The Departed vs Infernal Affairs

[MartyMcFly]

Just finished.

I'm gonna have to re-watch both to give a proper answer

i'm not saying that all asians look alike ()..but goddamn if i didnt confuse the characters for most of the movie

dope ending though


i've only seen Departed once..it was a 600 mb DVDrip in the mid 00s on a 17 inch computer monitor

almost bought the blu for $7 at target the other day

Breh. You only seen it once?

 

[FlyRy]

Breh. You only seen it once?

i've seen all of scorcese's flicks only once

 

[MartyMcFly]

i've seen all of scorcese's flicks only once

 

[FlyRy]

i know breh

i was gonna make a thread on directors with most replay value.

i always watch spielbergs best more than anyone elses

 

[MartyMcFly]

i know breh

i was gonna make a thread on directors with most replay value.

i always watch spielbergs best more than anyone elses

Yeah same with me. Not just him but anything with the Amblin name on it

 

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i know breh

i was gonna make a thread on directors with most replay value.

i always watch spielbergs best more than anyone elses

Most of Spielberg's movies that I have are too "Summer Hollywood" to have good replay value, whereas I can watch Scorsese's films over and over.

 

[FlyRy]

Most of Spielberg's movies that I have are too "Summer Hollywood" to have good replay value, whereas I can watch Scorsese's films over and over.

:so you can't watch E.T. and Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones endlessly?

I can watch those any time theyre' on..gotta be in certain moods for other directors.. but that's me

 

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:so you can't watch E.T. and Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones endlessly?

Not really. Never was big on ET, Indiana Jones series is good but I watched them recently (I have the box set) and realized how formulaic they are. JP, I like dinosaurs and think it still looks good to this day, but I still can't get myself to watch it at the same frequency as I watch Martin Scorsese films

Jaws can get repeat showings though.

 

[TheGodling]

So this thread may have been done before so I apologize if it has but I just got around to watching Infernal Affairs (gimme my late pass, my b) and The Departed is one of my fav flicks and definitely my favorite of that year so it was a weird watch because I'm used to it rather than the original but which is better? To me, The Departed is better because it allows for more nuance, Jack's villain is much better than his counterpart, and as I found out, it's a combination of all three movies in the trilogy so it tells a fuller story. Also, I like the idea of the cop in charge of the undercover officers being split into two characters (Queenan/ Dignam)

This was the dumbest shyt ever though. In Infernal Affairs, when they kill off Wong, it means Chen is completely on his own and cut off entirely from the police force. He has no one to turn to so all he can do is what he does.

In The Departed, when Queenan dies, that entire scenario of desperateness vaporizes because Dignam is still there. Oh wait, let's have Alec Baldwin's character put Dignam on leave without retracting his mole first for no fukking reason. And even then, why doesn't Dignam contact Costigan anway? He just leaves him out there on the streets while he shops for the perfect execution outfit? The splitting of that character causes so many ridiculous gaps of logic it's embarrassing. I also hate how clumsily they put in the scene with the cast on his arm. It felt like they changed that entire scenario scene just for the sake of it without it actually fitting into the story.

So on a screenplay level, I have some major issues with the adaptation (I have no gripes with Scorsese's direction) and I never understood for the life of me why William Monahan got awarded for it. Yeah, it features some great dialog and the transition from a Hong Kong crime flick to a movie that breathes Boston was well-done, but every single story change (I just thought of another, both of them coincidentally getting into it with Vera Farmiga) was for the worse.

 

[FlyRy]

Not really. Never was big on ET, Indiana Jones series is good but I watched them recently (I have the box set) and realized how formulaic they are. JP, I like dinosaurs and think it still looks good to this day, but I still can't get myself to watch it at the same frequency as I watch Martin Scorsese films

Jaws can get repeat showings though.

what about Schindlers list, saving private ryan, catch me if you can, minority report?

 

[Pool_Shark]

the departed is way better but because its not some stupid foreign movie with subtitles it gets called trash.

 

[HHR]

the departed is way better but because its not some stupid foreign movie with subtitles it gets called trash.

The Departed gets called trash?

And why are foreign movies "stupid"?

 

[MenacingMonk]

Saw IA for the first time a few days ago. Then I rewatched Departed. I still like Departed more. IA was dope tho.

 

[TheNig]

I guess its just the cool thing to say nowadays, "The Departed was trash."

The Departed and Inception....

Calling those two movies trash means you know your movies.

 

[RajWatts]

Departed hands down. Jack, Leo, Damon, Wahlberg all give top 5 performances of their careers