Why The Departed is better than Infernal Affairs...

Rating: 8/10 (20 November 2006)

Well,having watched the Infernal Affairs trilogy just one day before going to The Departed,I entered the cinema,only to find out why this movie is so better compared to its predecessor. So let me start from the Chinese trilogy first... (What follows is just my opinion)
~Infernal Affairs was the movie that started everything...great story and....I have to admit....nice music in the moments with suspense(I liked more the music they played in IA when Yan was chasing Ming in the Cinema than the one in TD....also the ringtone of Ming's mobile when Sam called him in the end was better)...another great thing were the flashbacks which showed us how the characters grew up,from "kids" to adults(while in TD were just the same actors). But that's it....it was a nice story,but I think it was not complete...something was missing....perhaps some action in order to make it more interesting(just a bit,I was not asking for The Matrix)
~Infernal Affairs II was a bit more confusing as a story compared to IA and less original,but it had what IA lacked:Action Scenes...and I must admit that the action scenes(I mean the executions) were comparable to the Godfather...simply great...except from those,it also featured some good lines("Evil Things Live On and Only the Good Die Young.The World Shouldn't Be Like This.It's Not a Way to Be."-forgive me for the mistakes),but moreover(the lines) were the same as those in IA(Both the story with the two cards and the line:"Have You Ever Seen Anyone Shaking His Hand With The Dead" were great-again sorry for the mistakes)
~Infernal Affairs III confused my opinion:Up to the end I hated it,but it was the ending that changed everything...that very twisted ending...I must admit that I'm a fan of twisted endings....and until the end I hated the Inspector with the Glasses,I thought he was a horrible arrogant person...but for one more time things are not what they appear to be and Andy Lau failed again on trying to be a good guy(as Sam said:"I Have Passed the Point of No Return")...except from this whole (Great) idea of Ming's double personality,the very ending was also awesome...finishing were IA beginned(we even saw how Yan broke his hand)...
So,those 3 movies gave us exactly what a good cop thriller needs:Good Story,Suspense,Action,Nice Lines and a Twisted Ending... The 1st one was the present,the 2nd one the past and the 3rd one was both the future and the connection between IA and IA 2....and the story was complete
Now we've got the Departed;
Was it better that IA?Of course it was(except some small points I stated before):The whole movie is longer,deeper,has a great soundtrack and it is far more realistic than IA;everything is done more accurately and with no rush,always thanks to the bigger budget...
Was it Better than IA 2?Of course it was:The story is less confusing,smarter and the action scenes comparable...
Was it better than IA 3?(Again)Of Course it was:TD kept u on the edge of your seat from beginning to end,while IA 3 only in the end...
What I'm trying to say here is that The Departed succeeds where every Infernal Affairs movie(alone) fails;That's why there will be no sequel to the Departed(I don't know about a prequel)...it's already complete and doesn't lack anything...
And so we arrive to the final battle:The Departed against The Whole Internal Affairs trilogy:
Is TD better?Of Course No(although I believe that the whole trilogy slightly beats TD,because TD is always more realistic and has better acting-->Nicholson was much better that the actor playing Sam and Vera Farmiga was way hotter than the psychiatrist in IA)...The IA trilogy has more lines,more scenes,more twists,more jokes(crazy Keung was great),more action...more everything....but we must also notice that what The Departed does in 2 1/2 hours,the Infernal Affairs Trilogy does in 5 1/2 hours (moreover)...end of comment
I know that lots of people will find a (logic)reason to disagree with my comment,so I would like to state that everyone is free to agree&disagree with me as much as he/she likes;
Because this is what makes us human...Differences