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I had such consideration...

2008-10-08
...for Martin Scorcese that I feel very sorry for his precocious senility. I can't think of any other explanation (there is no excuse) for mistaking di Caprio for an actor (which is about as ludicrous as mistaking McDos for restaurants). And, since he's persisting in polluting the screens with something whose only merit is he never will be a "Has Been" (since he never was anything in the first place), from now on I will keep clear from Scorcese's movies.

been done at least a million times

2008-10-04
This is a classic mob story about trust, betrayal, back stabbing and deception. Where the coppers have a rat and the gangsters have a rat and how each try to flush the others informant out. The action was minimal the sex was less and no twist ending here folks. The acting was good but nothing top notch. Personally I think Wahlberg's character was plaid the best. Dicaprio plaid a convincing roll during the emotional scenes. Its a story that's been done at least a million times but Its worth at least 1 viewing but don't expect anything new or worth talking about at the water cooler so to speak.

blu ray movie

2008-09-09
Arrived in reasonable time and in the promised condition. I thought the shipping and handling charges were high.

Kickazz

2008-09-01
I like this movie so much I bought it, and I am cheap. Jack Nicholson is one bad mfer, and Marky Mark is the best actor in the movie. I even admired that retarded baldwin dude's acting skills. Too bad dicrapio dies at the end.

Incredibile realism

2008-08-29
I could not stop watching this movie and was stunned that it seemed to end so soon. The realism of the gory "shoot-em-up" scenes was astounding! Great story line and the ending was somewhat different than I'd expected. Overall excellent film.

A long awaited return to form

2008-08-20
Warner Brothers The Departed (Blu-ray)
Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg star in Martin Scorsese's new crime drama "The Departed." "The Departed" is set in South Boston where the state police force is waging an all-out war to take down the city's top organized crime ring. The key isto end the reign of powerful mob boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) from the inside. A young rookie, Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is assignedto infiltrate Costello's mob. While Billy is working to gain Costello's trust, another young cop, Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) is among a handful of elite officers whose mission is to bring Costello down. But what his superiors don't know is that Colin is working for Costello, keeping the crime bossone step ahead of the police. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operation he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that they have a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin find themselves in constant danger of being caught-and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself.

The Departed

2008-08-16
This is a good movie and it keeps you guessing the entire time. Nothing is as it seems.
I loved it.

A big-name total bomb

2008-08-11
What were the reviewers thinking when they hyped this film? Do they automatically go for anything with Jack Nicholson? The film was contrived, hokey, packed with inexplicable behavior and major plot elements left unanswered. How did DiCaprio find the police shrink? Do all undercover officers use police shrinks to score tranquilizers? Do police shrinks really go on dates with men who spent the prior five minutes angrily yelling at them? Do attractive, young, female psychiatrists really sleep with pill-popping patients who have nearly zero time for a relationship? What happened to the envelope DiCaprio gave her? Regarding Damon's first encounter with the shrink in an elevator, does repeatedly using the F-word in public really work to impress female strangers?

Shouldn't the cops have, like, duh, wondered why a car packed with thugs just happened to show up to kill the cop captain that Damon ordered tailed? At the very least, wouldn't that have been a REALLY good time to take Damon off of his assignment? Would the cops tailing their boss really stay in their vehicle when they knew a gang of thugs had just entered the deserted building he was in? Is the murder of a state police captain so routine in Boston that no action was taken to find the killers? Why did DiCaprio feel that he had to be the one to arrest Damon, with zero backup? Oh, wait, I forgot, he did that so there would be another dramatic confrontation between two big stars.

I was riveted to the TV while watching Goodfellas and Casino; but then, those were dramatizations based on actual events. The Departed, on the other hand, has no bearing on reality at all.

EXCELLENT!

2008-08-03
I just happened to see this movie the night before the Academy Awards. I'm not going to spoil the film for those of you who haven't seen it by revealing the ending but I was blown away by the end. Totally unexpected and just the way a movie should be.

Leonardo DiCaprio is superb here. His growth as an actor is amazing. Jack Nicholson is, well, Jack Nicholson, often reminding me of his role in "The Shining". And Matt Damon "mans up" in a way that will surprise all. Everyone in this flick does a masterful job. However, although the only signigicant female, Vera Farmiga, was out of her league here. If the plan was for her role to be downplayed, it would have worked better if she wasn't even in the movie - no one would have missed her. Again, another part that could just as easily been done as a "phone in". And, while I love Anthony Anderson, he also seems like he just wandered onto the set so Martin Scorsese factored him in.

This is one of the very best movies of all time. I'm glad that Scorsese finally won an Oscar, but it's hard to say if this was his best, with "Goodfellas", "Kings of New York", "The Aviator", and the magnificent "Raging Bull". WOW! Who needs an Oscar with a body of work like that?! Don't worry about statuettes, Marty - keep getting your name on checks!!

Cop Movies Are Pure Crap

2008-07-27
Two scenes in the movie that make this not worth watching for me. The first one is when all the troopers are celebrating at the station and the secretary or whatever she was brings Matt Damon that coffee mug with wine and he thanks her for it, and then she looks at him and the camera focuses directly on her and she says,"No, thank you." WTF!!!! Corn. The second scene is when they are having the funeral for the troopers and they give them the old twenty-one gun salute. They cut to a group of cops around Matt Damon and when one of the shots rings out from the rifle detail, the whole group flinches. These are people that knew a shot was coming and they still jumped like they had no idea. Small things like that generally can ruin a movie for me and this was no exception. Leo can also ruin a movie as well so you throw him and Baldwin in the mix and it's a all out crapfest. Save your two and half hours you are going to waste watching this movie and read a book or head to the gym or something.