[BretWeir]

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Am I the only one who doesn't consider "The Departed" a great film?
It was reasonably good, but got more attention than it should've because of who was involved.
The plot had more holes in it than any decent film in recent memory.
The acting was respectable, but not spectacular.

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I enjoyed The Departed, but it was far from a great film. The last scene almost ruined it for me -- "Look, it's a RAT out on the balcony! Get it, Matt Damon was a RAT! It's SYMBOLISM!" How more heavy-handed can you get?

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Apparently not heavy-handed enough, because it wasn't pointing out that Matt Damon was a rat.

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Yeah, I know, Leo DiCaprio was the rat for the cops, but Matt Damon was also a "rat" for Jack Nicholson. Same difference, equally stupid, as far as I'm concerned.

Or is there some much subtler rodent analogy going on here that was completely over my head?