...that basically sums up my first impression of The Departed, which stars Jack Nicholson, et. al. Okay, I know that's an understatement. There's Leonardo "I'm from a family of criminals trying to do The Right Thing" Di Caprio, Matt "I look so clean-cut but I'm one sinister fellow" Damon, Martin "this is my first gig since The West Wing, and I still sound like Jed Bartlett" Sheen, Mark "one profanity a second" Wahlberg, and Alec "the best-looking but now looking extremely middle-aged" Baldwin.
Oh, yeah, and for some reason, they just had to put in an African-American actor-- Anthony Anderson. The name of the cop (state trooper!) he plays in the movie? BROWN. How's that for in-your-face irony?
Here's a synopsis of the movie, which is directed by Martin Scorsese and is a remake of the hit Hong Kong movie Internal Affairs.
Since I have yet to watch the original-- those who've watched it say it is awesome-- I won't make any comparisons. By itself, it's a pretty entertaining movie, if violence and blood being splattered all around is your thing.
(An aside. This is, by my count, the third movie Scorsese and Di Caprio have done together. Is this Di Caprio's way of distancing himself from his cheesy role as Titanic's boyish lead? Is he trying to say, "yeah, I am now a bad-ass dude who can do violent action movies and look credible doing it"? His next movie is Blood Diamond, another violent flick. My prediction? Di Caprio will not appear clean-shaven in his next few roles. He wants everyone to know that he is a MAN. My suggestion? Get a new voice box. You'll ALWAYS sound like a little boy.)
Another thing. The music in the movie kicks ass. I was expecting more U2, but I guess Bono and company are too busy saving the world to write songs for another bloody Scorsese project. If they do put all the songs here in their OST, it should be worth buying.
Overall, they do manage to sell you with their accents. Jack Nicholson, of course, steals the show as one real bad-ass. Nobody does it like Jack. If you only need one reason to watch this movie, he's IT.
Oh, yeah, and for some reason, they just had to put in an African-American actor-- Anthony Anderson. The name of the cop (state trooper!) he plays in the movie? BROWN. How's that for in-your-face irony?
Here's a synopsis of the movie, which is directed by Martin Scorsese and is a remake of the hit Hong Kong movie Internal Affairs.
Since I have yet to watch the original-- those who've watched it say it is awesome-- I won't make any comparisons. By itself, it's a pretty entertaining movie, if violence and blood being splattered all around is your thing.
(An aside. This is, by my count, the third movie Scorsese and Di Caprio have done together. Is this Di Caprio's way of distancing himself from his cheesy role as Titanic's boyish lead? Is he trying to say, "yeah, I am now a bad-ass dude who can do violent action movies and look credible doing it"? His next movie is Blood Diamond, another violent flick. My prediction? Di Caprio will not appear clean-shaven in his next few roles. He wants everyone to know that he is a MAN. My suggestion? Get a new voice box. You'll ALWAYS sound like a little boy.)
Another thing. The music in the movie kicks ass. I was expecting more U2, but I guess Bono and company are too busy saving the world to write songs for another bloody Scorsese project. If they do put all the songs here in their OST, it should be worth buying.
Overall, they do manage to sell you with their accents. Jack Nicholson, of course, steals the show as one real bad-ass. Nobody does it like Jack. If you only need one reason to watch this movie, he's IT.
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