tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33519197.post7451315831882443144..comments2023-09-05T07:02:47.820-07:00Comments on Watch It: The Departed - $8Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33519197.post-61971612292530582552007-03-20T04:44:00.000-07:002007-03-20T04:44:00.000-07:00My beef with this film, and the reason I probably ...My beef with this film, and the reason I probably won't watch it, is that it's an unnecessary remake of a perfectly nice little Hong Kong flick, which again was good but not great.<BR/><BR/>That, and the fact that I think Nicholson is a ham, DiCaprio is overrated, and Scorsese's best films are behind him.<BR/><BR/>Not for me, this one, even though I'm sure it's probably well made.* (asterisk)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11969314216753450118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33519197.post-22134305349640729282007-03-12T22:08:00.000-07:002007-03-12T22:08:00.000-07:00I think I'd still call it great, this was an intel...I think I'd still call it great, this was an intelligent and complex movie in what is commonly a one dimmensional genre.<BR/><BR/>I'm also a sucker for great acting performances and this was full of them.<BR/><BR/>I still haven't seen Babel though I agree about the best movie because I would have given it to Sunshine or even the unnominated Pan's Labrynth before The Departed.Tony Tantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619319927519736211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33519197.post-67680588216659319972007-03-12T20:46:00.000-07:002007-03-12T20:46:00.000-07:00not great, just good. probably only the cast made ...not great, just good. probably only the cast made it good. otherwise it is a pretty normal movie. babel was better and so was sunshine.<BR/><BR/>give scorsese the oscar but don't give it to the movie, i say, but whatever.Jon Couttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728055140831842717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33519197.post-64963037506568894142007-03-12T10:13:00.000-07:002007-03-12T10:13:00.000-07:00agree...good but not great...but still great. You ...agree...good but not great...but still great. You know what I'm saying.Sheamus the...https://www.blogger.com/profile/16977591235815866630noreply@blogger.com