The Departed
18 October 2006, 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by unclebuck
The Departed
Here I sit,
Broken hearted,
Wanted to watch a good film,
And saw The Departed
Here I sit,
Broken hearted,
Wanted to watch a good film,
And saw The Departed
18 October 2006, 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Rannoch
Sorry mate - I forgot about you - I know that being politically correct and all that I should not put posts up that might discriminate against those who might not be able to follow the joined up sentences and intelligent plot twists
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18 October 2006, 09:06 AM
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Great film, genuinely tense. Scorsese even manages to wrestle a good performance out of the usually wooden Mark Wahlberg.
Nicholson's performance is a gem
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Nicholson's performance is a gem
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18 October 2006, 03:27 PM
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Thought it was OK, but it was no masterpiece! Mean Streets and Goodfellas are two of my favourite films, so I was looking forward to Scorsese getting back to form, but think this could have been much, much better!
I thought Nicholsons character was a bit of a joke, didn't make any sense and was hampered by lazy scriptwriting and lazy character development, although I thought he acted what he was given well! The whole build up scenarios were quick and cheap, and it all just played out as a bit simple, I thought. Everything was spelt out so obviously, very Americanised, sadly.....
There was no suspense and no twist (apart from a randomly injected character near the end) everything was fairly obvious.....
Infernal Affairs was a good movie. This was an ok movie. With the cast and story it could have been in the top ten crime movies ever made.......
I thought Nicholsons character was a bit of a joke, didn't make any sense and was hampered by lazy scriptwriting and lazy character development, although I thought he acted what he was given well! The whole build up scenarios were quick and cheap, and it all just played out as a bit simple, I thought. Everything was spelt out so obviously, very Americanised, sadly.....
There was no suspense and no twist (apart from a randomly injected character near the end) everything was fairly obvious.....
Infernal Affairs was a good movie. This was an ok movie. With the cast and story it could have been in the top ten crime movies ever made.......
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19 October 2006, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by EXSCOOBY
totally disagree
spell binding cinematography even on my ickle 90 inch screen it looked amazing
i will deffo buy the hd dvd when it drops
spell binding cinematography even on my ickle 90 inch screen it looked amazing
i will deffo buy the hd dvd when it drops
Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't paid full price to see it at the cinema? 
Lots of sexy men and a good film
19 October 2006, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 2000TLondon
Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't paid full price to see it at the cinema?
19 October 2006, 09:21 PM
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and after watching the FULL film tonight
i take back my original comment
it was pants of the highest order
my fault for
a, seeing hundreds of films a year and being discerning
b, not being able to get past leonardo being "hard"
sorry it was a overblown channel 5 film with woefully miscast actors in none believeable parts
and dont get me started on winstones accent or nicholsons over acting
terrible
i take back my original comment
it was pants of the highest order
my fault for
a, seeing hundreds of films a year and being discerning
b, not being able to get past leonardo being "hard"
sorry it was a overblown channel 5 film with woefully miscast actors in none believeable parts
and dont get me started on winstones accent or nicholsons over acting
terrible
19 October 2006, 10:46 PM
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personally i thought leonardo was good in this (i always thought he was crap) but the film was a bit predictable to much un-necessery swearing and violence
my opinion of course but it could of been better
my opinion of course but it could of been better
19 October 2006, 10:49 PM
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I would watch this, but i cant stand that **** DiCaprio
Originally Posted by oobster
I can't be bothered with him either, but i've got to admit he wasn't too bad in this.
Also - thought Winston was brill...........................
20 October 2006, 04:56 AM
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Originally Posted by EXSCOOBY
or maybe you might have understood i was talking about the high res trailer playing on my media centre you smug opionated *****
And you chose to ignore my wink, you thick ****!
WTF is a "media centre" you pretentious tool? Very impressed that you have a projector and a DVD player!!!
Oh, and you changed your mind anyway...........
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20 October 2006, 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by moneys
personally i thought leonardo was good in this
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20 October 2006, 03:30 PM
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YOU SERIOUSLY DONT KNOW WHAT A MEDIA CENTRE IS?????????????
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Originally Posted by 2000TLondon
Well you didn't say that! You think I'm a f cuking mind reader?
And you chose to ignore my wink, you thick ****!
WTF is a "media centre" you pretentious tool? Very impressed that you have a projector and a DVD player!!!
Oh, and you changed your mind anyway...........
And you chose to ignore my wink, you thick ****!
WTF is a "media centre" you pretentious tool? Very impressed that you have a projector and a DVD player!!!
Oh, and you changed your mind anyway...........
24 October 2006, 09:34 AM
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Saw this tonight and very very disappointed.
Ok plot, awful delivery and character developent. Shows how much film making standards have dropped for this to be even considered a good film.
Doesn't get anywhere near the likes of goodfellas, godfathers, heat etc.
Also thought it was all very predictable.
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Ok plot, awful delivery and character developent. Shows how much film making standards have dropped for this to be even considered a good film.
Doesn't get anywhere near the likes of goodfellas, godfathers, heat etc.
Also thought it was all very predictable.
chop
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