The Departed

Or better yet, buy this and get schooled....


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great suggestion filmjunkie.

Man, I love the audio commentaries on those films. Very entertaining.

Call me a nancy boy, but one of my favorite from that set is "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore".
 
Excellent.

You won't be dissappointed.

I especially like the Last Temptation of Christ segment. Gives a real insight into being the focus of controversy.
 
Scorcese bought the rights to Infernal Affairs, then changed the name to The Departed. While this could be interpreted as respect to the Original story, it can still be argued that Scorcese simply liked the story and wanted to shoot it his way- and distance himself from the original.

Lets see the results. I for one think the name change was a good move. This way both movies can survive independently. However, the reference to Infernal Affairs should be there for people to know where the story comes from.
 
Just saw a television teaser for the film. If it's anything like the teaser, I gotta see this movie...:thumbsup:
 
SPZ said:
Scorcese bought the rights to Infernal Affairs, then changed the name to The Departed. While this could be interpreted as respect to the Original story, it can still be argued that Scorcese simply liked the story and wanted to shoot it his way- and distance himself from the original.
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Bull$hit!
 
Just saw the trailer. There's a glimpse of someone falling from a building. Looks like a major plot point copy from the original. Many rooftop shots too, another characteristic from Infernal Affairs. let's see if there's something original in it, and not only location and actor's race swap. I haven't got high hopes for this one (but some of the best movies I saw I had the exact same feeling prior viewing)
 
wow, 95% on Rotten Tomotoes!!

Everyone seems to agree, this is Scorsese's best since Gooodfellas. At the top of his game.

Can this be his oscar picture?

Cannot wait to see this tonight!
 
it wont be his Oscar picture... Flags of Our Fathers is going to take Best Picture this year.... going to see Departed in a couple hours, i'll let everyone know what i thought when i get back
 
I meant the oscar for Best director.... No way, Clint is getting it again. Anyway, he'll be competing against himself because he made two films about Iwo Jima and it will cancel him out.
 
the other Iwo Jima film isnt getting released till Feb... it won't be a contender for this years Oscars... best Director? idk, we'll see
 
Uh oh, here comes the critics' praise! Wait a minute, could it be true that the critics are gettng overly excited about a Scorcese film and that it's skewing their opinion? No, not possible. Especially when we look back at the RT meter for Gangs of New York (77%). Or The Aviator (89%). I challenge anybody to watch these movies now and get excited about them. They are sub-par mediocre films given high grades because of what? Critics getting overly excited about a Scorcese film.

Now I'm not saying this movie is good or bad. I haven't seen it. But please go in with a realistic frame of mind. The original version of this movie doesn't bring anything new to the table - so it's not like they're working with all-star material. Everybody just CALLLLLM DOWWWWN. You might actually enjoy the movie.
 
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