Fan-bleeping-tastic

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2008)

Best film of '06, hands down, feet up. This is not a point on which I am willing to argue, because while Babel was well-acted, Little Miss Sunshine was hysterical and Letters From Iwo Jima was fascinating, no movie that year came close to being the cinematic masterpiece that "The Departed" is. The leads and supporting actors were not good, they were fantastic, gritty and raw. The moral fiber is shredded, the line separating good and bad faded, and drugs, money, and crime reign dominant. There was no one shining star in this film, Wahlberg, DiCaprio, Sheen, Damon and lets not forget Nicholson were superb. The camera angles were innovative and the writing was amazing, if there is one bone to pick its the semi-weak performance of the only central female character, and even that is only in comparison to the extremely talented cast surrounding her.