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Post by Anthony Jordan on Jun 25, 2008 22:22:16 GMT -5
I know I'm late on watching it, but I was disappointed. It had the formula of a mob movie, but it didn't pull me in. Also, there was more than one instance where the editing looked wrong. The angle of someone's head would suddenly change in the next frame, yet the you never saw the character move (and it wasn't the effect of a different camera shot. In a 15 degree change of the camera produced a 150 degree turn of someone's head and Matt Damon's vanishing hand).
I don't even know why Sullivan had a relationship with that woman. It was played up enough to make me care when she learned the truth. Of course, she cheated on him, so it was enough to show the relationship wasn't much, anyway.
The surprise ending was a surprise, but it had no real meaning. Costello was a brilliant planner, so it was believable. It just wasn't very powerful to me. It was like "Oh, that was going on, too? Interesting," then I dismiss it with a shrug. It was rushed and gone.
It wasn't a bad film, and I don't know much about the competition it faced for the Oscar, but unless the other pictures were extremely weak, it probably shouldn't have won.
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Post by Wife Beater on Jun 25, 2008 23:09:54 GMT -5
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Post by Jake Seven on Jun 25, 2008 23:10:49 GMT -5
The ending lead to a sequel.
It said the rat was still alive.
It was Walburgs character the whole time. He knew everyones identity. He knew who his moles were.
Everyone in that film was working against each other.
Nicholsons character was a CIA operative.
Damon was good, but bad.
DiCaprio was bad, but good.
Damon's two friends from the academy were also both flipped.
I absolutely loved that.
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Post by John Gone on Jun 26, 2008 0:36:54 GMT -5
Time has- well not SOURED me on it- but it hasn't held up quite as well as other newer movies I initially gushed over (see: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or Once). I fully admit it was a gold watch for Scorsese in terms of the Oscars after getting screwed at least three times (in three separate decades even). It's been too long since I've seen it so I can't give much of a detailed commentary, or say one way or the other on the editing changes.
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Post by Anthony Jordan on Jun 26, 2008 7:36:15 GMT -5
How could you sequel this? It'd be a straight-to-DVD thing, if so, and I doubt Marky-Mark or Scorsese would be a part of it. All the major members of the mafia were gone.
Besides I don't think Dignam was the rat. He was so full of anger that treatment he got from the force after Queenan's death pushed him over the edge. Once he learned who the rat is (aided by Madolyn giving him access to what Billy gave her), he took matters into his own hands. He finished what he started.
The spotty editing pissed me off because a film regarded as the best for that particular year shouldn't have such errors. There were also scenes that seemed to carry on for an extra 5-10 seconds are they served their purpose.
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Post by John Gone on Jun 26, 2008 9:23:44 GMT -5
Infernal Affairs was actually a trilogy, but the criminal-in-the-police mole didn't die in the first one.
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Post by Jake Seven on Jun 26, 2008 13:39:21 GMT -5
There will be a sequel.
Robert De Niro is set to be Congressman, and Walhburg is the main character.
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Post by Kyle Heaven on Jun 27, 2008 4:29:45 GMT -5
Q: what happens when you decide to distil a trilogy into a single movie?
A: The Departed.
certainly not a bad movie, but it has so much more potential.
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Post by Anthony Jordan on Jun 27, 2008 7:25:15 GMT -5
HEADSHOT
HEADSHOT
HEADSHOT
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Post by Mikkey w/ Max Jewel on Jun 28, 2008 20:32:35 GMT -5
FUck you Cj.... You fuckin prick.
I'm tired of hearing that EVERYTHING is going to have a fucking bloody sequal.
THEY ALL FUCKING DIED!
Blow me you cock rock
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Post by Jake Seven on Jun 28, 2008 20:56:33 GMT -5
Um, it's not my opinion.
Look it up.
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Post by Mikkey w/ Max Jewel on Jun 29, 2008 8:49:00 GMT -5
You are a bitch. Go to hell
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