the departed
this movie begs the eternal question: why re-make a perfectly awesome movie simply so that white guys can act it out in english? infernal affairs is a fantastic 2002 Chinese action thriller. the departed is the same movie, with famous Hollywood actors. there were some slight changes, which I mostly saw as weaknesses, not improvements. the biggest change was in the ending, which of course I won't give away, but disappointed me with its non-sensicalness - the American touch. I would hate to see Scorcese win an Oscar just for stealing a movie. The cast was decent, with the exception of Vera Farmiga, who was much better in Running Scared. Jack Nicholson was entertaining but a little over the top, and the whole FBI complication was unecessary. feel free to argue with me.
posted by moviequyn @ 6:50 AM
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i haven't seen it, but i wonder the same thing about the remakes. it's totally silly. i just rewatched infernal affairs here in HK a few days ago and loved it just as much the 2nd time around. i heard that scorcese denies that it's a remake. ???
as far as big stars go, andy lau is as big as you can get here in HK. you can't go a block without seeing his face plastered on some ad. I for one don't mind that so much. :-)
We saw it. I liked it and thought Scorsese did a good job. Agree about the ending (BTW do you mean the very ending scene, which I thought was really dumb or the last major plot event?) Unfortunately he apparently doesn't own up to the fact that it's a remake, just saying it's "based on" IA. Lame.
I agree that Jack N. was way too over the top. Best job was by DiCaprio.
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just saw it on DVD last night. i was disappointed, felt like it was disjointed and didn't flow well. agree with you on the ending and the FBI thing.
i like the original better. but yes, leo was by far the best.
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