Kathanda Wittoward

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Departed

The Departed... It was an excellent film to be sure, but it was just so disturbing. Jack Nicholson was really creepy, Matt Damon was sexy, but a little obvious. Leonardo DiCaprio was REALLY sexy and really really convincing. DiCaprio and Damon really outshined old Jack in my opinion. DiCaprio especially. I wasnt sure who the leading lady was, but she was pretty good too. She had to be, to act next to Damon and DiCaprio. The film is your standard crime drama; police, irish mob, rats on both sides .. . etc. It was really interesting to see the parallel characters that Damon and DiCaprio played. Damon skated through life and DiCaprio just couldn't catch a break. Mark Walberg and Martin Sheen were also in the film. Sheen was great in the role. He was believable and intense, but without upstaging anyone. Walberg was great, but a little over-kill at times. He had some really funny dialogue towards the beginning, and does the brooding thing well. Overall, I recommend this movie, although theres quite a bit of violence and 'fuck' is pretty much every other word. I will be genuinely disappointed if Jack wins awards and Leonardo doesn't, because he really was better. Anyways. I thought it was time for a movie review.

2 Comments:

Blogger TheWayfarer said...

Now, I gotta see it. Nicholson's calling card is a weird character, just like Gary Oltman ALWAYS plays a villain. Matt Damon & Leo Di Caprio in the same movie, and the theatre didn't freeze from all the coolness...WTF?

2:51 PM  
Blogger TheWayfarer said...

It was fair-to-Midland, but the acting wrested every bit of good out of lame writing.
Too much like real life:
The only difference between the cops and the crooks were their clothes.

9:17 PM  

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