Stop the World! I want to Depart(ed)!
"The Departed" claimed the Academy of Motion Pictures coveted "Best Picture" award several weeks ago. The Skitoliv World finally had a chance to watch this so-called "Best Picture last week. Viewing this film with The Skitoliv World were, HRHEJC, Big Jude, Lizz-er, A-Pells and The Commander.
The Departed stars Leo "I am a permanent 12-year old" DiCaprio, Matt "MATT DAMON" Damon, and Jack "I am not acting like a crazy person, I really am crazy and no-one can tell" Nicholson. DiCaprio portrays a Massachusetts state police officer sent undercover by Martin Sheen and Marky Mark Wahlberg, to further their efforts to arrest Nicholson. However, unbeknown to Sheen, Nicholson has placed Damon into the State Police as his informant.
The story appears to be a good one. You can expect lots of double crosses and intrigue as the two informants attempt to find out about each other. Here is the main problem with the movie; it was terrible. Damon was absolutely atrocious, you never got any kind of depth or emotion from him, it was as if he was reading lines off of cue cards. Nicholson just acted like a crazy person with a really bad Southey accent. Marky Mark was nominated for an Oscar for his role and no-one can explain why, all he did on screen was punch people in the face and call them Mother F******s. I am serious. If you look in the script his only lines are "Yeah, you are a real smart MF’er!" and "Come on MF’er! Come on!" Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin’s roles each could have been played by any actor. DiCaprio, as much as it pains me to say it, was the best part of the movie. You really got the impression that he was strung out and having all kinds of anxiety attacks as he is drawn deeper and deeper into Nicholson’s world.
I would like to share some opinions from the assembled after the viewing of this piece of garbage.
Big Jude, "Why did that win? No really I am serious. Why did that win?"
HRHEJC, "I want those two hours of my life back."
Lizz-er, "That sucked. I mean, that really sucked."
A-Pells, "That had the most unnecessary sex scene ever. Not gratuitous at all, just unnecessary."
The Skitoliv World, "What is it with DiCaprio being in movies that really suck but win Best Picture, see Titanic."
The Commander "ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ" (he was asleep)
I am aware that my words can not do justice to how bad this movie was. Please do not see it.
March 16th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
I hate when I hate all the characters in a movie and I did in this - and PS - what happened to the letter /envelope DiCaprio’s character gave to the woman in the unecessary sex scene? Marty - where did that envelope go? I was paying attention because until the end I kept thinking if I just paid closer attention I would get the point…no point - sympathy oscar.
March 16th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
According to the guys at the Liquer store this evening (I should have been in DC), Departed was a darn good movie. We are talking three men saying this was good. Must be the cabin fever from the snow.
March 17th, 2007 at 6:59 am
It wasn’t 2 hours - it was closer to 3…