The Departed is one of the best movies I've seen in years!

Rating: 9/10 (8 October 2006)

Whoa...I read the reviews on Ain't It Cool News and I have to say, despite their hyper-active vocabularies, they nail it.
More appropriately, Scorcese nails it, as does Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Leo DiCaprio, Anthony Anderson, Alec Baldwin and pretty much everyone else in the movie.
This movie rocks and rolls and it kicks ass so completely I was shocked. I mean, I went to see a Scorses gangster flick. I didn't expect a gangster flick the sits up there with The Godfather.
In a lot of way, Boston is getting a lot of attention from gangster cinema. I mean, I just got done watching Brotherhood (really good TV) and this is like that but a much bigger picture. Departed is the ultimate cop/rat movie and I hope Scorcese has a dozen more in him just like it.
I won't go into details but Baldwin, Sheen and Wahlberg are amazing. Nicholson gives an unbelievably believable performance and scared heck out of me. And for once, I'd actually like to be friends with Leo DiCaprio. That last is a minor miracle...I never saw what anyone else ever saw in the guy. Not till last night.
Enjoy it...I know I did and I'll watch it a dozen times in the future, enjoying every moment.