tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073025888325415158.post3892692162102343477..comments2024-01-22T08:17:14.358-05:00Comments on Defiant Success: The DepartedMovieNut14http://www.blogger.com/profile/17250239873504510289noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073025888325415158.post-78611248062831726032010-11-11T23:07:48.910-05:002010-11-11T23:07:48.910-05:00I liked the Departed, but not as much as Taxi Driv...I liked the Departed, but not as much as Taxi Driver and Goodfellas. Why has no one mentioned Jack Nicholson? That man is a diabolical genius! I love how he totally gets under your skin...I think he was my favourite character in the film, followed by Wahlberg. I quite liked Matt Damon too, his negative roles are so much fun...Nikhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10379713171889712078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073025888325415158.post-33887202519258885772010-11-11T22:45:44.221-05:002010-11-11T22:45:44.221-05:00yes he's done awesome movies but it was sooooo...yes he's done awesome movies but it was sooooo his time to get an oscar. hollywood hardly awards films like this, especially in the past where epics and melodramas ruled (and sill kinda do). either way, this movie was fantastic and deserved every kudos it receivedCandice Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195801629178470295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073025888325415158.post-33282269145849284102010-11-11T19:42:55.771-05:002010-11-11T19:42:55.771-05:00I love The Departed, it's wonderful all around...I love The Departed, it's wonderful all around.<br /><br />Great review!Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073025888325415158.post-75400771344627073262010-11-11T19:28:32.828-05:002010-11-11T19:28:32.828-05:00If everyone is listing their favorite Scorcese fil...If everyone is listing their favorite Scorcese film I gotta go with After Hours on sheer entertainment alone! So fun!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907807064603780735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073025888325415158.post-25086215581928850482010-11-11T12:29:37.310-05:002010-11-11T12:29:37.310-05:00I love Scorcese's films, this one too, but my ...I love Scorcese's films, this one too, but my most favorite one is 'Gangs of New York'. I still think it was underrated.Lesyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785171567540455637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073025888325415158.post-88695190308007086592010-11-11T11:51:58.071-05:002010-11-11T11:51:58.071-05:00I don't know if I agree with the first stateme...I don't know if I agree with the first statement. Is Scorsese known for crime movies? Certainly Goodfellas would fall under that distinction, and perhaps Mean Streets. But is Gangs of New York really a crime movie? Or Raging Bull? Or The King of Comedy? After Hours? Bringing Out the Dead? I don't know if it's that easy to pin Scorsese down to such a specific genre. If he really is best known for that genre, it doesn't seem to be completely proper.<br /><br />Also, I think Wahlberg, more than anyone else, broke free of his image. Before The Departed, a lot of people didn't take him very seriously, even after things like Four Brothers and Boogie Nights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073025888325415158.post-35372127246786412572010-11-11T11:24:16.839-05:002010-11-11T11:24:16.839-05:00This has become one of my favourite Scorsese films...This has become one of my favourite Scorsese films. I think it's the most purely entertaining thing he's ever done. It was also the film that finally got me liking DiCaprio.Danhttp://www.top10films.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073025888325415158.post-37238494268181116952010-11-11T10:56:16.839-05:002010-11-11T10:56:16.839-05:00Although Gangs of NY is slightly better in my book...Although Gangs of NY is slightly better in my book, but...then again, Daniel Day-Lewis can make anything great. (Except Nine) ssshhhhh....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907807064603780735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073025888325415158.post-57510883622854591022010-11-11T10:55:35.795-05:002010-11-11T10:55:35.795-05:00I recommend you seeing Infernal Affairs, the origi...I recommend you seeing Infernal Affairs, the original Hong-Kong film from which this is "inspired". Both great movies though!Castorhttp://www.anomalousmaterial.com/moviesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073025888325415158.post-11154512183608342222010-11-11T09:03:36.338-05:002010-11-11T09:03:36.338-05:00This film has quickly risen up the ranks of my own...This film has quickly risen up the ranks of my own personal favorites, and has likewise become an example I like to cite of "Hollywood's Ability to Make a Well-Executed Foreign Remake".<br /><br />You're absolutely right in citing that this really shouldn't be the film that Scorsese got his Oscars for, but given how badly Oscar dropped the ball on rewarding him for RAGING BULL and GOODFELLAS, they had to make ammends.<br /><br />In the end, I'm actually happy they rewarded this film, and not some of his more deliberate attempts like GANGS OF NY or THE AVIATORRyan McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00440134802928893661noreply@blogger.com