The Departed

[Champion of Europa]

I just finished watching this with about 5 other people after hours at the theater, and I was amazed at how brilliant this movie is. It was the shortest 2 hours and 40 minutes I've had in my entire life. I

I can't name one bad performance in the entire movie. Everyone has amazing moment after amazing moment.

Scorcese uses music better than almost any director in Hollywood today. Quentin Tarantino gets praise for making old songs no one has heard into classics. Scorcese should get praise for redefining music we grew up on.

This is seriously one of Scorcese's best films, and if you don't go see it you are a fucking cuntmuscle.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

I agree.

Also, go watch the original.

[Buzzkill]

Maybe he'll finally get an oscar

[Champion of Europa]

I think in a year where movies have been relatively underwhelming from an Oscar perspective, and this movie is just so amazing, he can't not win.

And the Academy loves giving awards to make up for passing up someone in years past, so this really does seem like Scorcese's year.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

The popular buzz though is that the violence will cause the Oscar to pass him up.

[Champion of Europa]

The popular buzz though is that the violence will cause the Oscar to pass him up.

I think the Oscars are more political than moral on that kind of thing. There are more political reasons for him to win than for him to lose.

I guessed all of the top acting and directing awards last year without having seen all the films. I just went through, examining what The Oscars had to gain and lose.

Like for Brokeback Mountain, I knew it wasn't good enough to win Best Picture, but they didn't want to appear homophobic, so they had to either give the movie Best Supporting Actor or Best Director. George Clooney got nominated for Best Director and Best Supporting, and there was no way he was getting out of there without a consolation prize, so they gave him Best Supporting Actor. Which freed up Best Director for Ang Lee.

It's all about politics, and The Oscars have more to lose by having Scorcese lose.

[Buzzkill]

Lets see, what are the other contenders?

Flags of our Fathers
The Prestige

Those are the only two jumping to mind right now. Any others?

[Champion of Europa]

Lets see, what are the other contenders?

Flags of our Fathers
The Prestige

Those are the only two jumping to mind right now. Any others?

Perhaps those two, The Departed, and a few indie films that got huge buzz out of film festivals. The Academy doesn't award those, further solidifying The Departed in my mind.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Acually saw The Departed to day. It's really fucking good. I agree, the original is better, but still, this movie is really fucking good.

[RBM]

Just got back from it recently.

Excellent movie. Best one I've seen so far this year.

[Boondock Saint]

Can't wait.

[Funky Fly]

Some douchebag on tv was saying some upcoming movie "The Last King OF Scotland" had Oscar potential the other day.

[ct2k]

Need to see this at some point, I adore the original, but I've heard nothing but good things about this one so I'm sure i'll check it out this week.

It'd be pretty stupid if Scorsese finally won the best picture/director award for a remake though.

[Fox]

Perhaps those two, The Departed, and a few indie films that got huge buzz out of film festivals. The Academy doesn't award those, further solidifying The Departed in my mind.

Little Miss Sunshine has recieved tons of rave reviews, but your right; it's got no chance for an Oscar.


As I don't want to be a cuntmuscle, I must go see this film.

[PapaGeorgio]

Saw this the other day, was great. Without giving to much away, I loved all of Jack Nicholson's lines. Whenever he spoke I basically went nuts. Plan to see it again soon.
As for Funky Fly talking about Last King Of Scotland, it looks good, but need to see it to judge if it's best picture good. Forest Whitaker is one of my favorites actors, so I'm very excited for it. Forest got screwed on the Emmys this year not even getting a nomination. His work on The Shield was some of the best acting I've seen in a long time.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The Last King of Scotland will get nominated, and has a very good chance of winning. Forest Whitaker will probably be a strong pick for Best Actor, and it may get a few Supporting nominations and may win best movie. I'm not too sure about Direction, that's the one it's least likely to win, in my opinion.

Little Miss Sunshine may just get nominated for another strong movie presence, and someone may win a Supporting Oscar, but I doubt it will take home the heavyweight trophies.

