Best Movie Of The Year Hands Down

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 2006)

Martin Scorcese's The Departed is by far one of the best films hes done in a long time.Gangs Of New York was a great movie I just thought it was going to be better.The Aviator wasn't as good as this film either.The Departed is every bit as good as Goodfellas.I read somewhere that Robert De Niro was going to play Jack Nicholsons character and if that went along the film wouldn't be as good as it is now.Jack Nicholson is going to be nominated for his portrayal of Frank Costello.He plays it crazy and ruthless at the same time.He is hands down the best actor of the year.Leo Dicaprio and Matt Damon give easily the best performances of their careers.They shine on the screen and show audiences what good acting is.The supporting actors Mark Wahlberg,Martin Sheen,Alec Baldwin,Ray Winstone also left me with memorable moments when they were on screen.Wahlberg acts as good as in Boogie Nights and Ray Winstone gives an exceptional performance as Mr. French as he did in Sexy Beast which will always be Winstones best.Martin Sheen stood out in this film and was brilliant as well as Baldwin who left with a lasting impression and should have had a bit more screen time because he played his character so well.
In The Departed Scorsese and his quality of directing met eye to eye with his classic Goodfellas.Every shot every scene has his signature.I love his choice of music for the film as well. The Rolling Stones,Pink Floyd,Dropkick Murphys and tons more memorable pieces of music gave The Departed a great sense of style which Scorses wasn't able to do in Gangs Of New York or The Aviator.William Monohan's adaptation of the Asian film Infernal Affairs was great it took its basic plot of spys on both sides and that is it the rest was from his own creation and the dialogue is fantastic and very authentic and real to where the film takes place.One of the best written movies in my opinion ever since Micael Manns Heat.
In the end I see The Departed winning Best Picture because there hasn't been a film of this caliber in many years ever since 2000.Martin Scorsese will be nominated but i doubt he will win and get ripped off once again considering the amount of racial slurs and slang which is part of The Departed's realism which is also featured in Goodfellas is one of the reasons Scorsese will get ripped off again.The violence will also be apart of it because the Academy just cant stomach it. Best adapted screenplay definitely The Departed will win.In the actor category Jack Nicholson will definitely win I've haven't seen an actor so devoted and loyal to a character ever since Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote.Leo Dicaprio and Matt Damon should also be nominated for best actor however Nicholson will get the nomination due to his age and time in the business of film.
-Don Logan