scorsese is losing it.if the departed wins at the golden globe, then the standards has definitely sunk.the departed is no way comparable to infernal affairs, be it the plot, story telling, even the cast.
i personally believed there's a casting mistake in scorsese's adaptation of the hong kong mole game to the boston landscape. di caprio was too high strung for an undercover, and damon was too 2D, devoid of personal conflicts. casting jack nicholson is too overpowering, because he obtained the lot of the screentime, swallowing the movie and overshadowing the two main characters (of di caprio and damon). which is not the point. the point of infernal affairs was the conflict of 2 men living their lives in a way none of them wants to be. worse, the feeling is like watching a cut and paste job. 70% of the scenes are directly adapted from infernal affairs. the two are so close, yet couldn't be more dissimilar. one can say scorsese made a different movie, but the departed failed to raised to the occasion of previous efforts by scorsese, such as the goodfellas and casino. i have also watched infernal affairs part 3. what i like abt the first and third part is that both movies respect us as the audience. both never tried to overly explained anything, they left it to us to figure out what's going on and this is vastly helped by the good acting displayed (of leung chi wai and lau tak wah). it is subtle, but you cant missed it if you pay attention. i find the departed dwelling on some scenes for far too long than it needs to be as if scorsese wants to be sure that we "get it".
ps: bravo, hong kong films can be a better watch than hollywood stuff sans the gadgets and effects.
zu i love this trilogy so much. this film make me look Tony Leung so high in respect. I still can talk about this movie, like I watch it yesterday. I still can have tears even I watch it hundred time, for "Good bye policeman" scene, where Anthony Wong character died infront of Tony Leung.
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