CindyC - get together $10,000.00 and I will throw together a Home Theater for you that will blow your fricken mind. Your Living Room will still be your Living Room BUT, it will be the coolist HT on your effing block...When do we start?

MB that sounds GREAT!

And all I need is $10K, great! Let's talk in about 5 years time then!

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I think for me, the bit where sheen's character is thrown from the building and you see it falling to the ground, and then it lands in front of costigan... That really hit hard for me... Really powerful cinema...

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What's your favourite flavour?...........Cherry Red!!

theres been a threads about scorsesies use of stones songs, and I just thought of how "I dont Know Why" would work in really well in one of his movies. after thinking of how well it would fit, Im actually suprised he's never used it.



Im really bad at spelling and grammar.



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Well, nobody will agree with me...but I'm used to that. This is a good movie, but not great...3 outta 4 stars from me. The casting was not the best, the script didn't really allow for great acting and the ending was SOOOOOOO predictable. DiCaprio is just way too pretty to be sold as a mob guy. In fact...most of the guys were just way too pretty for their rolls. The script didn't allow for great scenes like De Niro had in Mean Streets or Taxi Driver. Jack was ok...but nothing great like in Easy Rider, The Shining, 5 Easy Pieces, One Flew Over Ironweed or Chinatown. That scene with him making the rat face was just WAY too much of a planned "Jack moment". It was a good movie...but I don't give it 4 outta 4 stars. P.S. Martin Sheen was EXCELLENT in this movie though...the only real stand out performance.

All that said...I don't think Jack has done a great roll since Ironweed (although he was quite good in Hoffa...but I don't love the movie). I don't think Martin has done a great movie since The Color of Money...and since that was kind of a remake...I'd say Raging Bull. He seems to want to make Di Caprio into his next De Niro...and the kid just isn't him. Matt Damon is an ok actor...but mostly just a pretty boy. That is great for the chicks, but doesn't do much for me as a movie buff. He seems to always play that same twit in "School Ties"...but his movies are fairly entertaining. For De Niro, I'm going with Cape Fear...but he had several great rolls around then (Raging Bull, Once Upon a Time in America & even his roll in Brazil).

Goodfellas...it was a good movie...again...just not great. I like the whole "kids coming up in the neighborhood" thing...and that they are fairly ugly guys (more realistic). I do think Ray Liotta wasn't the right choice in this film, but it was still cast well (he was GREAT in Blow). For great mob movies, I'm going with Once Upon A Time in America as my top choice...an overlooked but GREAT performance by De Niro.

Oh...short thought on Casino...if Sharon Stone would have been out of that movie, it would have been much better. Every damn scene is her blah blah blah blah blah about some issue or another...ugh...it's just so taxing. Also...EVERYONE should own Mean Streets. The story gets a bit long...but De Niro's scenes are just sooooo good in it...and his first huge roll...he enters to Jumping Jack Flash!

........blah.blah.blah......The Departed can't be compared to Goodfellas...it's not a classic "mob" story at all.....this is a great story, and filmed in a new and interesting way........ It's over the top at times, it can upset you, and it's shocking at times and keeps you interested throughout.....this movie while not for everyone is really good.....the performances are excellent.........and refreshingly surprising...many of it's stars you will see in a different light after seeing the movie......highly recommended.

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> MB that sounds GREAT!
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> And all I need is $10K, great! Let's talk in
> about 5 years time then!

You Girls, besides your "Pocket Rockets" you just don't appreciate magical and brilliant GADGETS......

There's a full decade between RAGING BULL and CAPE FEAR -- not even close to around the same time in DeNiro's career. HTH.

I agree with most of what ststonesguy states espiecally about once a time in america and raging bull, but i also thought casino was also an excellent film with sharon stone playing a good role.

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It's not that I don't appreciate them, if I had the kizz-ash, I would certainly want a home theatre.

However given the choice between a free run in the Sharper Image or Sephora, I'd pick Sephora. I wish I could live in there.

The inspiration for Jack Nicholson's character in "The Departed" has been arrested in California:





Whitey Bulger Arrested: Infamous Mob Fugitive Caught In Santa Monica

First Posted: 06/23/11 12:06 AM ET Updated: 06/23/11 01:49 AM ET


James "Whitey" Bulger, the infamous Boston mob boss, has been arrested, the Los Angeles Times reports.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Bulger was caught without incident by the FBI in Santa Monica.

Bulger vanished from Boston in 1995. After he disappeared, he was charged with 19 counts of murder.

