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Did you end up liking "The Departed"?
By zenmachado
@zenmachado (1617)
United States
February 27, 2008 8:55am CST
"The Departed" gyrates around a legal conflict between the Massachusetts Police Force and an Irish-American mob organization. A mobster affiliate has been chosen to infiltrate the police force, while a rookie police officer has been chosen to infiltrate the mob. This leads to a splendor of a story, as both endeavor to uncover the others identity...
This is a brilliant film.
The brilliance of this film is found all around. The acting is solid in every character. The direction is colossal. Plus, the story is captivating and engaging.
The story was solid and greatly entertaining. The best part about it, was the way it gave you solid dramatic portions.. while still including a healthy dose of comedy relief. In that way, the story never lingers around. It always serves something of delight. Every moment held something meaningful to absorb.
The most important aspect about "The Departed" is how Scorsese has returned to proper form. His last two films gave you much to enjoy. I particularly LOVED hating Daniel Day Lewis in "Gangs of New York" and felt that DiCaprio played Hughes with depth in "The Aviator". Yet, in neither of those two movies do you feel like you have watched something spectacular, that left you soaking with a feeling of "WoW". After I watched "The Departed" I knew I had watched something special.
It gives you the grittiness of Mean Streets and adds a glamour-style to it, and even takes the violent ways, to another level.
The plot as a whole is riveting, and the ending is fantastic.
Watch it, so that you may feel... like once again you have been privileged to view a classic by Martin Scorsese.
What did you personally think about "The Departed"?
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
1 Mar 08
Did I end up liking The Departed? It was love at first sight. It has action , a great plot , great dialogue and a great cast.And to top it off it has a great surprise ending.I am so glad that Martin got his first Oscar for this.

@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
1 Mar 08
I know. In 1973, the year he made Mean Streets, he wasn't nominated. The Director of The Sting won. In 1976, the year he made Taxi Driver,he wasn't nominated. The director for Rocky won.And in 1980 he Was nominated for Raging Bull but lost to Robert Redford who directed Ordinary People.with Goodfellas,martin was nominated but lost to Kevin Costner who directed Dances with Wolves.I was Soo happy to see Martin win.
@zenmachado (1617)
• United States
1 Mar 08
I was always bewildered by the fact that Martin directed "GoodFellas", "Taxi Driver", "Mean Streets" AND "Raging Bull", and had not a single best director win.
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@Phaedra_Scythe (3325)
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27 Feb 08
I agree with you again.
It is a film that certainly stands out and will last throughout the years.
I remember my father saying that the only thing that disappointed him was that the two characters of Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio looked too similar! I think that was the idea though, that they were two men that could have gone down each other's path, but there was a juxtaposition played out between the good guy undercover as a bad guy and the bad guy playing that he was a good cop. It was very finely written.
I think Leonardo DiCaprio is a very underrated actor. I was biased against him for years because in my mind (and probably many other people's) he was the teen heartthrob from Titanic and Romeo and Juliet. However, this just isn't the case and it's wrong to typecast him so. Just looking at his performances in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Aviator, The Basketball Diaries and The Departed, shows that he's a very fine actor and deserves to be recognised as so.
@zenmachado (1617)
• United States
27 Feb 08
I really do agree about DiCaprio. I think like you said, he has been viewed wrongly. He is capable of good acting and can be as serious as any older actor.
Some of his films that I would add are "Blood Diamond" and "Catch Me If You Can", because they show that he has versatility. I did however, also enjoy the films you mentioned, particularly Basketball Diaries..
@southernpixie (741)
• United States
27 Feb 08
I loved this movie! It was one of those that I didn't have figured out until the end. I agree..it is definitley one of those movies that makes you go "Wow".
@zenmachado (1617)
• United States
27 Feb 08
I loved that also, the fact that the ending was suprising and caught me off guard. I feel that was wonderful.
@shootergirl78 (426)
• Canada
27 Feb 08
I really enjoyed this movie. I'm into these kind of movies though which is a bonus for me I guess. I found it to be action packed and never a boring moment. I'm not exactly sure I like how it ended but hey :)
@zenmachado (1617)
• United States
27 Feb 08
That is one thing that appreciated about this film, the fact that you always had something of substance to watch. It was always interesting, and it never took the boring rout.





