Saw it last weekend. I loved it.
I enjoyed the dialogue and most of the characters. I don’t worry about inaccuracies and what not, I just allow myself to be entertained.
I watched this film last night. I liked the film overall, but as has already been stated, I felt that the elevator scene was a copout. Don’t get me wrong, I felt these characters should die (it is, after all, a mob film). It seemed to me they ran out of creativity and instead used a ridiculous last minute plot twist to quickly end the film.
[quote]john w wrote:
It seemed to me they ran out of creativity and instead used a ridiculous last minute plot twist to quickly end the film.
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What was the last minute plot twist?
[quote]HOV wrote:
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.
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?
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I am saying that there was phenomenal writing in that movie, and there were some incredible monologues. So real cops don’t swear as much? Fine. But don’t go saying how shitty the writing was- it was excellent.
Thanks for the explanation about how cops work. Too bad that wasn’t what I was fucking talking about.
Too many movies have the ending be happily ever after and a hero’s welcome for the hero who somehow survives.
What I said the first time was that the heroes don’t always live, and many times go unsung because they die before anyone can tell of their good or selfless deeds, and Scorcese is one who kills people off randomly and surprisingly…kind of like death does in real life.
I wasn’t talking about fuckin “delete keys”. Sorry.
Its called sarcasm.
I love a guy that can totally pick a movie apart bit by bit. Sure must be fun to watch movies with you.
[quote]PGA wrote:
The original is 3 movies and too spaced out. The reason for the one film was better character development and to speed things up.
Ipsum wrote:
Just watch the original, the first Infernal Affairs. Infernal Affairs 2 talks abt the history of how the cop and the gangster went undercover. Infernal Affairs 3 is set after Infernal Affairs 1 and the focus is on the “bad guy” (the role that Damon played).
I won’t elaborate on Infernal Affairs 3 so as not to spoil it, in case any of you decide to watch it. IMO, the first is still the best.[/quote]
Just to clarify, The Departed is based mainly upon IA 1 and not all 3 movies.
[quote]Jillybop wrote:
A few times the accent got mangled, but for the most part they all did well (that’s how I talk, too 
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When I saw it, I thought Marky Mark was overdoing the accent — trying too hard. I found out later that he an damon are actually from Bah-ston.
this was an amazing movie everyone criticizes it too much. so it is not 100% realistic its a movie who gives a shit youre supposed to be entertained.
[quote]slimjim wrote:
I thought it was a crappy movie…everything just pieced together at the end when they couldn’t come up with a good ending, amatuer hour.[/quote]
Glad to see someone else feel this way.
Whatever happened to the yellow envelope DiCaprio gave to the shrink?
He told her if anything happens to me, open it…