Sunday, October 15, 2006

The Departed


Recently saw the latest Scorcese flick, and I loved every second of it. Extremely violent in parts and yet at the same time, quite humourous. Leonardo, Matt and Jack are excellent, but the true stand out is Mark Walberg.... his character is very entertaining. I hadn't even heard much about the movie, but it involves you right from the start, despite its unusual narrative style. Be aware though, there are some homophobic and racist slurs, such as 'nigger', 'fucking homos', 'fucking queers' and 'two-faced faggot'. A bit full on, but so is the violence - which had a bigger impact than some words used. Put it this way, if your offended by words, don't see the movie... however, I find it strange that some people have focussed on that, rather than the in your face violence... which I found way more confronting.

The previews attached on the movie were quite good... a couple I'm looking foward to - The Prestige, Children of Men and A Scanner Darkly.

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