Better than GoodFellas?

Rating: 10/10 (10 November 2006)

That's the question I keep asking myself.
People have different tastes. Not everyone is going to like this film as much as I did. But, man, did I love it.
I had to think about this statement for awhile before making it: This is the best movie to hit the theaters since Return of the King. But with all due respect to the LOTR trilogy, which I adore, The Departed, on it's own, is probably better than any single part of the Rings trilogy.
Then I moved onto Scorsese's other movies. Without question, GoodFellas is my favorite, and is second only to The Godfather in the mob-movie genre.
Is The Departed better? It's probably unfair to say until I see it 10 more times like GoodFellas. But I can't stop thinking about how awesome this movie is. I'll be sorely disappointed in the Academy if this doesn't win Best Pic. It's unquestionably deserving.