Hype hinders what could be a good film

Rating: 7/10 (23 February 2007)

Martin Scorcese is the front runner to win a Best Director Oscar for The Departed.It's not that it's difficult to see why, but you feel this film is getting undue credit based on the hype surrounding it.
Firstly do not pay attention to the films place in the top 250 list.It is most definitely undeserved.What lies beneath the hype of the film is a good story,well told,but still lacking.This isn't a crime film,or an action film,it doesn't know what it is and ends up moving around needlessly.
The story is a good one and with a slightly better script this could have been one of the films of the year.