Saw "The departed"

[HEyHEY]

Seemed like at the end the writers just decided they didn't wanna write anymore.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. If anyone but Scorsese directed it, it would be excellent.

But for him, it's only a good effort, not a great one.

[Mythsaje]

2. It just landed on On Demand...

I'm trying to decide if I give enough of a damn to watch it.

[alphafemale]

9. Thanks for that tip.

I may check it out again.

It's a pay to see I'm guessing?

[Mythsaje]

10. Nope...

It's on Cinemax.

[Blue_Roses]

3. it was too long

it should have ended way before it did.

[alphafemale]

4. Rented the DVD awhile back. Liked it more which each successive viewing.

I kept noticing things I hadn't before.

Also it's the only movie I can think of at the moment in which I was completely repulsed by a character Nicholson was playing.

He's played villains and unsavory characters plenty of times, but there was always a glimmer of likability, or a wink to let you know that it was "all in good fun."

Not so with Frank Costello.

That was a horrible, loathsome character.

[Taverner]

5. Yep - and you hate him pretty much from the beginning

The scene in the diner where he asks his future GF if she's had her period yet - yuck

[alphafemale]

6. Possible SPOILER Alert

I hated him from the moment he bought a little kid's soul for a few bucks of groceries and a comic book.

[Taverner]

8. Never saw it that way, but yes that's cold

[graywarrior]

7. I liked it coz I grew up amongst all that insanity

It was too real.

[terrya]

11. It was mediocre Scorsese

Not as bad as "Gangs of New York" but not as good as "Goodfellas"