Irish GoodFellas?

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2006)

I've heard a lot of people say that this movie is like an Irish Goodfellas, but thats only because of the level of violence, which is comparable. I would say that The Departed is a better story. The juxtaposition between the two main characters, Damon and Dicaprio,is something that I've never seen done as well before. To top it off Jack Nicholson plays a great psychotic villain (for want of a better term). The cast is rounded out by Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin, who play their characters amazingly. The big surprise was Whalberg for me. I can never really buy his acting when he's trying to be a tough guy but in this case he knocks it out of the park. Like all Scorsese the sound track is excellent and the violence is jarring, in a real good way. I highly recommend it. I think it is a better movie than goodfellas, but I doubt The Departed will get the classic praise which GoodFellas did.