[quote]golferguy12 wrote:
beebuddy wrote:
I didn’t like it that much. The Boston accents were inauthentic and Marky Mark’s character didn’t do him justice. I like the guy but that character just talked shit the entire time.
Isn’t Matt Damon from Boston? that would make his accent authentic, right?
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Damon and Wahlberg are both from Southie, the low-income area of Boston. Their accents are not inauthentic.
[quote]Jillybop wrote:
golferguy12 wrote:
beebuddy wrote:
I didn’t like it that much. The Boston accents were inauthentic and Marky Mark’s character didn’t do him justice. I like the guy but that character just talked shit the entire time.
Isn’t Matt Damon from Boston? that would make his accent authentic, right?
And Mark Wahlberg…[/quote]
Exactly why I don’t like the lack of instant posting around here, :-).
[quote]beebuddy wrote:
I didn’t like it that much. The Boston accents were inauthentic and Marky Mark’s character didn’t do him justice. I like the guy but that character just talked shit the entire time.[/quote]
I felt the same way. Some of the dialogue between Wahlberg and the other characters was just ridiculous:
“Fuck fuck fuck fuck… your mother fucked your brother”
WTF? The writers really failed on some of that dialogue.
When DiCaprio died, the whole movie deflated. To have the audience endure 2 hours of plot development and suspense for the fate of DiCaprio’s character, only to blow it away completely about 30 minutes before the end of the film was completely anticlimactic. There was no subsequent buildup of tension or suspense after that.
I cared about DiCaprio’s character and what would happen to him - everyone was rooting for him of course. To kill him was to remove everything the movie built up to that point.
[quote]HOV wrote:
When DiCaprio died, the whole movie deflated. To have the audience endure 2 hours of plot development and suspense for the fate of DiCaprio’s character, only to blow it away completely about 30 minutes before the end of the film was completely anticlimactic. There was no subsequent buildup of tension or suspense after that.
I cared about DiCaprio’s character and what would happen to him - everyone was rooting for him of course. To kill him was to remove everything the movie built up to that point.[/quote]
I totally disagree. I think that was a major release of tension and shock to the audience. When it happened, I thought “Oh shit!!!” (Of course, then I thought “Untouchables rip-off, haha.”)
But some parts of the script did seem a bit weak. Like Nicolson not putting 2 and 2 together. New guy joins your crew…New guy was in police training academy…Suddenly you find out there’s a rat in crew…A plus B certainly can’t equal C, nope.
Also, I rented it last weekend and there were no special features at all. I was really hoping to hear some kind of commentary track. Anyone know if there’s another “version” on dvd somewhere?
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
HOV wrote:
When DiCaprio died, the whole movie deflated. To have the audience endure 2 hours of plot development and suspense for the fate of DiCaprio’s character, only to blow it away completely about 30 minutes before the end of the film was completely anticlimactic. There was no subsequent buildup of tension or suspense after that.
I cared about DiCaprio’s character and what would happen to him - everyone was rooting for him of course. To kill him was to remove everything the movie built up to that point.
I totally disagree. I think that was a major release of tension and shock to the audience. When it happened, I thought “Oh shit!!!” (Of course, then I thought “Untouchables rip-off, haha.”)
But some parts of the script did seem a bit weak. Like Nicolson not putting 2 and 2 together. New guy joins your crew…New guy was in police training academy…Suddenly you find out there’s a rat in crew…A plus B certainly can’t equal C, nope.
Also, I rented it last weekend and there were no special features at all. I was really hoping to hear some kind of commentary track. Anyone know if there’s another “version” on dvd somewhere?[/quote]
They didn’t give you the second disk.
AS far as A+B=C well there was the other cop in his crew. He didn’t think it was Costigan because he tried him with the leaked “drug” shipment info and it didn’t get back to Costelo. So Costigan didn’t have any suspicion after that point. Once the other cop was “outed” the rat was found.
[quote]PGA wrote:
They didn’t give you the second disk.
AS far as A+B=C well there was the other cop in his crew. He didn’t think it was Costigan because he tried him with the leaked “drug” shipment info and it didn’t get back to Costelo. So Costigan didn’t have any suspicion after that point. Once the other cop was “outed” the rat was found.[/quote]
Those Blockbuster jackholes. It was only in a single dvd case. I guess they figured somebody would run off with it. I’m thinking the commentary track alone will be worth buying the dvd for.
And good call on that other cop I guess. I forgot about him, didn’t see him coming.
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
Those Blockbuster jackholes. It was only in a single dvd case. I guess they figured somebody would run off with it. I’m thinking the commentary track alone will be worth buying the dvd for.
And good call on that other cop I guess. I forgot about him, didn’t see him coming.[/quote]
In defense of them it may have not been the special edition…which costs 50 cents more!
There’s no commentary on it but there are a bunch of featurets. There is one feature length Scorsese career one from TMC on it.
Here are the extras…
Nine additional scenes with introductions by Martin Scorsese
Feature-length TCM profile “Scorsese on Scorsese”
The Story of the Boston Mob: the real-life gangster behind Jack Nicholson’s character
Crossing Criminal Cultures: how Little Italy’s crime and violence influence Scorsese’s work
[quote]golferguy12 wrote:
Isn’t Matt Damon from Boston? that would make his accent authentic, right?
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Damon’s sounded good but Nicholson’s was soooo bad that it hurt to listen to.
The only thing I didn’t get was why it never showed what was in the envelope that Costigan gave to Madolyn.
