Sorry if this had been asked before, but I thought it was one of the best movies I have ever seen!

Honestly, I was engrossed from the minute the movie started until it ended. An excellent movie!

What did you think?

[datasuspect]

1. it was alright

but i like the pre-cellphone version of this movie scorcese made in the early 90s, you know, goodfellas.

the departed had a one dimensional quality to it.

[Lil Missy]

3. I've seen Goodfellas too, and I don't get the connection??

Is your reference due to the same director for both movies? To be honest, I didn't even know that.

[datasuspect]

17. scorcese did both

he's mostly been making the same movie since 1972 with the exception of taxi driver.

[fishwax]

47. how do, say, kundun or the last temptation of christ fit into that schematic?

I know lots of people who either on the one hand think that Scorsese goes to the mafia well too often or, on the other hand, that he should never do anything outside of mob films, but I think he covers a good bit of ground beyond the "mean streets" ...

[wildhorses]

15. yes, this was the watered down version

still and all
not bad

i give it a :thumbsup:

[datasuspect]

18. not bad at all

still, nowhere near the level of goodfellas. i'll take deniro over nicholson any day.

[wildhorses]

24. i can see that

jack is jack and he is damn good at being jack
but


robert is pure











well...

















pure

























evil:evilgrin:

[fishwax]

48. goodfellas gets better and better with each passing year

I loved the departed, and I was thrilled that it won. I think it's a great movie. But I'm not sure it will hold up in 15-20 years as well as Goodfellas has. I can't count how many times I've caught that movie being played on cable as I was flipping through the channels and been sucked into watching whatever was left--even if it was some sketchy edited-for-tv version. It's just a fascinating movie.

[Paladin]

26. MAJOR SPOILER ALERT! Avoid Post #8

If you haven't seen "The Departed" yet, you sure as hell don't want to know about the shocker of an ending---and Post #8 ("I just watched it last night!")gives the whole thing away. Un-fucking-believable.....

[dysfunctional press]

34. how was the departed the same as goodfellas?

the only similarities is that they were both done by scorcese, and they both involved mobsters.

the story lines, characters, settings, were all completely different.

that being said, the departed didn't really grab me, and i definitely don't think that it was scorcese's best by a long shot.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Do you mean "The Departed"?

The one that won the Academy Awards?

If so, yes, that was an incredibly wonderful movie!

I too was totally engrossed from the opening!

:hi:

[Lil Missy]

4. Yes, that's the one.

Sorry, I tend to be behind the times.

This movie has probably already been discussed ad nauseum here.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Aw, not to worry!

The Lounge has a very short attention span!

And I meant to say ....

Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Paladin]

27. MAJOR SPOILER ALERT! Avoid Post #8

"The Departed" is a terrific movie with an absolute shocker of an ending. If you haven't seen the movie yet, please don't look at Post #8 ("I just watched it last night!"), where the whole ending is given away.

[Little Wing]

6. You guys look like you're ready to invade Poland

:rofl:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. I didn't see what the fuss was about.

Silly dialogue. Plot holes. Phoned-in acting. The directing was competent, but nothing spectacular.

[Suich]

8. I just watched it last night!

I couldn't believe that Sheen, Nicholson, DeCaprio and Damon, got shot and Mark Wahlberg didn't!

Was the female counselor also seeing Nicholson? Was she sitting next to him at the opera?

Welcome to DU, Lil Missy!

:hi:

[Richardo]

9. Nice spoiler warning. ***THE ABOVE POST HAS MAJOR SPOILERS!!1!***

:eyes:

Not EVERYONE has seen it, you know. (Thankfully I have, or I'd be pissed about now.)

[Little Wing]

19. And it's soooo smart to click on a thread about a movie you haven't seen

and intend to see :eyes:

[Suich]

23. My sentiments, exactly. Thank you!

I thought it was a discussion about "The Departed."

Oh well.

:shrug:

[Paladin]

28. Shame On You

Do you have any excuse for divulging the ending of this movie? If you have over a thousand posts to your credit, you ought to know that you're supposed to clearly label such a post as a SPOILER, before puking out crucial details like you did.

You've ruined a great movie for no telling how many people. I hope to hell you've learned a lesson from this....

[Little Wing]

29. that's such a stupid argument, really it is

if you haven't yet seen a movie, and you intend to see it, you're an IDIOT for clicking on a discussion on the movie

[Paladin]

30. Bullshit

Any post that lets out critical plot details of a movie or book is supposed to be clearly labeled as a SPOILER, out of consideration for those individuals who haven't seen it yet.

[Little Wing]

31. Do you go down to the book forum and complain in there about every single thread?

What are people who haven't seen the movie expecting to talk about? The lighting? Sound? Perhaps how the opening credit sequence was reminiscent of Kurosawa? Gimmie a break.

[Paladin]

41. I'm Not Talking About Any Sort Of Censorship

I'm simply saying that where key plot elements are revealed, there ought to be adequate warnings given. People who don't want their experience to be ruined should have the opportunity to avoid it happening. The short version of this is called "good manners." If you want to argue against that, be my guest.....

