not so thrilled

Rating: 7/10 (13 February 2008)

i saw internal affairs and thought it was one of the best new Hong Kong films, as i am not a big fan of remakes i wasn't too thrilled to see it being remade. but then i thought it's Scorsese, Nicholson, DiCaprio... it should be just as good and then came the Oscars... after all the awards my expectations were quite high. I finally saw the film and it left me disappointed. after all that build up all i saw was a decent crime movie with a story already told. Nicholson is OK, DiCaprio is good, Damon is also good and perhaps the best of all is Wahlberg and all that makes a good film nothing more, certainly nothing near good fellas. also nowhere near best movie of the year, for me two of the best were lives of others and pan's labyrinth, even babel and little miss sunshine are better. in the end 7/10 is all i can give.