The Departed

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

It's based on the Hong Kong film "Infernal Affairs" I never saw the HK version so that meant nothing to me.

I wish they could have figured out where they wanted to go with the film before they started. The first quarter of the film was awesome. Really well crafted. I wanted to no these people. But then they started throwing in the artificial story motivators to keep the plot flowing. First it was find the microprocessors because they are going to be used by terrorists. Then it was coke. Then it was find the rat. Then it was just chase your own tail time.

All the actors did really good jobs. And I hate to say this, Mark Wahlberg probably did the best. Unfortunately, they lost him in the second half of the film. Matt Damon did a really good job playing Matt Damon. Leonardo DiCaprio got to try out his Boston accent.

I think they had a really good starting off point, they just didn't know how to bring it to a conclusion. If you go see the film walk out after Leonardo starts whining about how tough it is keeping his life together.

[Drunk Monk]

i'm sure i posted my review of this here. did it get eaten by the damn hinky monster. dammit! i can't remember what i said. i don't have time to keep reposting these damn reviews. dammit dammit dammit.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

How can you prove it's not, if you can't remember breakfast?

[Drunk Monk]

a motrin, a robaxin, a lemon larabar, and two cups of jasmine green tea.

hmmm. time for lunch.