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Andy: I don't think the elevator part of the ending was meant to be comical, except for the Anthony Anderson part (who totally did not fit the movie, although he wasn't bad). The Mark Wahlberg/ Matt Damon part at the end, and the closing shot, were obviously comical.

The original's ending was not comic at all, but fit with the movie and was great. The way Scorcese handled the ending was inappropriate, given what he did with the characters in the movie. I said somewhere that Scorcese f'ed up the ending, but I take that back. He f'ed up Matt Damon's character, and skimped on DiCaprio's. A very fun movie, but not as weighty or interesting as the original.


KDawg: I agree that it probably won't win many Oscars except maybe Adapted Screenplay. But couldn't it be nominated for Lead Actor, Supporting Actor, Director, and Editing? I don't know much right now about The Good Shepherd and Babel - what do you think they will be nominated for, and perhaps win? Isn't Flags of Our Fathers the top fave for Picture?

One interesting thing I did see on IMDB is that DiCaprio was cast for the lead in The Good Shepherd but dropped out to be in The Departed. But then I look and see that Matt Damon is the lead in Shepherd. Huh?


Blarg: I'd be interested in your Infernal Affairs review.


All: I just saw another commerical for The Departed. It sucked. Warners f'ed up the marketing campaign bigtime. Released in Nov, with better marketing, this could have been a $40 million flick.