"Best Picture"! Not!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 6/10 (25 January 2007)

This movie has been nominated for an Academy award for best picture of the year. A movie should be absolutely great in order to garner this honor, and this movie is far from great. It's entertaining but the acting is flawed(do you see anyone nominated for best actor, supporting actor,best actress, best supporting actress)no! Oh wait Mark Walberg was nominated for best supporting actor, need I say more! As far as the plot go's imagine Bonnie and Clydes car, now imagine even more holes than that. L.Decaprio and M.Damon put in dismal and unbelievable performances. L.Decaprio wore the same grimace the whole movie and M.Damon couldn't even get one emotion to register on his face. My concern is that the need to recognize Scorsese may crystallize around this good but not great effort. I'm sure Mr. Scorsese has at least one more great movie left in him, lets give him time to bring it forward and not diminish the truly great movies that have gone before by including the Departed as a Best Picture winner or even Best Direction.