2112-Rob-2112 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 just saw this movie tonight..along with texas chainsaw and jackass 2. The departed was completely amazing..one of the best movies ive ever seen...go see it now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Hey! My terminal manager at work told me about this movie and he said that it is a MUST SEE! Thanks! I am sure it is not for the kids so I will wait for the dvd!!! ROCK ON! Earl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestand Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 The best from Scorsese in awhile. Probably in my top 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Yeah, this movie was really damn good. Quite graphic at times, and can be kinda slow moving, but extremely well constructed and acted, particularly by Leonardo DiCaprio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom_Fighter Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 yea when i was little i used to like Leonardo DiCaprio, and then as i got a little bit older i started to just kinda brush him off as just a stupid heart-throb actor that the chicks just like cuz he's good-looking, and then recently i've started to realize that he is actually a great actor. i really wanna see this movie, i hope i can get to it before it's out of the theaters, but it most likely won't come to my stupid little town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 My Mom saw this with a friend of hers, she said it was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rocinante Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 this was a great movie, go see it if you haven't already... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softfilter Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Agree well worth seeing great cast, Is Nicholson made for this role or what! Fantastic and funny in only the demented way Jack can pull off.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro2112 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Just saw this for the first time this evening. Wonderful movie. Excellent writing, acting and directing. Four stars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pags Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 QUOTE (pedro2112 @ Apr 15 2007, 10:18 PM) Just saw this for the first time this evening. Wonderful movie. Excellent writing, acting and directing. Four stars! Hey cool - we just watched it last night. Thought the same thing. Fantastic movie. And I recognized the bar that Nicholson and DiCaprio were at. Bobby and I hung out there for a bit on St. Patricks Day. That was kinda wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 QUOTE (2112-Rob-2112 @ Oct 21 2006, 08:17 PM) just saw this movie tonight..along with texas chainsaw and jackass 2. The departed was completely amazing..one of the best movies ive ever seen...go see it now! Ive been meaning to see that, will have to soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCFIELDS Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Awesome movie....saw it the other night....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdog987 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 QUOTE (Freedom_Fighter @ Oct 26 2006, 03:46 PM)yea when i was little i used to like Leonardo DiCaprio, and then as i got a little bit older i started to just kinda brush him off as just a stupid heart-throb actor that the chicks just like cuz he's good-looking, and then recently i've started to realize that he is actually a great actor. I agree with you on Leo. He will probably always be under appreciated because of the pretty boy tag. In my opinion he made Titantic and he has the ability to make you forget you are watching him and becomes the person he is portraying. I loved the Departed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowdog Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I agree with the sentiments on Leo, he has become a very good actor. I think Wahlberg has really come into his own as an actor too. Two great performances. And of course, Nicholson is always good. I didn't see that ending coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCFIELDS Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 QUOTE (Snowdog @ Apr 16 2007, 06:18 PM) I agree with the sentiments on Leo, he has become a very good actor. I think Wahlberg has really come into his own as an actor too. Two great performances. And of course, Nicholson is always good. I didn't see that ending coming Me too.....he was good in Gangs Of New York, Blood Diamond, The Departed and Catch Me If You Can........I think people rag on him because he looks like a Backstreet Boy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 The Departed was great. My wife cringed at the violence, but I thought it was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 I just bought this and watched it last night. Don't ask what took me so long to get to it, I couldn't tell you. I freakin' loved it! I do believe that 'The Departed' is now my favorite Scorsese film of all time. If you haven't seen this one you need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blonde77th Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Wow I have it & haven't watched it yet guess I better get to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pt2112 Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Great movie, Mark Wahlberg was the best in this, good acting and witty lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Kick ass movie. Scorsese=Genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 (edited) Ok, I FINALLY saw this movie! (ya see my wife doesn't like violent movies, and I don't like to see movies alone and so... oh, it's a long boring story... ) WARNING: SPOILERS I think I need to see this movie again, and maybe a couple more times, because my