instant classic

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2006)

Despite some outlying bad reviews by say the New York Times, the film The Departed directed by Martin Scorcese is an instant classic. In this film there is an all star cast followed by an all star director, one of the best of the last fifty years. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Mark Wahlberg and Alec Baldwin, you cannot go wrong. From the moment that the beginning of the movie started, I was compelled. I have watched movies intently all of my life, watching classics from the past fifty years as much as I can, and I will definitely say to you all that this movie will now be included in the list with Scarface and Goodfellas. Martin Scorcese is able to bring an Irish gangster film about killing and deception to that of "a Shakespearian tragedy." That in my mind is the most pivotal point in this movie, Martin can bring this movie of cunningness and lying rats to that of masterful proportions. This movie will never be forgotten and I can promise you that. When I say it is my favorite movie of all time, I literally mean that, and I only saw it on its opening day, yesterday, October 6, 2006. The combination of amazing directing, superb acting, a very suspenseful and moving plot and excellent film work, will shoot this movie instantly to the status of the classics that we all know and love, that is a guaranteed fact.