- Scorsese always manages to get the best out of his actors and The Departed is certainly no exception. Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon and Leo are all fantastic. The rest of the cast is swell too, these three just particularly stood out for me.
- While I'm talking about the cast, even Alec Baldwin was great in this! For what may be the first time ever I actually thought he was useful in a film. Way to go, Marty.
- Something that stood out to me during the film was a particularly good use of soundtrack. Not just in the selections but also how they were implemented.
- You can always count on a Scorsese flick to be worth the price of admission. It's a cinematic truth.
- They even got the accents right! For once a film about Bostonians doesn't have them all sounding mentally retahded.
*SPECIAL FEATURE!*
Let's just take a second to compare the career pathes taken by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck after Good Will Hunting:
Matt Damon makes Saving Private Ryan, Ben Affleck does Armageddon
Matt Damon makes The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ben Affleck does Forces of Nature
Matt Damon makes Oceans 11, Ben Affleck does Pearl Harbor
Matt Damon - The Bourne Identity, Ben Affleck - Reindeer Games
Matt Damon - The Bourne Supremacy, Ben Affleck - Surviving Christmas
Matt Damon - The Departed, Ben Affleck - Clerks II
One of these actors' filmographies is not like the other...
LOWS
- Nothing to report. Go see it already.
Torrey's Opinion:
5- Strongly Recommend
4- Recommend
3- A Mixed Bag
2- Sub-par
1- Don't Bother
Random related fact: The apartment where Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) resided in the movie had been that of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
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