[Little Wing]

43. It's not an argument about good manners, it's about common sense

Big difference. Just like I avoided the '300' threads before I'd seen it, anyone with a functioning brain in their heads should avoid discussions about a movie they want to see.

[datasuspect]

32. do people really put THIS MUCH emotional investment in manufactured entertainment PRODUCT?!!?!?!

i have truly seen it all.

somebody shoot me now.

[Paladin]

42. OK, If You Insist

Bang.

[Phillycat]

10. Well, being that it won Best Picture and Best Director...

I think a lot of people agree with you. :hi:

[Roland99]

11. Pffft...those were obviously make-up calls for Scorsese. Film was nowhere near that good.

Now, it was quite enjoyable but Best Picture and Best Director?



ooooof.

[Phillycat]

13. I thought it was the most brilliant film I'd seen in years.

But I guess that's why they make more than one movie a year. :D

[Roland99]

16. To me, it just lacked that knockout punch. I much preferred GoodFellas and Casino over this.

[Phillycat]

21. I loved Goodfellas, but I thought Casino was a bit weak.

Especially the ending.

Goodfellas is on a par with The Departed, but I don't think Casino compares. And of course MS should have won Best Director for Goodfellas, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. :)

[Roland99]

22. I look at the Oscars for The Departed like the way Russell Crowe won for Gladiator.

Gladiator was a horrible film with horrible writing, cheesy CGI, a plot so full of holes it wouldn't have been Swiss Cheese.

Russell Crowe got the Best Actor Oscar as a make-up call for The Insider.


Heck, I'd take Heat over The Departed

[fishwax]

49. I'm inclined to agree on Russell Crowe, though the fact that Gladiator won the oscar for

best picture that same year would indicate that the academy voters weren't thinking along those same lines.

[Nevernose]

40. Except "Casino" was real, and had really good points.

Sharon Stone as the coke addict/mom? Brilliant.

De Niro? A greta performance, even if the script was a little loose.

The car bombings? Really happened.

The almost-car bombings? Nearly happened to Harry Reid, who was also dramatized in the movie.

The pacing? Not so good.

The fact that they shot the airplane-landing scene and most of the residential scenes at my then-bosses house at the DI Country Club? And that he invited me to his home, to meet his family, Scorsese, DeNiro, Stone, etc.? Priceless.

They threw a barbecue. The number one actor, actress, and director in the world at the time threw a fucking BARBECUE.

[dysfunctional press]

35. 100% in agreement. the departed was not scorcese's or the year's best picture.

but- i'm glad that marty got his- i only wish that peter o'toole could get his due- but definitely not at the expense of forrest whitaker, who really earned his statue this past year.

[alphafemale]

12. Possible minor spoiler

A kid's soul was stolen for a cheap sack of groceries and a comic book.

I loathed the character Nicholson played in this movie.

In all other films I've seen of him, even when he played a villain or antagonist, there are always certain likable qualities to the character.

But from the opening moments of this film I despised that SOB.

I think it is a film that needs several viewings to catch how detailed the plot is.

I didn't see it until a few weeks ago, when we rented the DVD. I watched about 3 times and caught something new each time.

[graywarrior]

14. Oh yeah. Hit home like no other movie.

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. Yes. I didn't see it, so I don't have an opinion.

[sammythecat]

25. I don't much care if it was Scorcese's best or not

I saw it and I liked it.

A lot. :)

[MistressOverdone]

33. Had a chance on PPV tonight

but went with a comedy. It looked kind of dark to me and I wasn't in the mood. I might rethink that now, given your endorsement.

[Nevernose]

39. I took 2 nights to watch it.

Of course, I watched it on DVD after the bambina went to sleep, but it was still probably better broken up into two parts.

Intermissions are good.

As was "The Departed."

REALLY good.

[Poiuyt]

36. I liked it

Great acting and there were a few surprises I wasn't expecting.

[LostinVA]

37. Excellent movie, although I liked Goodfellas better

Everyone in the cast was great.

[Kat45]

38. Loved it. Saw it twice the first week it was out.

And today I just bought the DVD, the version with all the extra stuff in it. Can't wait to watch that.

[barb162]

44. I thought it was way over-rated. It was mediocre

Just a lot of gratuitous swearing, etc. I thought "LA Confidential" was about ten times better.

[Shine]

45. I thought it was excellent, too..great twists and turns

albeit very violent, but whaddya expect from a mafia movie!

:hi:

[misanthrope]

46. Eh, it was alright...

...But not even close to "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull," Goodfellas" or "Casino" in my opinion.

I think the Oscar wins this year were due to a) a weak year in films, and b) to make up for past slights regarding the aforementioned masterpieces.

[fishwax]

50. I thought it was great. I can't wait to see it again.

welcome to DU :toast:

[GumboYaYa]

51. I thought it was mediocre at best, definitely not Best Picture quality.

The sceenplay was very weak.