Good but not good enough..

Rating: 6/10 (16 November 2006)

When seeing a movie that is a remake of another movie, it is just impossible to not compare with the original. And the truth to be told; the original is better. A couple of things that made the original really good, is removed from The Departed. But again, this is meant for another audience, so I can understand some of the changes, but when they replace a perfectly good point with nothing I don't see the point of removing it in the first place... but thats me:) But for the record, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson did a phenomenal job in their roles. Their scenes really worked, but why wouldn't it, they are both good actors! I wasn't that convinced with Matt Damon, even though he also is a good actor I didn't feel the same for him like I did with Andy Lau in the original. But overall The Departed is a good movie and I guess it would have gotten a bigger score from me if I hadnt already seen the original.