whack

Rating: 1/10 (24 April 2007)

for reasons that many others have pointed out before me, this movie was horrible. i could only apologize to my girlfriend for making her watch it with me, because i was so exited about it after watching infernal affairs. firstly, on the film on its own, its horrible. gratuitous, unclassy, and just plain bad. i was bored throughout the first 1/3 of the movie. though DiCaprio did a decent job, i do not think any other character was played very well. Nicholson does a poor job portraying a mob boss, and comes off more of a schizophrenic crack junkie than the leader of an organized crime syndicate. Alec Baldwin's character was neither funny, nor appropriate for the movie, and i believe mark walbergs character is completely unnecessary except to come back and kill Matt Damon in the end, which i think is a poor change to the story line. the ending was also excessive. and except the the change in storyline, that was looking at the movie without comparing it to IA. IA is just executed much better, with more class, and more intelligently. watch it, instead of this Hollywood trash. this movie definitely has scorsese's mark, but it does not fit the theme and tone of the movie and the story. watch IA. ditch the departed.