FrankM Wrote:
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> I didn't think The Departed was his best but a lot
> of times these awards are given as a cumulative
> thing. When someone has been overlooked/snubbed
> for years the voters eventually try to compensate
> and award them. The Stones won their grammy for
> Voodoo Lounge, an album that I like but not on the
> level of Sticky, Exile etc..
>
> I wouldn't call Scorcese overrated. He has a
> resume to die for and is just now being
> recognized. If anything he is underrated.
>
> But I do think Taxi Driver is overrated. It would
> have been a much better movie if the guy got close
> to the edge and was able to regain his sanity
> instead of some guy that just keeps getting
> nuttier and nuttier.


Frank M's back. He was one of the "departed from IORR", if I remember correctly. There was a melodramatic farewell...

carlitosbaez Wrote:
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>
> Jewsish and their Hollywood machine had to prize
> him because all his career typical in th Oscar´s
> show.
>


Absolute BS

RadioMarv Wrote:
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> Gazza Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > About @#$%& time. However, whilst The Departed
> was
> > a good movie, he's made about ten that were
> > better.
>
>
> 10
> REALLY
>
> come on.
>
> he has made better moveis, but not ten that were
> better.
>
> I think the Departed ranks with his best stuff
>
> Better movies he done are Goodfellas, Raging Bull,
> Taxi Driver
>
> IMO those are the only films he has done that are
> BETTER than the Departed

Yes..in YOUR opinion. fair enough.

>
> I like Mean Streets, Cape Fear, After Hours,
> Casino ect ect and his music stuff (Band, Dylan,
> hi hopes for the upcomming Stones) but none better
> than Departed
>
>
>
>

Mean Streets
Taxi Driver
The Last Waltz
Raging Bull
King of Comedy
Goodfellas
Casino
Cape Fear
Gangs Of New York
No Direction Home


There ya go. Ten. Off the top of my head.


I enjoy most all of his work, but Departed really
> was the best time I had at the movies last year
> and I think it is worthy.


I never said it wasnt. Its a VERY good film, but far from his best.
I cant rate it against other films released in the last year, because I have hardly seen any. As a big fan and the fact that he's my favourite director, I'm delighted that he won.

FrankM Wrote:
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> I didn't think The Departed was his best but a lot
> of times these awards are given as a cumulative
> thing. When someone has been overlooked/snubbed
> for years the voters eventually try to compensate
> and award them. The Stones won their grammy for
> Voodoo Lounge, an album that I like but not on the
> level of Sticky, Exile etc..


There was no "Rock" category at the Grammys between 1967 and 1979 which may explain that oversight, but your point is basically quite valid IMO.



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Tralala Wrote:
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> Hollywood reporter quotes Scorsese's people on
> that he hasn't been able to campaign for The
> Departed, because he's working night and day on
> the Stones-dicumentary... I love the fact that
> he's listening to his heart. He clearly loves
> them. It's a favourite project of his, and since
> the Cannes Film Festival is the most prestigeous
> in the world - he's working his butt of to have it
> ready for Cannes, eiter the Palme d'Or competition
> - or the Director's class.

Elaborate please. Can you scan the paper or something?

JumpingKentFlash

Gazza Wrote:
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> Mean Streets
> Taxi Driver
> The Last Waltz
> Raging Bull
> King of Comedy
> Goodfellas
> Casino
> Cape Fear
> Gangs Of New York
> No Direction Home
>
>
> There ya go. Ten. Off the top of my head.

Hmm, whilst I really like cape fear, it think the departed is a much better film. For me, cape fear follows too much of a formula. And in some places a bit over the top, also, the alcoholic semi-retired private detective whom they hire for protection who ends up dead. was too much of a stereotype for me.

I've yet to see the king of comedy.

Very difficult to place his films in a top ten.

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Mr Jimmy Wrote:
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> Gazza Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Mean Streets
> > Taxi Driver
> > The Last Waltz
> > Raging Bull
> > King of Comedy
> > Goodfellas
> > Casino
> > Cape Fear
> > Gangs Of New York
> > No Direction Home
> >
> >
> > There ya go. Ten. Off the top of my head.
>
> Hmm, whilst I really like cape fear, it think the
> departed is a much better film. For me, cape fear
> follows too much of a formula. And in some places
> a bit over the top, also, the alcoholic
> semi-retired private detective whom they hire for
> protection who ends up dead. was too much of a
> stereotype for me.

it was pretty well done I thought, although you should make a point of seeing the original film as well as Scorsese's remake if you havent done so already.
>
> I've yet to see the king of comedy.