first impression was that I wasn't too crazy about it. I expect a lot from Scorcese, and I was disappointed. For the record, I love Scorsece and Goodfellas was one of my all time favorites. Of course he's made many other brilliant movies, but that's one of the standouts. PROS: The cast was phenomenal - I mean, Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Sheen, Mark Wahlberg - all in one movie - it doesn't get much better than that. Much of the story was very gripping, the whole cat and mouse scenarios, etc. It was very stylishly directed, but of course I would expect nothing less from one of the true masters. CONS: This is the feeling I was left with by the end of the movie. It was "Ok, so pretty much EVERYONE died? WTF???" I've always wondered what I would think of a movie where you're going along watching it all happy go lucky (as happy go lucky as one can watch a Scorcese film) and the main character suddenly dies, or if most of the main characters died. I thought that would be quite an interesting change. In actuality, I just found it kind of depressing. Scorcese has an amzing ability to make the loathsome characters seem attractive in some way, like you still route for them no matter how evil they are. First Martin Sheen's character dies (bummer), then Nicholson's (a bit of a shock), then DiCaprio's (a MAJOR shock), and finally Damon's (wow). By the end, I had no one to root for at all, not even a bad guy, and it all just ended in a huge bloodbath with pretty much one survivor who had been absent from the last half of the movie anyway. I have to say, it left me with kind of an empty feeling. Like I said, maybe I need to watch this movie again to "get" it. I enjoyed watching it, but by the end I just kind of felt numbed out by pretty much EVERYONE dying. If someone wants to explain what I'm missing here, I'm open to hearing it... Edited November 21, 2007 by rushgoober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pt2112 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Nov 21 2007, 04:49 PM) This is the feeling I was left with by the end of the movie. It was "Ok, so pretty much EVERYONE died? WTF???" I've always wondered what I would think of a movie where you're going along watching it all happy go lucky (as happy go lucky as one can watch a Scorcese film) and the main character suddenly dies, or if most of the main characters died. I thought that would be quite an interesting change. In actuality, I just found it kind of depressing. That's EXACTLY what my friend said when we watched it. I thought it was alright, the old Hamlet ending. Mark Wahlberg was the best guy anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vital signz Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Hey All... Does anyone else think Nicholson overacted during this flick?? I really liked the movie, but it just seemed to me that he was a tad over the top...I could be wrong. Just wondered if anyone else agrees. Loved all other characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 QUOTE (vital signz @ Nov 21 2007, 05:09 PM) Hey All... Does anyone else think Nicholson overacted during this flick?? I really liked the movie, but it just seemed to me that he was a tad over the top...I could be wrong. Just wondered if anyone else agrees. Loved all other characters. That's Nicholson. He was no more over-the-top in The Departed than any of his other movies. In fact, I thought he held back with The Departed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Nov 21 2007, 04:49 PM) Ok, I FINALLY saw this movie! (ya see my wife doesn't like violent movies, and I don't like to see movies alone and so... oh, it's a long boring story... ) WARNING: SPOILERS I think I need to see this movie again, and maybe a couple more times, because my first impression was that I wasn't too crazy about it. I expect a lot from Scorcese, and I was disappointed. For the record, I love Scorsece and Goodfellas was one of my all time favorites. Of course he's made many other brilliant movies, but that's one of the standouts. PROS: The cast was phenomenal - I mean, Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Sheen, Mark Wahlberg - all in one movie - it doesn't get much better than that. Much of the story was very gripping, the whole cat and mouse scenarios, etc. It was very stylishly directed, but of course I would expect nothing less from one of the true masters. CONS: This is the feeling I was left with by the end of the movie. It was "Ok, so pretty much EVERYONE died? WTF???" I've always wondered what I would think of a movie where you're going along watching it all happy go lucky (as happy go lucky as one can watch a Scorcese film) and the main character suddenly dies, or if most of the main characters died. I thought that would be quite an interesting change. In actuality, I just found it kind of depressing. Scorcese has an amzing ability to make the loathsome characters seem attractive in some way, like you still route for them no matter how evil they are. First Martin Sheen's character dies (bummer), then Nicholson's (a bit of a shock), then DiCaprio's (a MAJOR shock), and finally Damon's (wow). By the end, I had no one to root for at all, not even a bad guy, and it all just ended in a huge bloodbath with pretty much one survivor who had been absent from the last half of the movie anyway. I have to say, it left me with kind of an empty feeling. Like I said, maybe I need to watch this movie again to "get" it. I enjoyed watching it, but by the end I just kind of felt numbed out by pretty much EVERYONE dying. If someone wants to explain what I'm missing here, I'm open to hearing it... Apparently, your reaction was what Scorsese was going for - the empty feeling you get not knowing why terrible things happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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