Slipping away from Oscar for Marty

Rating: 6/10 (15 November 2006)

I like Marty a lot, love his works, but that's not enough for me to hide my true opinion on this film, maybe that is the very reason why I feel the need to express my thoughts.
First of all, it's a remake of Infernal Affairs, no originality there. Fair enough, not every English speaking person has seen it, especially in the states, considering 80% of them don't even have a passport, it's hard enough just to imagine how they would react to anything without a white face in it.
Secondly, Marty should check his eye sights, or his memory. There were many obvious continuity mistakes, fight scenes, office scenes, you name it, they got it.
The next thing is lighting, I was actually quite surprised to see Marty allowed somebody this lousy to be in charge of lighting this film, imbalanced mixed lighting, the most obvious one was the end of the scene when Matt lies in his blood, the sunlight hits the roof front lit, at the same time, it back lits the balcony window! From a filmmaker point of view, a film with an old storyline, inadequate lighting, you will need some big names and serious attention to details to cover up the fundamental flaws in the making, still, there just wasn't enough effort to hide it.
Sorry Marty, you just gonna have to try harder if you want to get your hands on an Oscar, maybe, just maybe, look out for fresh new Asia market and direct an original piece there would make it easier to land yourself a golden statue.
Some times you just have to step away from the box to see what's really going on in the box.