Just days ago the FBI launched a media blitz to find the 81-year-old Bulger.



More from the Associated Press:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James "Whitey" Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list for his alleged role in 19 murders, was captured Wednesday near Los Angeles after living on the run for 16 years, authorities said.

Bulger, 81, was arrested in the early evening at a residence in Santa Monica, said a law enforcement official who was not authorized to speak publicly about the case. The arrest was based on a tip from the recent publicity campaign that federal authorities had regenerated, according to the official.

Bulger will make an appearance in Los Angeles federal court Thursday. He faces a series of federal charges including murder, conspiracy to commit murder, narcotics distribution, extortion and money laundering.

The FBI informed Santa Monica police late Wednesday about the arrest, said police Sgt. Rudy Flores. The FBI had been conducting a surveillance operation in the area where the arrest was made, Flores said. He gave no details of the arrest.

Bulger was the leader of the Winter Hill Gang when he fled in January 1995 after being tipped by a former Boston FBI agent that he was about to be indicted. Bulger was a top-echelon FBI informant.

Over the years, the FBI battled a public perception that it had not tried very hard to find Bulger, who became a huge source of embarrassment for the agency after the extent of his crimes and the FBI's role in overlooking them became public.

Prosecutors said he went on the run after being warned by John Connolly Jr., an FBI agent who had made Bulger an FBI informant 20 years earlier. Connolly was convicted of racketeering in May 2002 for protecting Bulger and his cohort, Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi, also an FBI informant.

Bulger provided the Boston FBI with information on his gang's main rival, the New England Mob, in an era when bringing down the Mafia was one of the FBI's top national priorities.

But the Boston FBI office was sharply criticized when the extent of Bulger's alleged crimes and his cozy relationship with the FBI became public in the late 1990s.

He has been the subject of several books and was an inspiration for the 2006 Martin Scorsese film "The Departed."

During his years on the run, the FBI received reported sightings of Bulger and his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig, from all over the United States and parts of Europe. In many of those sightings, investigators could not confirm whether it was actually Bulger who was spotted or simply a lookalike.

But in September 2002, the FBI received the most reliable tip in three years when a British businessman who had met Bulger eight years earlier said he spotted Bulger on a London street.

After the sighting, the FBI's multiagency violent fugitive task force in Boston and inspectors from New Scotland Yard scoured London hotels, Internet cafes and gyms in search of Bulger. The FBI also released an updated sketch, using the businessman's description of Bulger as tan, white-haired and sporting a gray goatee.

On Monday the FBI on announced a new publicity campaign and accompanying public service ad that asked people, particularly women, to be on the lookout for Greig. The 30-second ad started running Tuesday in 14 television markets to which Bulger may have ties and will air during programs popular with women roughly Greig's age.

The new campaign pointed out that Greig had several plastic surgeries before going on the lam and was known to frequent beauty salons.

Bulger, nicknamed "Whitey" for his shock of bright platinum hair, grew up in a gritty South Boston housing project, and went on to become Boston's most notorious gangster. He led the violent Winter Hill Gang, a largely Irish mob that ran loan-sharking, gambling and drug rackets in the Boston area.

After he fled, he became one of the nation's most-hunted fugitives, charged in connection with 21 murders, including the slayings of businessmen in Florida and Oklahoma. With a place next to Osama bin Laden on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list, he had a $1 million reward on his head.

Bulger's younger brother, William, was one of the most powerful politicians in the state, leading the Massachusetts Senate for 17 years and later serving as president of the University of Massachusetts for seven years.

For many years, William Bulger was able to avoid any tarnish from his brother's alleged crimes. But in August 2003, William Bulger resigned his post as president of UMass amid pressure from Gov. Mitt Romney and Attorney General Thomas Reilly.

His resignation came two months after he testified about his brother before a congressional committee. William Bulger said he spoke to his brother shortly after he went on the run in 1995, but said he had not heard from him since and did not know where he was hiding out.

The committee, in a draft report issued in 2003, blasted the FBI for its use of Bulger and other criminals as informants, calling it "one of the greatest failures in the history of federal law enforcement."

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And who has seen the original films Scorcese got his idea from? Infernal Affairs : [en.wikipedia.org]

I've heard they're better than The Departed...



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Departed is a good movie,no more than that,i think Gangs Of New York was MUCH better and much more interesting.Departed is a bit too obvious as an story.
Nothing wrong with directing or acting.This doesn´t make to top 10 list between
2000-2011.

