Good But not quite ***SPOILER***

Rating: 5/10 (18 October 2006)

Oh well here we go
aside from those Who make comparisons and just take The Departed as its own movie and a stated re-make of an original its a job well-done Acting = superior at most parts Directing = ( to Be honest ) Medium it lacked this unique flair for such a movie especially when you state that its a remake and the original was amazingly directed ( this is not really a bias opining ) Plot = great especially that Scorsese chose to have his own (very few ) twists and was actually good to take us off the comparison mode and at times i suspected he'll end the movie differently ( But oh well ) in general the movie had a great base the script was surprisingly good the overall movie atmosphere was entertaining so why would you ask for more !!!
now lets get to business ( I mean comparison )
cons 1- if you're going to be faithful to the original; please don't make it too obvious and naive
2- the mirror character shown at "infernal affairs " 2 cops going to the same school apparently knew each other the way they met every now and then ( 2-3 times ) the character comparison from beginning to end was much better on IF ( i.e. Departed for some reason zoomed on Colin Sullivan character from childhood to cop- hood :P but with Billy Costigan they just thought the rotten cop funny insults was enough of a background :( , with no doubt showing the 2 main characters in apparel route in deferent direction was a better approach
3- Billy Costigan Madolyn relation was very important especially if you watched the trilogy while at the departed they just kept it romantic
the main cop raw and how his relation was with the undercover cop was at some human level , was destroyed at the departed because simply The director thought of 2 cops great idea that will solve him allot of script issues along the movie
5- a bit expected even if you never watched the original , ( i.e. the second i saw the 2nd young cop i knew he was rotten ( just to be honest ) a naive script trick )
OK enough of insulting a good movie going back to the start just looking at the departed as its own unique re-make i would say its worth you're time whether you watched the original or not , its a very good movie with a great script ( except very few slips ) and of course a superior acting ( i mean look at the cast ) and a well-done directing ( i really wanted better but you know what they say ... )
as for the Oscars I'll say COME ON PEOPLE this will be really unfair please watch more movies 2006 has allot of great movie that deserves an Oscar more than the departed
hmm and finally please f you think a movie is good it doesn't mean you rate it 10/10 I'm starting to feel that this really organized crime taking over the movie is hardly a 7 PLEASE BE FAIR