Why is everyone raving about THIS film now when it's a drawn out remake!

Rating: 5/10 (4 November 2006)

Hi Everyone.
For those people who don't know, this is a remake of a Hong Kong classic trilogy Infernal Affairs. Infernal Affairs is a better, more compact film that has more tension,a great ending and it just flows better for 2 hours. Don't get me wrong, The Departed is a good film, with many great actors, but you don't need these actors in this movies, I think this takes someone away from it. People didn't go to watch films like Reservoir Dogs or Donnie Darko for the actors, they went through word of mouth, because the films sold themselves.
Why does Hollywood remake ideas from other people and then get all the credit for it? "Scorsese, what a genius, he should win an Oscar". What crap, you tell me why he should get credit for this?. If anything Andrew Lau & Alan Mak should get credited.
I can only hope that Hollywood do not get credit if and when they remake 'Oldboy', 'City Of God' and 'Downfall'. Perhaps Downfall will be set in the Whitehouse at the end of the Vietnam War.
Watch Infernal Affairs first, then you can pass judgement.