Rip off!

Rating: 1/10 (9 March 2008)

I thought I kind of liked Departed, despite its obvious continuity problems (surprising from such a supposedly amazing director), before I saw infernal affairs and realized what a blatant word for word, scene for scene, rip off this movie is. I'm giving Departed 1 star. Scorsese shows off his lack of creativity once again. I'll be giving Infernal Affairs 10 stars to compensate for other reviewers!! If you haven't seen Infernal Affairs I highly recommend it. You will not be able to help comparing it to Departed because it's all there- every scene! But it will be worth it to see what true originality and creativity look like. Tony Leung is one of the best actors in the world and though this is not his best film it is still well acted considering the Hollywood style of the movie.-Yes, I'm hating on Hollywood now. Scorsese obviously tried to fill his film (rip-off) with as many big name Hollywood stars as possible to compensate for the fact that he added nothing original to his movie. If imitation is the highest form of flattery then that's all the more reason to see Infernal Affairs. For those of you looking for an unbiased review of the Departed-sorry you're not getting it here. I just finished watching Infernal Affairs and all the tension and coolness I thought was in Departed was displayed so much better there- in it's original form. Oh, and did I mention that Infernal Affairs is an original- not that originality counts for much I guess. I don't mean to bash Scorsese completely. He does get props for recognizing that Infernal Affairs is a good original movie. But like the character in the movie- no spoiler here- Scorsese mimics something but does not become that thing. This has been his trade mark from the beginning.