Just the matter of styles

Rating: 6/10 (14 October 2006)

For most of our Hong Kong audiences who would compare the original one and the departed after they watched it because most of them have watched the original one before. I would like to say it is not necessary to compare that which one is better or worse and it is not necessary to argue that the scenes are not good enough when compare to the original one. The departed has huge difference of place and cast; it is just the matter of styles. As Martin Scorsese says "I took the device from Andrew lau's film but the film turned into something else form how it began" "we do what we do and they do what whey do in Hong Kong" If you just want to watch it. It is not necessary to watch the Departed after you have watched the original one and It is not necessary to watch the original one after you have watched Departed. What could you get from your comparison? If you really want to compare, you have better to watch the difference of two of them, May be some scenes are better or worse, Jack Nicholson and DiCaprio has absolutely different performance. Just the matter of styles. Please don't forget the original screenplay by Siu Fai Mak.