Another potential nomination is The Last Kiss, starring Zach Braff. Critics were kind of split on it, but I think most agree that the performances were great, and there were good song choices by Braff. It was also written by Paul Haggis, and considering he was behind Million Dollar Baby and Crash, they may put TLK through just based on that.

Flags of our Fathers will be nominated. Clint Eastwood is a God. If it's awesome, Eastwood again has the drop on Scorcese, so he can leave the fresher, and ultimately better, impression with his work.

The Presitge and The Illusionist may get nominated as well. The former has a better shot, but The Illusionist certainly wasn't bad. I must embarassingly confess that I'm not too sure how many movies they nominate, but assuming there is no limit, all of the above deserve to be nominated. A wildcard could be The Science of Sleep. Haven't seen it, heard fairly solid things about it, though.

So yeah, movies I can see getting nominated:

The Departed
Flags of our Fathers
The Last King of Scotland
The Last Kiss
The Prestige
Little Miss Sunshine
The Illusionist
The Science of Sleep

I'm not too big on Scorcese's work. I know that kind of makes me a retard, and I've enjoyed his movies, plus he seems like a great guy, but he didn't deserve the Oscar with The Aviator, and although I haven't seen The Departed, I have more emotional investment in FooF and TLK. I'm sure it's a great movie, though, and I'm glad he's gone back to his roots, and the form of filmmaking that made him a legend in the first place.

Do I think this is the year Scorcese will pull out the Oscar? I wouldn't be surprised, but I have a feeling he'll be beaten out again, motivated to make the best film ever, and take it home in 2009.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Martin needs to break away from Clint. He's reducing his chances of winning by duelling with that guy. Granted, Flags of our Fathers could suck, but the guy needs to work on like a three-year project, get everything perfect, and release it in a year where a film on the level of Crash is the best thing the industry has going. If The Departed were released last year, it'd probably take the Oscar hands down.

[Boondock Saint]

Just saw it. Fucking awesome.

[Champion of Europa]

The Last King of Scotland will get nominated, and has a very good chance of winning. Forest Whitaker will probably be a strong pick for Best Actor, and it may get a few Supporting nominations and may win best movie. I'm not too sure about Direction, that's the one it's least likely to win, in my opinion.

Little Miss Sunshine may just get nominated for another strong movie presence, and someone may win a Supporting Oscar, but I doubt it will take home the heavyweight trophies.

Another potential nomination is The Last Kiss, starring Zach Braff. Critics were kind of split on it, but I think most agree that the performances were great, and there were good song choices by Braff. It was also written by Paul Haggis, and considering he was behind Million Dollar Baby and Crash, they may put TLK through just based on that.

Flags of our Fathers will be nominated. Clint Eastwood is a God. If it's awesome, Eastwood again has the drop on Scorcese, so he can leave the fresher, and ultimately better, impression with his work.

The Presitge and The Illusionist may get nominated as well. The former has a better shot, but The Illusionist certainly wasn't bad. I must embarassingly confess that I'm not too sure how many movies they nominate, but assuming there is no limit, all of the above deserve to be nominated. A wildcard could be The Science of Sleep. Haven't seen it, heard fairly solid things about it, though.

So yeah, movies I can see getting nominated:

The Departed
Flags of our Fathers
The Last King of Scotland
The Last Kiss
The Prestige
Little Miss Sunshine
The Illusionist
The Science of Sleep

I'm not too big on Scorcese's work. I know that kind of makes me a retard, and I've enjoyed his movies, plus he seems like a great guy, but he didn't deserve the Oscar with The Aviator, and although I haven't seen The Departed, I have more emotional investment in FooF and TLK. I'm sure it's a great movie, though, and I'm glad he's gone back to his roots, and the form of filmmaking that made him a legend in the first place.

Do I think this is the year Scorcese will pull out the Oscar? I wouldn't be surprised, but I have a feeling he'll be beaten out again, motivated to make the best film ever, and take it home in 2009.

The Last King of Scotland will get lots of nominations but I doubt will win much. It's too black for The Academy (see: Hotel Rwanda).

