SCORCESE WON!!

[J-Proof]

I hereby tender my official congratulations to one Mr. Martin Scorcese (or Marty-Mar as he /likes/ to be called) in honor of his first and long-overdue Oscar win for Best Director!

Here's to you, Marty! You and those caterpillar eyebrows of yours! I personally /loved/ The Departed, and have loved just about very movie you've ever made! And props to you, because so far, you're the only director that can do anything remotely "cool-and-modern" with that DeCaprio kid!

Hip hip, Hurrah!

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

Uh despite his victory i think the rest of the oscars were psuedo political farce.

[Minnesota]

decaprio was great in this movie, scorcese is a good director, and the movie itself was decent. It's not something you ever want to see again though, depressing and ridiculously violent in my opinion the whole movie you knew that decaprio was going to die, so I tried to not empathize with his character too much but he was just so damned good in this movie, thats what made it depressing... the violence was almost sickening, if not for that south park episode where the kids become cops and everybody murders each other I might not be able to laugh at the violence in this movie, some of the most extreme violence ever

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

Maybe im just dense but i did not think leo was gonna die at all.  I was pretty shocked at the ending.  I was also confused as to why he wasnt using matt as a body shield.  Ok cool off in the elevator and all but as soon as that light hit 2 i would have gone back to defense postion.  I guess everyone makes mistakes but damn the ending was obnoxious. 

[Rufus T]

 I was delighted to see Scorcese win for Best Director. Kudos to Mr. Scorcese. Kudos indeed.

[kodiakthejuggler]

Scorsese was DA BOMB in Shark Tale, yo!

[Edward J Grug III]

Heh, SPOILERS J-Proof!

This is why I had to stay off the internet all day!

[6079SmithW]

I thought it was his best thing since Bringing Out the Dead, and maybe his best since Goodfellas. I have no problem with violence as long as it isn't pure pornography (ok, sometimes even when it is) and the Departed (if the title doesn't give you a clue as to how it ends, maybe that's a problem) doesn't ever make violence look fun. Every bullet is sickening, and every death is painful.

Now, if only the Academy stopped nominating stupid crap like Dreamgirls, maybe I would start giving a damn about the Oscars again.

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

the Departed (if the title doesn't give you a clue as to how it ends, maybe that's a problem)

It doesn't, it give you a blaring look at what motivates the two main characters. 

[6079SmithW]

the Departed (if the title doesn't give you a clue as to how it ends, maybe that's a problem)

It doesn't, it give you a blaring look at what motivates the two main characters. 

(Titles can mean more than one thing, man. For a good example, look at American Beauty.)

[gbeenie]

I thought it was his best thing since Bringing Out the Dead, and maybe his best since Goodfellas. I have no problem with violence as long as it isn't pure pornography (ok, sometimes even when it is) and the Departed (if the title doesn't give you a clue as to how it ends, maybe that's a problem) doesn't ever make violence look fun. Every bullet is sickening, and every death is painful.

Now, if only the Academy stopped nominating stupid crap like Dreamgirls, maybe I would start giving a damn about the Oscars again.

What's your problem with Dreamgirls? I haven't seen it myself; I'm just curious.

[J-Proof]

Well - while many people don't like the final resolution of Departed, it wasn't the screenpaly or story for which Marty was nominated - 'twas the directing, yo! And he directed quite well imo =)

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

(Titles can mean more than one thing, man. For a good example, look at American Beauty.)

True enough, but i dont think their deaths were fortold merely by the title.  Especially when they laid out the title as the motivation so early on in the film, even to the point of using it.  

Well - while many people don't like the final resolution of Departed, it wasn't the screenpaly or story for which Marty was nominated - 'twas the directing, yo! And he directed quite well imo =)

And he did,  but i dont think enough credit goes to leo, he made that movie as far as im concerned.  I hated martins role in the film and wish they could have found someone else for the role.  Marky mark, eh, my jury is still out on him, either i hated his charectar because he did such a good job or i hated him, i dont know yet.  Matt daimon i definately hated his charectar becuase he acted it so well.  It was nice to see daimon in a role where he wasnt the good guy, shows hes got some range.

[6079SmithW]

(Titles can mean more than one thing, man. For a good example, look at American Beauty.)

True enough, but i dont think their deaths were fortold merely by the title.  Especially when they laid out the title as the motivation so early on in the film, even to the point of using it. 

Fair enough, but I meant more that it should make the resolution of the movie a little less surprising when looking at it afterwards.

Well - while many people don't like the final resolution of Departed, it wasn't the screenpaly or story for which Marty was nominated - 'twas the directing, yo! And he directed quite well imo =)

And he did,  but i dont think enough credit goes to leo, he made that movie as far as im concerned.  I hated martins role in the film and wish they could have found someone else for the role.  Marky mark, eh, my jury is still out on him, either i hated his charectar because he did such a good job or i hated him, i dont know yet.  Matt daimon i definately hated his charectar becuase he acted it so well.  It was nice to see daimon in a role where he wasnt the good guy, shows hes got some range.

I thought Sheen's was one of the best characters, immediately warm and fatherly without pandering. This, to me, was one of the best-casted movies I've ever seen. Wahlberg was more hilarious than hateful to me.

Oh, and Damon plays a lot of people of indeterminate morality- the CIA movie he was just in, the Bourne series,  the Talented Mr. Ripley- his weird sort of untrustworthy charm works well for it.

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

Fair enough, but I meant more that it should make the resolution of the movie a little less surprising when looking at it afterwards.

True i agree, my only complaint is that The chick is going to have one of their children, i think it would have been a neater ending if their was also a child who would represent the irish mob guys as well, kind of saying the cycle will continue thingy.

I thought Sheen's was one of the best characters, immediately warm and fatherly without pandering. This, to me, was one of the best-casted movies I've ever seen. Wahlberg was more hilarious than hateful to me.

He had his moment, like when they were at his house and stuff.  But as a son of a cop this can be a personal complaint, totally subjective.  Sheen was a pretty ineffectual leader and cop.  Wahlberg was an ineffectual HUMAN but seemed to be fairly intelligent as an officer.  Which brings up one i forgot.  Alec baldwin, clearly was playing a drug addict or something, couldnt stand him either due to his utter utter failure as an intelligent cop.  those i realize are more subjective.  Dont get me wrong i really liked this movie a lot.