The Departed - YouTube Version
Added 2022-09-08 12:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Dasha has discovered one of the great secrets of English; you can take a word and stick "-fucking-" inside and make a new word. It's fan-fucking-tastic.
Mark Rude
2022-09-09 02:04:14 +0000 UTCSo we have our 3rd epic Martin Scorsese film here (the running times are indeed serious!). With "Goodfellas," you have a guy who's truly just out to be bad. He's there for the crime, he LIKES being a criminal, and that's that. With "Wolf of Wall Street," you have a man who doesn't set out to be a bad guy, not really, but his greed gets the better of him, and he does end up doing wrong. With this film, you've got a genuinely good man who has to *pretend* to be bad, 'round the clock--- and vice versa. You noted that "Goodfellas" uses frequent narration, "Wolf of Wall Street" a fair amount--- this one not so much, because Scorsese does want you to work a little extra to follow all those CRAZY twists and turns! I think it's a toss-up for DiCaprio's best performance: this and "Django." I believe this is the 2nd Jack Nicholson movie we've had (after "The Shining")? Behind that amazing smile of his--- is one scary individual! (Legend has it--- he didn't even tell DiCaprio he was gonna use fire in a scene.) And, yeah, I would've opened the envelope early too.
Chris Carman
2022-09-08 19:12:13 +0000 UTC
