Americans have no more imagination?

Rating: 4/10 (18 March 2007)

I read all kinds of reviews....it's so cool....good story....good actors....i agree on that....and then why did i gave this movie a 4/10 vote?....because it's a bad clone of the Chinese movie Infernal Affairs ....americans have this fantastic gift of remaking films that are not their own.....look at Taxi (remake of french Taxi trilogy) or The Grudge (from Japanese series Ju-on)....when i went to The departed i didn't bother to read a review....i saw the cast (actors that i like) and i was sure i'll see a good movie....my bad....90% of the movie is Infernal Affairs....no major change,nothing....rest 10% are scenes that show nothing important and the language....because is not cool these days not to use trivial words....for a person who didn't watch the Infernal Affairs trilogy(yep,there are 3 movies that make the story deeper and and all things) The departed is a good movie...not a 9/10 movie but a 7,5/10 movie....or even 8,5/10....in this adaptation the human feeling gets lost....as an example i give the relation between Leo and his police boss (***spoilers***)...in Iinfernal Affairs the 2 are like father and son, here are like employer employee, so the scene when the boss is killed falling of the rooftop becomes meaningless...(***spoilers end here***) overall i was disappointed in this movie....some say it's fun watching it as a comedy (making fun of how stupid the scenes were reproduced)and i have to agree....go see Infernal Affairs