Hire it tonight and thank me later. It's friggin' hilarious.

>
> Very difficult to place his films in a top ten.

Yep, because he's made so many good ones - so its easy (for me anyway) to name at least ten that I thought were very good or excellent.

Gazza Wrote:
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> RadioMarv Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Gazza Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > About @#$%& time. However, whilst The
> Departed
> > was
> > > a good movie, he's made about ten that were
> > > better.
> >
> >
> > 10
> > REALLY
> >
> > come on.
> >
> > he has made better moveis, but not ten that
> were
> > better.
> >
> > I think the Departed ranks with his best stuff
> >
> > Better movies he done are Goodfellas, Raging
> Bull,
> > Taxi Driver
> >
> > IMO those are the only films he has done that
> are
> > BETTER than the Departed
>
> Yes..in YOUR opinion. fair enough.
>
> >
> > I like Mean Streets, Cape Fear, After Hours,
> > Casino ect ect and his music stuff (Band,
> Dylan,
> > hi hopes for the upcomming Stones) but none
> better
> > than Departed
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Mean Streets
> Taxi Driver
> The Last Waltz
> Raging Bull
> King of Comedy
> Goodfellas
> Casino
> Cape Fear
> Gangs Of New York
> No Direction Home
>
>
> There ya go. Ten. Off the top of my head.
>
>
> I enjoy most all of his work, but Departed really
> > was the best time I had at the movies last year
> > and I think it is worthy.
>
>
> I never said it wasnt. Its a VERY good film, but
> far from his best.
> I cant rate it against other films released in the
> last year, because I have hardly seen any. As a
> big fan and the fact that he's my favourite
> director, I'm delighted that he won.


Gazza, I disagree with you about either Casino, Gangs of NY or Cape Fear being better than The Departed. Casino was GoodFellas with more sleaze, more money and worse clothes (although Sharon Stone and James Woods outshone De Niro and Joe Pesci (playing another nutjob) in that film). Cape Fear was ok, but it was pretty cartoonish (right down to the stop-start-stop ending), and the family strife felt like it was shoved in there to give a prosaic thriller ersatz gravitas (although, again, the film's scariest moment is De Niro's "big bad wolf" scene with Juliette Lewis). Gangs of NY was Daniel Day-Lewis's film. Without him it would have fallen flat on its face.

Sure, he played to his strengths in The Departed (community, Catholicism, violence, treachery, The Rolling Stones - very subtle use of Let It Loose in the first bar encounter between Leo and Jack, hinting at the the Nicholson character's homosexuality: "Who's that woman on your arm/All dressed upo to do you harm" plays as Nicholson takes his seat at the bar ...), but the performances are all top notch, the tension perfectly maintained, and the pay-off suberb. Did you note the "Xs" somewhere on the screen right before a character dies?

trainarollin Wrote:
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> For his next movie....at least for me, he can
> explain The Departed to me. I did not get it?
> Were Martin Sheen AND Mark Walburg both bad guys?
> Other than that I liked the movie, bought the DVD
> and watched that...I am still lost.


Sheen and Wahlberg were not bad guys. The bad guys killed Sheen, a righteous cop.
Whalberg knows Damon is a rat who worked for Nicholson and, subsequently, got Sheen killed.
Wahlberg is the avenging angel putting things right -- the rat, Damon, cannot be allowed to get away with it.

APOLOGIES FOR MY PREVIOUS MESSAGE ABOUT RELIGION AND HOLLYWOOD,
CARLOS

Apologies accepted, but why are you screaming?

Haven't seen Departed yet but im looking forward to it... i have always loved Scorcese films, Goodfellows and Taxi Driver being my favorites.. but i wasnt that impressed with Casino, it seemed like a Goodfellows spin off with a weaker script...

The Last Waltz is one of my fav concert films...



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Thank You Carlos.

For some reason I have never seen Scorcese's The Departed until yesterday

It is a great movie with Scorcese's usual attention to detail on the soundtrack - two Stones tracks used really effectively

I am also told by my Boston friends that the South Boston accents are spot on

There is a third Stones reference, a real blink-and-you'll-miss-it. I had to rewind but it's here:

[www.reddit.com]

Marty really loves the band!

Only his best friends are allowed to call him
Marty

I stand corrected!

Love Departed.Also Shutter Island of his later films.