The Departed: Martin Scorsese's new film

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AJ, perhaps I thought it slow (only very briefly) at 1 or 2 points because I already knew the story. I'd be interested to see if anyone who hadn't seen IA every thought it slow, briefly, around 2/3 of the way through.

What makes my case a little, though, is that IA pulled off more in 100 min than The Departed did in 150. The emotional/psychological/motivational stuff I posted about makes the characters so much more compelling. The Departed tries to do that with the Leo-shrink relationship, but doesn't do nearly as much. And there were certain key scenes left out that would have added a lot to the character.


I agree that Scorcese has little chance at BD, but think he may manage to get nominated without the movie getting a BP nod. There's often 1 of those in there.


I agree with AJ from earlier that Leo was great in this movie, while being meh to most guys in other movies. As I said, in the few that I've seen (just the major ones like Aviator, CMIYC, and the Beach), I thought he delivered a good acting performance, but didn't like the guy.

This movie changes that. I think guys will actually enjoy his performances after this, and that it changes his rep enough to make people look back at his great past work, in spite of Titanic. Filmies may have already loved him, but now he will be a draw, for guys as well, not just girls.


For those of you here who have seen both movies, did anyone like The Departed better than the original Infernal Affairs?