Little Miss Sunshine is seen as a comedy in the media, and The Academy doesn't respect comedies. If anything, it will win for Alan Arkin, because he's old.

The Last Kiss won't win anything that isn't Best Screenplay. It's a remake, it's cast is too young, and it's reviews are too mixed. If ANYTHING, Tom Wilkinson will get a nom for the same reason Alan Arkin gets a nom.

The Prestige will get the noms because of the namepower behind it, and the Illusionist will get left out. The Academy doesn't want two magician movies.

I don't think Science of Sleep has any serious shot of winning anything because it's indie, and according to some audiences, pretentious.

Eastwood is seriously Scorcese's only rightful competition here. Eastwood's won Best Director before, Scorcese is tied with Hitchock for director's with no Oscars, and Eastwood has a companion piece to Flags of our Fathers coming out within the next year. The Academy knows this, and they'll give it to Scorcese.

[Boondock Saint]

I'd expect to see nominations for The Good German and The Good Shepherd as well.

[RBM]

2 day out, and the Departed is already #161 on the IMDB top 250.

har.

[RoXer]

So what happened to the wife? And was that whose son was it? And was that just some hitman at the end or was that a legitimate minor character that I didn't notice?

[Boondock Saint]

So what happened to the wife? And was that whose son was it? And was that just some hitman at the end or was that a legitimate minor character that I didn't notice?

LOL, seriously? That was Mark Wahlberg.

[RoXer]

Oh ok. I didn't catch his face tbh.

[DrA]

Haven't seen it yet, but I plan to in the next week or two, but I do not dig the title The Departed at all. It just seems like they stuck in that title because they could not think up of something more clever and just never got to changing it.

[DrA]

Come to think of it, I love the title. Nevermind.

[Joey Slugs]

I saw it Friday night and I have to say that I thought it was better than Goodfellas and seriously one of the best movies that I have seen in a long, long time.

[Champion of Europa]

I'd expect to see nominations for The Good German and The Good Shepherd as well.

Yeah, those will get nominations and awards. Damon WILL pick up Best Actor this year. I have very little doubt about it. Whether it's for Good Shepherd or The Departed.

[John la Rock]

SO AWESOME. everything was perfect about this film. it probably won't win any Oscars due to the academy hating Scorsece. This ranks up there with Goodfellas and Taxi Driver :y:

[loopydate]

Probably going to see this tomorrow night. A bunch of people from work are organizing a drive-in party, and I think this is what they're going to show.

[Buzzkill]

Haven't seen it yet, but I plan to in the next week or two, but I do not dig the title The Departed at all. It just seems like they stuck in that title because they could not think up of something more clever and just never got to changing it.It makes sense if you see the movie.

Just got back, really enjoyed it.

[ClockShot]

Just got back from this. Amazing movie. Great performances by everyone. I honestly think Funky Bunch stole the movie. That was some of his best acting by far. Jack was Jack. Entire theatre cracked up during (spoilers in black) the porn theatre meeting.

:y: :y:

[Mr. Nerfect]

The Last King of Scotland will get lots of nominations but I doubt will win much. It's too black for The Academy (see: Hotel Rwanda).

Little Miss Sunshine is seen as a comedy in the media, and The Academy doesn't respect comedies. If anything, it will win for Alan Arkin, because he's old.

The Last Kiss won't win anything that isn't Best Screenplay. It's a remake, it's cast is too young, and it's reviews are too mixed. If ANYTHING, Tom Wilkinson will get a nom for the same reason Alan Arkin gets a nom.

The Prestige will get the noms because of the namepower behind it, and the Illusionist will get left out. The Academy doesn't want two magician movies.

I don't think Science of Sleep has any serious shot of winning anything because it's indie, and according to some audiences, pretentious.

Eastwood is seriously Scorcese's only rightful competition here. Eastwood's won Best Director before, Scorcese is tied with Hitchock for director's with no Oscars, and Eastwood has a companion piece to Flags of our Fathers coming out within the next year. The Academy knows this, and they'll give it to Scorcese.