[quote]HOV wrote:
I felt the same way. Some of the dialogue between Wahlberg and the other characters was just ridiculous:
“Fuck fuck fuck fuck… your mother fucked your brother”
WTF? The writers really failed on some of that dialogue.
When DiCaprio died, the whole movie deflated. To have the audience endure 2 hours of plot development and suspense for the fate of DiCaprio’s character, only to blow it away completely about 30 minutes before the end of the film was completely anticlimactic. There was no subsequent buildup of tension or suspense after that.
I cared about DiCaprio’s character and what would happen to him - everyone was rooting for him of course. To kill him was to remove everything the movie built up to that point.[/quote]
Yea you said it better than I could. My main problem besides the shitty accents (except for whalberg and damon) was that Marky Mark got the final and most satisfying revenge, but I didn’t care about his character because we didn’t know much about him other than that he talked a lot of shit. I felt the story deflated after DiCaprio died also. It would have been more satisfying to have Dicaprio at least take some important mothafuckas out before he got popped.
[quote]HOV wrote:
beebuddy wrote:
I didn’t like it that much. The Boston accents were inauthentic and Marky Mark’s character didn’t do him justice. I like the guy but that character just talked shit the entire time.
I felt the same way. Some of the dialogue between Wahlberg and the other characters was just ridiculous:
“Fuck fuck fuck fuck… your mother fucked your brother”
WTF? The writers really failed on some of that dialogue.
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Where do you work? Cause that isn’t a far cry from how guys talk in a place run by guys. C’mon. Grow up.
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When DiCaprio died, the whole movie deflated. To have the audience endure 2 hours of plot development and suspense for the fate of DiCaprio’s character, only to blow it away completely about 30 minutes before the end of the film was completely anticlimactic. There was no subsequent buildup of tension or suspense after that.
I cared about DiCaprio’s character and what would happen to him - everyone was rooting for him of course. To kill him was to remove everything the movie built up to that point.[/quote]
Kind of like real life, huh? Where the hero doesn’t always accomplish his mission?
Yea, Scorcese’s kind of good at that. Never be a movie reviewer.
What’s your point Irish? You think I should change my mind and like the movie?
You’re an idiot.
I liked the movie, but it didn’t blow me away. I thought Alec Baldwin was great in his very small role.
Thing I always find myself asking: why do people love DeCaprio? I don’t think he ruined the movie or anything, but I just don’t see the guy as a great actor. I just can’t take him seriously with that voice, and I just don’t find him that believable.
And I concur with the previous poster’s comments that Corigan’s death hurt the movie in its timing and line. Seemed disjointed.
That said, I liked the movie generally - I love it when a cast like that can get together on a movie with that kind of gritty substance.
After all the hype, the great cast and director and winning best picture I have to say I was disappointed .
[quote]beebuddy wrote:
What’s your point Irish? You think I should change my mind and like the movie?
You’re an idiot.[/quote]
I’d rather be an idiot than a pussy who whines when they swear too much and the hero doesn’t get the damn girl and end up happy. Christ…
I really liked this movie, but Infernal Affairs was better.
Infernal affairs was a tighter movie, I felt like I understood Andy Lau’s (Mat Damon’s) motivation better.
The directing and acting were awesome but editing was the thing that blew me away about departed. Scorsese always used the same editor and she is a genius, i believed she won 3 oscars for her work for Scorsese.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
I’d rather be an idiot than a pussy who whines when they swear too much and the hero doesn’t get the damn girl and end up happy. Christ…[/quote]
You’re nothing.
I liked it, but I wasn’t blown away by it. In my opinion, it was good, but not great.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Where do you work? Cause that isn’t a far cry from how guys talk in a place run by guys. C’mon. Grow up.[/quote]
I’ve been working for the military for the last 10 years.
What was lacking on the movie was the infantile dialogue. You’re right, people do talk like that - in 8th grade. At an interview for a special police unit, that’s really inappropriate and unprofessional. No “hard ass” in the police or military speaks like that. The dialogue was okay for the most part, but there were a few exchanges that were way beyond reality and just stupid.
What does my opinion of the movie script have to do with growing up?
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Kind of like real life, huh? Where the hero doesn’t always accomplish his mission?[/quote]
How ironic that you loved the cheesy, overdone dialogue and now say that the movie is like real life. Do you think real police officers talk to each other like that? Do you think they have fistfights in the middle of their meetings? Do you really think Wahlberg’s character would have much of a career if he went around talking like that to other officers? None of that was realistic.
Nor was the way Dicaprio was killed. He was killed by another mole cop who just kind of popped up as a plot twist: “you didn’t think you were the only one, did you?” Well, what the hell did these cops think would happen when they started killing all these other cops? That they’d never be caught? They went on a killing spree so they wouldn’t be caught as moles, so they became murderers instead. Awesome idea!
When Damon killed the other mole, that was even sweeter. Forensic evidence? What’s that?
And how is it that an operational supervisor can delete a personnel record? I’ve never seen an organization where the operational supervisors have access to alter or delete the subordinates’ records, undercover or not. Wait a minute… delete? What kind of personnel database would ever have a “delete” function anyway? This is a law enforcement agency, where all that information is archived three times over for legal purposes.
Are you seriously talking about this movie being realistic? Reno 911 has this movie beat for realistic police action.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Never be a movie reviewer.[/quote]
It’s the internet, genius. This thread is for talking about the movie.