Just like Wine, Scorsese is getting better than age.

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2006)

Now, I could go on forever about this film, but I don't want to keep you because I'd rather you go out and see 'The Departed' First off I want to give a big 'up yours' to the trolls who are not going to even see this movie but give it a Vote of 1 just to keep it off the Top #250 list even though it should no question be on that list near the very top.
In Scorsese's latest venture he took a more close-up approach in my opinion, I noticed a lot of shots were not set back and drawn away from the scene like a lot of his typical shots are, I have always viewed him as more traditional in that sense. Also he used lots of fast-paced editing, lots of jumping from shot to shot from scene to scene with a voice-over from one of the scenes being chopped. Lots of recurring songs, but good songs, so it's not annoying. Lots of the songs abruptly end and go straight into dialogue. Scorsese also did 2 symbolic shots where Matt Damon looked as if he was in a dark room in a spotlight on him, the first time you just saw him at the bottom screen then the spotlight opened and showed the whole Boston State Police building, symbolizing that he is one man entering this whole new big world, the next time it is the used it closes in on him to represent his characters isolation. Anyway this movie was excellent tons of twists and turns, lots going on, lots of characters, its long but never boring, its definitive Scorsese, no one else could have made this film. If you can figure out exactly how everything is going to go down without seeing it or having someone who has tell you, I'll give you $1,000,000. Damn whoever made 'The Departed' commercials though because one of the distinct images from the commercial doesn't happen to till the very end of the film, so you are watching the movie going well I know he has to come back into the movie with a pistol because it hasn't happened yet. This movie had an ALL-STAR cast, amazing acting, I foresee numerous nominations, hopefully Scorsese finally goes home with the Oscar for Best Director he deserves it after all the years, especially since this is definitely his best work since 'Goodfellas' if not even better. It's good to know people still make real movies, not the same recycled bull crap that appeals to teenage minorities that is released ever Friday. You know the movie I'm talking about the one that is probably a sequel, has fast cars, hot woman, a car blowing up, where the good guy kills the bad guy, saves his wife has sex with her and lives happily ever after. God, I wanna punch who ever sees 'The Marine' next week in the face, there is a real genuine piece of cinema in the theater right now, a real movie, and its called 'The Departed.'