"The casting was not the best"

Yep imo "De Carpaccio" is one of the most overrated actors around.

Look at all the films Scorcese made with him : most of them are artistic failures ("the Aviator" ahem...).

If Marty thinks he found his new De Niro in Leo he should think twice...

well Niro haven´t nothing really good in a long long time...

Wow EG. I can't believe you remembered this thread.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

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And who has seen the original films Scorcese got his idea from? Infernal Affairs : [en.wikipedia.org]

I've heard they're better than The Departed...

I've got it on DVD. Superb film. Way better than The Departed. Not that I think The Departed isn't a good film - it's Scorcese's best since GoodFellas, I think, but it's not as good as the original. I'd also recommend Infernal Affairs 2, which is a prequel to the first film.

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"The casting was not the best"

Yep imo "De Carpaccio" is one of the most overrated actors around.

Look at all the films Scorcese made with him : most of them are artistic failures ("the Aviator" ahem...).

If Marty thinks he found his new De Niro in Leo he should think twice...

I think Scorcese's made Leo D a much better actor. He was very good in The Departed, but Mark Wahlberg stole the show. And Matt Damon was brilliant as the repressed douchebag.



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well Niro haven´t nothing really good in a long long time...

True. I think Jackie Brown and CopLand were the last films he was remotely good in. He did deliver a great monologue in Limitless though, which reminded me of what a great actor he used to be before he started doing working for anyone who'd pay him.

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Wow EG. I can't believe you remembered this thread.

The search engine works wonders.....most of the time.

When I heard about "Whitey" being arrested, I also learned that he was the inspiration for Nicholson's character.
"Inspiration" doesn't seem like the right word for that character, but anyway...

I didn't think the news this morning justified it's own thread, and that's when I remembered this one.

It was okay, but I liked The Friends of Eddie Coyle more.

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Wow EG. I can't believe you remembered this thread.

The search engine works wonders.....most of the time.

When I heard about "Whitey" being arrested, I also learned that he was the inspiration for Nicholson's character.
"Inspiration" doesn't seem like the right word for that character, but anyway...

I didn't think the news this morning justified it's own thread, and that's when I remembered this one.

Yes,in these difficult times we must practice economical posting.

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It was okay, but I liked The Friends of Eddie Coyle more.

Wow , Im Impressed Milk Way Thats a good old Boston area Movie.

" You want Guns I'll get ya Guns"

Joe Pesci was being interviewed on the radio yesterday and said that he is involved in a Scorcese produced move with Al Pacino as Hoffa and Deniro as some Irish Mob guy - sounds really promising.

Departed was amazing...Goodfellas isnt THAT much better than it IMO...

Let it Loose was placed well in a very good film. Although I realize that Sopranos was a series,it still sets the standard (yes even above Godfather) for mob productions.

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It was okay, but I liked The Friends of Eddie Coyle more.

Yeah!!! "Friends of Eddie Coyle" is an excellent film and book (G Higgins sure can write 'em). Robert Mitchum gives an excellent performance as an aging low level crook who can't afford to do the time. That film gives insight into the real life world of informers, their police handlers (or ball squeezers), and the treachery, the 'deadly web we weave.' As they say when you lie down with dogs you get up with fleas.

The Departed and this just apprehended Whitey Bulger's saga are the fictional and real life tale of those familiar themes.

While Goodfellas and The Departed are both gangsters and Scorsese they are kind of different. The former is grittier and truer to life while the latter is an exaggerated comic take on it.

Scorsese is going to be making another true life gangster film based on the book "I Heard You Paint Houses," by Frank Sheerhan. I highly recommend it and look forward to the film version. "Paint Houses' is a reference to the blood splatter caused by a hit man and is uttered by the late Teamster Union official Jimmy Hofa to Sheeran. A fantastic read!

Scorsese said he was hesitant to use Gimme Shelter in THE DEPARTED since he'd already used it in CASINO and GOODFELLAS. But then he was walking through Manhattan and heard Gimme Shelter coming from a car and he looked and to see a guy in the front seat rocking his head back and forth to the song so hard he was almost colliding his head with his steering wheel. And that decided Scorsese to put Gimme Shelter in THE DEPARTED.

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Let it Loose was placed well in a very good film. Although I realize that Sopranos was a series,it still sets the standard (yes even above Godfather) for mob productions.

Sopranos took alot from Goodfellas (& then expanded upon)...