My Favourite Movie Ever Made

Rating: 10/10 (16 December 2017)

The Departed is one of the best movies ever made and is my personal favourite. The story is about a mob boss named Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) who is being hunted by the Boston Police Department. So in order to catch him they send Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) to work for Frank undercover, but at the same time Frank sends Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) to be a mole in the police department. So now Billy and Colin have to find each other. That is the story of The Departed.
The Departed is in my opinion a near perfect movie, it gets all the aspects of film right. The pacing of this movie is really well done, the movie is two and a half hours long but it never drags and is always entertaining but one fault in it is that the movie takes place over multiple years of time but only feels like it was 1 year, it is a very minor complaint though.
Another aspect of this movie that is really well done is the direction which is obvious since it is directed by Martin Scorsese who is a living legend at this point. Even though it is directed by Scorsese I don't think it it is the best part of the movie because the acting an writing were so incredible but the director does his job and it is very well done.
Now I will write about the two best parts of the movie and they are unbeatable by any other movie. The acting and writing were amazing, when you have an amazing cast with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Martin Sheen, and Mark Wahlberg you know you will have a well acted movie and in my opinion this might be the best ensemble cast ever. Not only do the actors do a great job but they also have an incredible script to work with, the dialogue is fast-paced, witty, funny, and dramatic. The characters are fleshed out so much and overall I think this is a flawless script, and I think part of the reason for this is that this movie is based off of another very good movie called Infernal Affairs (2002).
I think the script is so perfect is because they were able to take a script from an existing movie that is very good and then fix plot holes and add more character depth if needed. A lot of people think the original is a better movie but I disagree, probably because I saw it first but I also liked the setting more, thought it was better acted, and I liked the vision Scorsese had for this movie more than Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's.
At the end of the day The Departed is a movie that is well paced, directed marvelously, acted incredibly, and written perfectly. So for those reasons, The Departed is a 10/10 and my favourite movie ever made.