What a Disappointment! .. The Departed Goes Actually Nowhere!

Rating: 1/10 (8 November 2006)

What a Disappointment! .. The Departed Goes Actually Nowhere! I'm not saying the movie is awful but it isn't great .. yeah, there's a big load of excitement but I think it is too big for the movie to handle it and most parts of the movie aren't even, it is an OK at its best .. Martin Scorsese did cast a bunch of Hollywood's class "A" Actors and he was relying on the good performances that they could give to empower the movie but unfortunately they all were So-So except for Mark Whalberg who gave an OK performance but his little role didn't give him a chance to do any better .. Leonardo DiCaprio's performance was bad & disappointing .. so is Matt Damon. Nicholson's performance is OK but not at his best.
What I miss in that movie is the depth .. I feel like if it is a cheap thriller movie with a great excitement but it makes no sense sometimes. I felt that the movie is disconnected and not very solid!!! When you read most of the reviews that praising the movie .. you feel that it is the movie of the millennium or of the year .. but actually The Departed goes nowhere .. it was going to be an OK thriller that you watch and forget about it the next day until the horrible ending blew up all the "OK" work .
Martin Scorsese did a great job on cinematography but he didn't give a depth to his exciting story. I'm a big fan of Scorsese's .. Martin Scorsese has directed great movies that we loved such; After Hours, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas .. I wouldn't call "The Departed" one of his best .. probably his worst.
I'm not comparing the moving with any movies .. I even haven't seen "Infernal Affairs".
It is an exciting thriller .. you will enjoy it but by the ending you will feel that you are lost in the middle of nowhere because of the lacking of the necessary minimum depth and it was just a stupid ending. I highly doubt that the movie will receive any big nominations at the Oscars or any other big film awards.
That's what Hollywood dose to a movie! .. it makes it only "pretty" pointless picture! Overall, it isn't a bad movie .. it is enjoyable most of the time .. watch it without high expectations and you will save the big disappointment.