Can't argue with any of that. I would not be surprised if The Departed did win. It probably should, people seem to love it.

There is also that "The Queen" movie. Everyone has been raving about Helen Mirren's performance, and apparently the woman that plays her mother is hilarious.

[Blitz]

Man, really good film. At least 4 nomination worthy performances.

[The Greater Power]

I loved this movie. LIke the first poster said, it felt much shorter than 2 and a half hours.

Jack was just amazing and got many laughs from the crowd.

[RoXer]

Still though what happened to the wife and whose son was it?

[Champion of Europa]

Still though what happened to the wife and whose son was it?

I assume the wife opened the envelope and it was all the information about what her husband did, and who he was, and who to contact. Since Wahlberg was the only person who knew he was cop that was left, it was up to Wahlberg to do what he had to do. So, he ended up shooting Damon, cause he's a hothead. And the thing about the son is left up to interpretation. I assume it's DiCaprio's though.

[Triple A]

Seen it. It was awesome.

[Lara Emily]

Don't forget about United 93 or actually more likely WTC (which is the weaker of the two mind you).

Granted The Departed is better than both but one can't deny the potential sway of films based on 9/11.


BTW no way Last Kiss gets anywhere near a best picture nomination.

[Champion of Europa]

Don't forget about United 93 or actually more likely WTC (which is the weaker of the two mind you).

Granted The Departed is better than both but one can't deny the potential sway of films based on 9/11.


BTW no way Last Kiss gets anywhere near a best picture nomination.

I doubt either of those two will win Best Picture or Best Director because of the nature of the film. Its political leanings and the leanings of most Academy voters won't really sync up.

[Innovator]

Patriot Act baby!

[Champion of Europa]

Bobby looks to be a strong contender. The political reasons match up, and it's got a huge cast of well knowns.

[Stickman]

Saw this movie last night, movie of the year.

[Jordan]

Hilarious movie, perfect, probably in the top 3 Scorcese has ever done, Leo's best work ever.

[Zelda]

It was awesome. I really like the character played by Mark Walhberg. I can't wait to see the English version because Jack Nicholson's voice was terrible.

[Boondock Saint]

"Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe fuck yahself." :love: Wahlberg

[Blitz]

Yeah Wahlberg was pitch perfect.

[Stickman]

It was awesome. I really like the character played by Mark Walhberg. I can't wait to see the English version because Jack Nicholson's voice was terrible.

The English verson, wtf language was I watching?

[Blitz]

Zelda lives in Quebec. Thus her movies are in french.

[Zelda]

I figured out what was wrong with Jack Nicholson's voice, he had the same voice as French Bettlejuice.

[Boondock Saint]

LOL

[Splaya]

Finally saw the movie tonight.

JUST AMAZING

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Still havent seen this movie, though I will.

Probably would look forward to it more if some cunt in my visual lit class didn't spoil the ending</font> :mad:

[Joey Slugs]

Who am I? I'm the guy that does his fuckin' job! You must be the other guy!

Best line of the movie.

[Buzzkill]

I disagree.

"You want a smoke? What are ya, one of those fuckin fitness freaks? Fuck you."

[Blitz]

Ellerby: Go fuck yourself.
Dignam: I'm tired from fucking your wife.
Ellerby: How is your mother?
Dignam: Good, she's tired from fucking your father.

:love:

[Dave Youell]

Thought it was amazing, the only bit that I was dissapointed with was:

Spoilers:

In the ads for the film it show Wahlberg in casual clothes with a gun, the fact that he was in a suit for the whole film up until the point where he resigned and that he was the only guy left alive, it was blantanly obvious to me that he'd finish off Matt Damon

But that in no way took anything away from the movie for me, easily one of the best films i've seen in a long time

[DaveWadding]

FINALLY got to catch this shit. My favorite part was the fight in the liquor store with the Allman Brothers playing in the background, cause let's face it, who wouldnt want to fuck someone up while listening to the Allmans?